Analysing human population movement data for malaria control and elimination

Malaria Journal

Richard J. Maude¹  Benjamin J. Cowling²  Greta Tam³ 

[1] Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 10400, Bangkok, Thailand;Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 7LG, Oxford, UK;The Open University, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK;Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, 02115, Boston, MA, USA;WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 10400, Bangkok, Thailand;

关键词: Malaria;    Human population movement;    Human mobility;    Travel;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-021-03828-6

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHuman population movement poses a major obstacle to malaria control and elimination. With recent technological advances, a wide variety of data sources and analytical methods have been used to quantify human population movement (HPM) relevant to control and elimination of malaria.MethodsThe relevant literature and selected studies that had policy implications that could help to design or target malaria control and elimination interventions were reviewed. These studies were categorized according to spatiotemporal scales of human mobility and the main method of analysis.ResultsEvidence gaps exist for tracking routine cross-border HPM and HPM at a regional scale. Few studies accounted for seasonality. Out of twenty included studies, two studies which tracked daily neighbourhood HPM used descriptive analyses as the main method, while the remaining studies used statistical analyses or mathematical modelling.ConclusionAlthough studies quantified varying types of human population movement covering different spatial and temporal scales, methodological gaps remain that warrant further studies related to malaria control and elimination.

【 授权许可】

CC BY