Risk and countermeasures of re-establishment after malaria elimination in China
- Author:
GAO Qi
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Malaria;
re-establishment;
risk;
countermeasures
- From:
China Tropical Medicine
2024;24(1):1-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Malaria used to be one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in China. With the unremitting efforts of several generations, China has achieved remarkable achievements from malaria control to elimination. In particular, after 10 years of national malaria elimination action, local transmission has been successfully interrupted, and the indigenous cases reduced from 30 million to zero. Despite the successful malaria elimination in China, the global malaria epidemic is still serious and Anopheles mosquitos are still existing in the original malaria-endemic areas in China. With the risks of thousands of imported cases every year and cross-border positive Anopheles mosquitoes give rise to new challenges. Preventing malaria re-establishment will be a long-term task after the elimination of malaria in China. This paper summarizes the five pillars and the new case-based "1-3-7" strategy for malaria elimination in China, analyzes the global malaria situation, and the new characteristics of the risk of re-establishment after malaria elimination in China. It is suggested that continuously political support, timely adjustment the risk stratification of re-establishment, strengthening the diagnosis and treatment capacity of imported malaria in hospitals/clinicals, and the monitoring and early warning/emergency response capacity in CDCs, attaching importance to innovative research and the production/supply of special antimalarial products will be important in the preventing re-establishment setting in China.
- Full text:20250109100926652531.Risk and countermeasures of re-establishment after malaria elimination in China.pdf
