topnaman | Malaria blog

My critique of strategy and equity in plans discussed so far: Recent dialogue around malaria elimination is laden with implicit assumptions. While the elimination of malaria may be both feasible and equitable in a few areas, globally: 1) the control tools which successfully reduce malaria burden may not be sufficient to interrupt transmission over long [...]

19, and counting, excellent malaria posts (one previously discussed here). Dr Knols asks tough questions and we’ve both touched on hot topics from King Tut, military antimalarials, Fred Soper, DDT, counterfeit medicines, Chinese efforts in the Comoros, to science press releases.

The paradox of malaria and many tropical diseases is that those most at-risk are also some of the least likely to access, or be able to access, health facilities. Active case detection, the screening of fever cases in the community itself, helps enable case management in such remote or inaccessible areas. But it’s also time and [...]