Declining malaria in Africa: improving the measurement of progress.
The dramatic escalation of malaria control activities in Africa since the year 2000 has increased the importance of accurate measurements of impact on malaria epidemiology and burden. This study presents a systematic review of the emerging published evidence base on trends in malaria risk in Africa and argues that more systematic, timely, and empirically-based approaches are urgently needed to track the rapidly evolving landscape of transmission.
Department of Zoology, Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. peter.gething@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
Peter W
PW
Gething
Katherine E
KE
Battle
Samir
S
Bhatt
David L
DL
Smith
Thomas P
TP
Eisele
Richard E
RE
Cibulskis
Simon I
SI
Hay
D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000639:trends*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*