Shrinking the Malaria Map 2009
General Info
Original or alternative title
Shrinking the Malaria Map: A Prospectus on Malaria Elimination 2009
Coverage type
Global
Time period covered
January, 1900 - December, 2009
Data type
Report
Summary
The prospectus provides detailed recommendations on eliminating malaria. Chapter Five contains an overview of the current burden of the disease, malaria transmission, and the available interventions that can be used in an elimination program. Chapter Six analyzes successful elimination efforts and reviews the shrinking of the malaria map since 1900.
Report tabulations provide several demographic and economic indicators for the 39 elimination countries such as life expectancy, GNI, and health expenditures per capita. Table 6.1 highlights the number of malaria free countries by WHO region in 1900, 1949, 1978, and 2009.
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Contributors
Publication year
2009
Suggested citation
Global Health Group, UCSF Global Health Sciences, Malaria Elimination Group, UCSF Global Health Sciences. Shrinking the Malaria Map 2009. San Francisco, United States: Global Health Group, UCSF Global Health Sciences, 2009.
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ISBN
Other ID
9780615273877