Rethinking human resources and capacity building needs for malaria control and elimination in Africa.

Autor:	Mwenesi H; Consultant, Nairobi, Kenya., Mbogo C; Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya.; Center for Geographic Medicine Research, Coast (CGMR(C), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kilifi, Kenya., Casamitjana N; Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Castro MC; Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Itoe MA; Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Okonofua F; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria., Tanner M; Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2022 May 09; Vol. 2 (5), pp. e0000210. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 09 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pgph.0000210
Abstrakt:	Despite considerable success in controlling malaria worldwide, progress toward achieving malaria elimination has largely stalled. In particular, strategies to overcome roadblocks in malaria control and elimination in Africa are critical to achieving worldwide malaria elimination goals-this continent carries 94% of the global malaria case burden. To identify key areas for targeted efforts, we combined a comprehensive review of current literature with direct feedback gathered from frontline malaria workers, leaders, and scholars from Africa. Our analysis identified deficiencies in human resources, training, and capacity building at all levels, from research and development to community involvement. Addressing these needs will require active and coordinated engagement of stakeholders as well as implementation of effective strategies, with malaria-endemic countries owning the relevant processes. This paper reports those valuable identified needs and their concomitant opportunities to accelerate progress toward the goals of the World Health Organization's Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030. Ultimately, we underscore the critical need to re-think current approaches and expand concerted efforts toward increasing relevant human resources for health and capacity building at all levels if we are to develop the relevant competencies necessary to maintain current gains while accelerating momentum toward malaria control and elimination. Competing Interests: No competing interests. (Copyright: © 2022 Mwenesi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
Externí odkaz:	Zobrazit plný text záznamu