Haiti's Commitment to Malaria Elimination: Progress in the Face of Challenges, 2010-2016.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 97(4_Suppl): 43-48, 2017 Oct.
Article
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| ID: mdl-29064360
Haiti is committed to malaria elimination by 2020. Following a 2010 earthquake and cholera epidemic, Haiti capitalized on investments in its health system to refocus on malaria elimination. Efforts, including expanding diagnostics, ensuring efficacy of standard treatments, building institutional capacity, and strengthening surveillance were undertaken to complement the broad health system strengthening activities. These efforts led to the adoption and scale-up of malaria rapid diagnostic tests as a diagnostic modality. In addition, drug-resistant monitoring has been established in the country, along with the development of molecular testing capacity for the Plasmodium falciparum parasite at the National Public Health Laboratory. The development and piloting of surveillance activities to include an enhanced community-based approach for testing and treatment of patients has increased the ability of the Ministry of Health to map foci of transmission and respond promptly to outbreaks. The reinforcement of evidence-based approaches coupled with strong collaboration among the Ministry of Health and partners has demonstrated that malaria elimination by 2020 is a realistic prospect.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Malária Falciparum
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Erradicação de Doenças
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Haiti
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Haiti
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos