A national policy for malaria elimination in Swaziland: a first for sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria Journal

Commentary

Deepika Kandula¹  Joseph M Novotny²  Roly D Gosling³  Allison A Phillips³  Simon Kunene⁴ 

[1]Clinton Health Access Initiative and Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa

[2]Clinton Health Access Initiative and Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, Mbabane, Swaziland, Africa

[3]Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Global Health Sciences, 50 Beale Street, Suite 1200, 94105, San Francisco, CA, USA

[4]National Malaria Control Programme, Manzini, Swaziland, Africa

关键词: Malaria;    Strategic Plan;    Indoor Residual Spray;    Malaria Elimination;    Southern African Development Community;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-10-313

 received in 2011-09-10, accepted in 2011-10-21,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Swaziland is working to be the first country in mainland sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria. The highest level of Swaziland's government recently approved a national elimination policy, which endorses Swaziland's robust national elimination strategic plan. This commentary outlines Swaziland's progress towards elimination as well as the challenges that remain, primarily around securing long-term financial resources and managing imported cases from neighbouring countries.

【 授权许可】

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