Background Routine health information systems (RHISs) support resource allocation and
management decisions at all levels of the health system, as well as strategy development …

Background Approaches in malaria risk mapping continue to advance in scope with the
advent of geostatistical techniques spanning both the spatial and temporal domains. A …

Background Mass anti-malarial administration has been proposed as a key component of
the Plasmodium falciparum malaria elimination strategy in the Greater Mekong sub-Region …

Spatial analysis has become an increasingly used analytic approach to describe and
analyze spatial characteristics of disease burden, but the depth and coverage of its usage …

Background Botswana significantly reduced its malaria burden between 2000 and 2012.
Incidence dropped from 0.99 to 0.01% and deaths attributed to malaria declined from 12 to …

Background Malaria continues to be a major health problem in low-income countries.
Consequently, malaria control remains a public health priority in endemic countries such as …

Background Malaria is among the top causes of mortality and morbidity in Zambia. Efforts to
control, prevent, and eliminate it have been intensified in the past two decades which has …

Background The need to start treatment early for pregnant women who present with clinical
features of malaria usually conflicts with the need to confirm diagnosis by microscopy (MP) …

Background Namibia is one of the countries among the eight that are targeting malaria
elimination in southern Africa. However, the country has encountered malaria epidemics in …

Background Malaria during pregnancy is associated with poor maternal, foetal, and
neonatal outcomes. To prevent malaria infection during pregnancy, the World Health …