background: malaria is a serious global health challenge. mangalore, karnataka, india is an endemic area for malaria and there has not been much research on this area. thus it has been felt that this study will provide an insight into efficacy of the cur­rent malaria control programs and identifying targets for future educational campaigns and provide guidance for existing pro­grams. methods: t...

Existing malaria vector control measures, such as long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) and house spraying with residual insecticides (IRS), have significantly contributed to the decreasing burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. It is estimated that intervention scale-up from the year 2000 to 2010 averted between 563.000 and 1.36 million child deaths in 43 malaria-endemic countrie...

Though preventable, malaria is still one of the major public health problems worldwidemostly in low and middle income countries (1-4). In 2013, malaria killed over a billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa (5). In 2015, there were over 200 million new cases and more than 400,000 malaria-related deaths around the globe (4). Over three-quarter of the Ethiopian territory is malarious indicati...

Operational challenges facing contemporary malaria elimination have distinct geospatial elements including the need for high-resolution location-based surveillance, targeted prevention and response interventions, and effective delivery of essential services at optimum levels of coverage. Although mapping and geographical reconnaissance (GR) has traditionally played an important role in supporti...

background: malaria is one of the most important parasitic diseases in tropical and temperate regions. the aim of this study was to determine the trend of malaria in mazandaran province, northern iran during 1997-2012. methods: this retrospective study was conducted from 1997 to 2012. the population's study was individuals who registered at health centers of mazandaran province. peripheral bloo...