Analysis of methods used in the malaria eradication program in the Americas
Ayalde, J.
Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau 80(1): 45-51
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-0632 PMID: 129141 Document Number: 100876
In 1954 a Pan American programme was adopted for eradication of malaria in the Americas. In December 1974 12 countries, with 69 million inhabitants formerly exposed to malaria (34% of the total) had achieved eradication. These countries were Cuba, Chile, Grenada and Carriacou, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Guadalupe, Martinique and S. Lucia. 7 countries with 12.8 million inhabitants (6.4% of the total formerly at risk) had good prospects for successful eradication. These comprised Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Rupublic, Guyana, Panama with Canal Zone, Paraguay and Belize. And 14 countries with 118 million inhabitants (50% of total at risk) were in the attack phase and appeared unlikely to eradicate malaria in the near future, although eradication control may have been achieved in parts of their territory. These comprise Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana and Surinam.