Re-imagining the control of malaria in tropical Africa during the early years of the World Health Organization

Malaria Journal

Commentary

Socrates Litsios¹ 

[1] World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;

关键词: Malaria;    Africa;    History;    World Health Organization;    Primary health care;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-015-0700-9

 received in 2015-02-28, accepted in 2015-04-14,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This paper grew out of a meeting organized in September 2014 in London on ‘Re-imagining malaria’. The focus of that meeting was on malaria today; only afterwards did the idea emerge that re-imagining the past might serve as a useful way for guiding present re-thinking. Sub-Saharan Africa is the logical place for such a re-examination for, as argued in this paper, the approaches that emerged following the collapse of the global eradication campaign were available to WHO in the 1950s, but these were not pursued as Africa was not encouraged to seek solutions outside those being advocated for eradication elsewhere.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Litsios; licensee BioMed Central. 2015