Malaria: elimination tale from Yunnan Province of China and new challenges for reintroduction

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Xue-Shan Xia¹  Zulqarnain Baloch¹  Yao-Wu Zhou²  Xiao-Tao Zhao²  Peng Tian²  Hong-Ning Zhou²  Heng-Lin Yang²  Shi-Yuan Xu²  Chun-Li Ding²  Qi-Yan Chen²  Kai-Xia Dung²  Xiao-Dong Sun²  Zu-Rui Lin²  Jian-Wei Xu²  Quan Lv² 

[1] Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, 650500, Kunming, Yunnan, China;Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Vector-Borne Diseases Control and Research & Yunnan Innovative Team of Key Techniques for Vector-Borne Disease Control of Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, 665000, Pu’er, Yunnan, China;

关键词: Malaria;    Eliminate;    Southeast asia;    Yunnan;    China;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40249-021-00866-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEradication of infectious disease is the sanctified public health and sustainable development goal around the world.Main bodyThree antimalarial barriers were developed to control imported malarial cases, and an effective surveillance strategy known as the “1–3–7 approach” was developed to eliminate malaria from the Chinese population. From 2011 to 2019, 5254 confirmed malaria cases were reported and treated in Yunnan Province, China. Among them, 4566 cases were imported from other countries, and 688 cases were indigenous from 2011 to 2016. Since 2017, no new local malarial case has been reported in China. Thus, malaria has been completely eliminated in Yunnan Province. However, malaria is detected in overseas travellers on a regular basis, such as visitors from neighbouring Myanmar.ConclusionHence, the strategies should be further strengthened to maintain a robust public health infrastructure for disease surveillance and vector control programs in border areas. Such programs should be supported technically and financially by the government to avert the possibility of a malarial resurgence in Yunnan Province.Graphic Abstract

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