On the road to eliminate malaria in Sri Lanka: lessons from history, challenges, gaps in knowledge and research needs

Malaria Journal

Review

Gawrie NL Galappaththy¹  Dyann F Wirth²  Nadira D Karunaweera³ 

[1] Antimalaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka;Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA;Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka;

关键词: Plasmodium;    P. vivax;    P. falciparum;    Anopheles;    Eradication;    Control;    Tropical disease;    Vector-borne;    Mosquito;    Asia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-13-59

 received in 2013-10-31, accepted in 2014-02-14,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Malaria is one of the most important tropical diseases that has caused devastation throughout the history of mankind. Malaria eradication programmes in the past have had many positive effects but failed to wipe out malaria from most tropical countries, including Sri Lanka. Encouraged by the impressive levels of reduction in malaria case numbers during the past decade, Sri Lanka has launched a programme to eliminate malaria by year 2014. This article reviews the historical milestones associated with the malaria eradication programme that failed subsequently and the events that led to the launch of the ongoing malaria elimination plans at national-level and its strategies that are operational across the entire country. The existing gaps in knowledge are also discussed together with the priority areas for research to fill in these gaps that are posing as challenges to the envisaged goal of wiping out malaria from this island nation.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Karunaweera et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014