Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China?
For decades now, malaria has been an important public health concern in Africa, which bears the greatest burden for the disease, affecting children and adults alike. Although a few countries (Australia, Brunei, Singapore, and Algeria, among others) have previously eliminated malaria, the World Heal...
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| author | Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai Olivia Ngou Caroline Ekoko Subi Sofia Mohlin Fidele Bemadoum Sylvanus Teboh Frankline Wirsiy Luchuo Bain |
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For decades now, malaria has been an important public health concern in Africa, which bears the greatest burden for the disease, affecting children and adults alike. Although a few countries (Australia, Brunei, Singapore, and Algeria, among others) have previously eliminated malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO), on June 30, 2021, declared China malaria-free. This commentary seeks to explore what China did differently to eliminate malaria and what Africa can learn from China’s experience. First, Africa can use innovative tools and strategies used by China to attain success. Second, Africa can create a multi-sector collaboration among Heads of States in high burden malaria-affected countries by involving all stakeholders such as ministries of health, finance, research, education, development, public security, the army, police, commerce, industry, and information technology, customs, media and tourism to jointly fight malaria in all African countries. Furthermore, African countries could adapt the genetics-based approaches used by China in the elimination of mosquito breeding grounds. Finally, Africa can also adapt a better surveillance system of reporting on malaria daily as China did in their experience.
Copyright © 2022 Ngwayu Nkfusai et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec86a1238faf451f9e362d9cab276cc32022-12-22T04:23:26ZengGlobal Health and Education Projects, Inc.International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS2161-86742161-864X2022-11-0111210.21106/ijma.526Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China?Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai0Olivia Ngou1Caroline Ekoko Subi2Sofia Mohlin3Fidele Bemadoum4Sylvanus Teboh5Frankline Wirsiy6Luchuo Bain7Malaria Consortium, Buea, Cameroon; Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South AfricaImpact Santé Afrique (ISA), Yaoundé, CameroonLocal Youth Corner (LOYOC), Yaoundé, CameroonImpact Santé Afrique (ISA), Yaoundé, CameroonImpact Santé Afrique (ISA), Yaoundé, CameroonSaba University School of Medicine, Dutch CaribbeanDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), United States; GAPS, Cameroon; IntraHealth International, Suite 200 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United StatesInternational Institute of Rural Health, College of Social Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom For decades now, malaria has been an important public health concern in Africa, which bears the greatest burden for the disease, affecting children and adults alike. Although a few countries (Australia, Brunei, Singapore, and Algeria, among others) have previously eliminated malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO), on June 30, 2021, declared China malaria-free. This commentary seeks to explore what China did differently to eliminate malaria and what Africa can learn from China’s experience. First, Africa can use innovative tools and strategies used by China to attain success. Second, Africa can create a multi-sector collaboration among Heads of States in high burden malaria-affected countries by involving all stakeholders such as ministries of health, finance, research, education, development, public security, the army, police, commerce, industry, and information technology, customs, media and tourism to jointly fight malaria in all African countries. Furthermore, African countries could adapt the genetics-based approaches used by China in the elimination of mosquito breeding grounds. Finally, Africa can also adapt a better surveillance system of reporting on malaria daily as China did in their experience. Copyright © 2022 Ngwayu Nkfusai et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0. https://mchandaids.org/index.php/IJMA/article/view/526Africa Learn China Elimination Malaria Essential health services |
| spellingShingle | Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai Olivia Ngou Caroline Ekoko Subi Sofia Mohlin Fidele Bemadoum Sylvanus Teboh Frankline Wirsiy Luchuo Bain Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China? International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS Africa Learn China Elimination Malaria Essential health services |
| title | Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China? |
| title_full | Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China? |
| title_fullStr | Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China? |
| title_short | Malaria Elimination: What Can Africa Learn from China? |
| title_sort | malaria elimination what can africa learn from china |
| topic | Africa Learn China Elimination Malaria Essential health services |
| url | https://mchandaids.org/index.php/IJMA/article/view/526 |
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