Challenges of maintaining malaria elimination in China: Cross-border malaria
10.16250/j.32.1374.2022064
- VernacularTitle:巩固消除疟疾成果面临的挑战：边境疟疾
- Author:
Shu-hao ZHANG
1
;
Jia-yin LI
1
;
Jun ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. The Health Poverty Action (HPA) Yunnan Office, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cross-border malaria;
Elimination;
China-Myanmar border;
Challenge
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2022;34(2):115-116
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
China was certificated malaria-free by WHO in 2021 and has continued to maintain malaria elimination. However, there are still huge challenges in malaria control in the border regions between Yunnan Province, China and Myanmar due to lack of geographic barriers and frequent cross-border travel. Hereby, we review the direction contributions of the Global Fund Malaria Program implemented by Health Poverty Action (HPA), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), to malaria elimination in China, and analyze the challenges of malaria control caused by external environmental factors, such as COVID-19, in regions where the Global Fund Malaria Program is implemented. In addition, some suggestions are proposed for cross-border collaboration on malaria control.
