Malaria in Africa
Subtitle: challenges for control and elimination in the 21st century
By: Olaf Müller
Series: Challenges in public health -- Bd. 60; Challenges in public health -- v. 60.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9783631597927
Subjects: Prevention & control; Malaria; Prevention; History
Description: "About half of the world's population is still at risk for contracting malaria, and the main disease burden is now in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). As a result of the activities of a number of new and powerful Global Health Initiatives, malaria morbidity and mortality has recently started to decrease and the idea of eradication has re-emerged. This book provides a comprehensive update on the recent developments of the epidemiology of malaria and of existing strategies and tools for malaria control and elimination in Africa, which is discussed in the context of the long global history of malaria control. The main message is that the ambitious Global Malaria Action Plan of RBM will fail without serious efforts to systematically and massively strengthen the health systems of African countries."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Global history of malaria; title: Epidemiology of malaria in Africa; title: Control and elimination of malaria in Africa; title: Challenges for control and elimination.