Baseline spatial distribution of malaria prior to an elimination programme in Vanuatu
Open Access
- 2 June 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 9 (1) , 150
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-150
Abstract
The Ministry of Health in the Republic of Vanuatu has implemented a malaria elimination programme in Tafea Province, the most southern and eastern limit of malaria transmission in the South West Pacific. Tafea Province is comprised of five islands with malaria elimination achieved on one of these islands (Aneityum) in 1998. The current study aimed to establish the baseline distribution of malaria on the most malarious of the province's islands, Tanna Island, to guide the implementation of elimination activities.Keywords
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