Malaria in the WHO Southeast Asia region

Kondrashin, A.V.

Indian Journal of Malariology 29(3): 129-160

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0367-8326
PMID: 1286730
Document Number: 328028
The epidemiology of malaria in southeastern Asia is discussed under the headings: regional background (geography, climate, socio-economic characteristics, population characteristics); epidemiological data (population at risk, malaria morbidity and mortality, drug resistance, vector resistance to insecticides, epidemics, major epidemiological types of malaria); antimalarial activities (existence of malaria control programmes, objectives of malaria control programme, antimalaria drug practices and policy, vector control practices and policy, health education on malaria, budgets and resources for malaria control programmes (including training), training, intersectoral activities, management of epidemics, capability to combat/contain epidemics); capacity of management of MCP at the country and regional levels (management capacity at the country level, management capacity at the regional (intercountry) level, research capabilities); constraints and needs (technical constraints, administrative constraints, operational constraints, logistics). This major review covers the regional background (geography, climate, socioeconomic characteristics, population characteristics), epidemiological data (malaria priority areas, population at risk, malaria morbidity and mortality, drug resistance, epidemics, major epidemiological types of malaria), antimalaria activities (existence of malaria control programmes, objectives of these programmes, antimalaria drug practices and policy, vector control practices and policy, health education on malaria, budgets and resources for malaria control programmes including training, training, intersectoral activities, management of epidemics), capacity of management of malaria control programmes at the country and regional levels (including research facilities, and technical, administrative and operational constraints), logistics.Carolyn A. Brown.

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