title: China-Africa cooperation initiatives in malaria control and elimination.
abstract: Malaria has affected human health globally with a significant burden of disease, and also has impeded social and economic development in the areas where it is present. In Africa, many countries have faced serious challenges in controlling malaria, in part due to major limitations in public health systems and primary health care infrastructure. Although China is a developing country, a set of control strategies and measures in different local settings have been implemented successfully by the National Malaria Control Programme over the last 60 years, with a low cost of investment. It is expected that Chinese experience may benefit malaria control in Africa. This review will address the importance and possibility of China-Africa collaboration in control of malaria in targeted African countries, as well as how to proceed toward the goal of elimination where this is technically feasible.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Gui
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ru-Bo
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Duo-Quan
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chang-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdulla
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ya-Yi
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jia-Wen
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ying-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosman
authors.affiliation: Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Robert David
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.affiliation: Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Science; Center for Sustainable Malaria Control, Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: Tambo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ernest
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, China Representative Office, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'leary
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH; WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis; Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D060740:Disease Eradication; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends
keywords: Africa; China; Control; Cooperation; Elimination; Malaria