Maintaining essential services for malaria in low-resource countries

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2019, more than 229 million persons developed malaria, leading to approximately 409,000 deaths worldwide. Over 95% of these deaths occurred in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region 1, where malaria is a leading cause of death. While the past decade has seen a reduction in malaria incidence, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, to maintain these gains, countries must focus on malaria control in addition to addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Modelling analysis by WHO and partners suggests that if essential malaria interventions are greatly disrupted due to COVID-19 challenges, the number of malaria cases will significantly increase, and death rates could double 2. Ministries of Health and National Malaria Control Programs (NMCPs) should implement malaria prevention and treatment activities in a manner that also protects patients, health care providers, and public health officials from COVID-19. Below are key considerations for continuing essential malaria prevention and control activities safely and effectively. These should supplement country Ministry of Health guidance. ; www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/global-covid-19 ; Publication date from document properties. ; https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/global-covid-19/maintain-essential-services-malaria.pdf
• Content Notes:
  Malaria/COVID-19 National Strategy -- Insecticide-Treated Nets -- Indoor Residual Spraying -- Entomological Monitoring -- Case Management -- Exceptional Measures for Malaria Control -- Preventive Therapy -- Commodity Supply Chain -- Information Systems -- Communications and Community Engagement -- References.
• Subjects:
  • COVID-19/prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control
  • Global Health
  • International Cooperation
  • Malaria/prevention & control
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104688/cdc_104688_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 155.27 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a170070caa7b176708cc3b64142deeaf6ea71f5e83fd2678350638f819f36935