Malaria is one of the biggest contributors to deaths caused by infectious disease. More than
30 countries have planned or started programmes to target malaria elimination, often with …

Topographic position index (TPI) is an algorithm increasingly used to measure topographic
slope positions and to automate landform classifications. We applied TPI to a …

Background: Space technology has an impact on many domains of activity on earth,
including in the field of global health. With the recent adoption of the United Nations' …

In areas approaching malaria elimination, human mobility patterns are important in
determining the proportion of malaria cases that are imported or the result of low-level …

For a decade, the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria
Research has operated with local partners across study sites in Zambia and Zimbabwe that …

Background Malaria control interventions have been scaled-up in Zambia in conjunction
with a malaria surveillance system. Although substantial progress has been achieved in …

Malaria transmission has declined substantially in Southern Province, Zambia, which is
considered a low-transmission setting. The Zambian government introduced a reactive test …

Background The impact of large dams on malaria has received widespread attention.
However, understanding how dam topography and transmission endemicity influence …

Southern Zambia is the focus of strategies to create malaria-free zones. Interventions being
rolled out include test and treat strategies and distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets that …

Background As momentum towards malaria elimination grows, strategies are being
developed for scale-up in elimination settings. One prominent strategy, reactive case …