Malaria in Angola: recent progress, challenges and future opportunities using parasite demography studies.

Autor: Tavares W; Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene E Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal., Morais J; Instituto Nacional de Investigação Em Saúde, INIS, Luanda, Angola., Martins JF; Programa Nacional de Controlo da Malária, PNCM, Luanda, Angola., Scalsky RJ; Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA., Stabler TC; Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Medeiros MM; Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene E Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal., Fortes FJ; Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene E Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal., Arez AP; Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene E Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal., Silva JC; Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. jcsilva@som.umaryland.edu.; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. jcsilva@som.umaryland.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Malaria journal [Malar J] 2022 Dec 28; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 396. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 28.
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04424-y
Abstrakt: Over the past two decades, a considerable expansion of malaria interventions has occurred at the national level in Angola, together with cross-border initiatives and regional efforts in southern Africa. Currently, Angola aims to consolidate malaria control and to accelerate the transition from control to pre-elimination, along with other country members of the Elimination 8 initiative. However, the tremendous heterogeneity in malaria prevalence among Angolan provinces, as well as internal population movements and migration across borders, represent major challenges for the Angolan National Malaria Control Programme. This review aims to contribute to the understanding of factors underlying the complex malaria situation in Angola and to encourage future research studies on transmission dynamics and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum, important areas to complement host epidemiological information and to help reenergize the goal of malaria elimination in the country.
(© 2022. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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