Shrinking the malaria map
Subtitle: a prospectus on malaria elimination
By: edited by Richard G.A. Feachem, Allison A. Phillips, and Geoffrey A. Targett, on behalf of the Malaria Elimination Group.
Contributors: Feachem, Richard G., 1947-; Phillips, Allison A.; Targett, G. A. T.; Malaria Elimination Group.; University of California, San Francisco. Global Health Group.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Global Health Group, UCSF Global Health Sciences
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780615273877
Subjects: Malaria -- Prevention; Malaria -- prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control; Health Policy
Other titles: Prospectus on malaria elimination
Description: "Provides informed practical means of achieving and sustaining zero transmission. It is designed as a road map, providing direction and options from which to choose an appropriate path. The Prospectus reviews the operational, technical, and financial feasibility for those working on the front lines and outlines the tools that can be considered for an elimination program." "[summary]"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Making the decision / Bruno Moonen ... [et al.]; title: Getting to zero / Oliver Sabot ... [et al.]; title: Holding the line / Justin M. Cohen ... [et al.]; title: Financing elimination / James G. Kahn ... [et al.]; title: Understanding malaria / Michelle S. Hsiang, Claire Panosian, and Grant Dorsey; title: Learning from history / Walther Wernsdorfer, Simon I. Hay, and G. Dennis Shanks; title: Measuring malaria for elimination / David L. Smith, Thomas A. Smith, and Simon I. Hay; title: Killing the parasite / John C. Reeder ... [et al.]; title: Suppressing the vector / Ahmadali Enayati ... [et al.]; title: Identifying the gaps : what we need to know / Geoffrey A. Targett, Shunmay Yeung, and Marcel Tanner.