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| Title |
On the road to eliminate malaria in Sri Lanka: lessons from history, challenges, gaps in knowledge and research needs
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| Published in |
Malaria Journal, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-59 |
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| Authors |
Nadira D Karunaweera, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Dyann F Wirth |
| Abstract |
Malaria is one of the most important tropical diseases that has caused devastation throughout the history of mankind. Malaria eradication programmes in the past have had many positive effects but failed to wipe out malaria from most tropical countries, including Sri Lanka. Encouraged by the impressive levels of reduction in malaria case numbers during the past decade, Sri Lanka has launched a programme to eliminate malaria by year 2014. This article reviews the historical milestones associated with the malaria eradication programme that failed subsequently and the events that led to the launch of the ongoing malaria elimination plans at national-level and its strategies that are operational across the entire country. The existing gaps in knowledge are also discussed together with the priority areas for research to fill in these gaps that are posing as challenges to the envisaged goal of wiping out malaria from this island nation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 22 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5 | 23% |
| United States | 3 | 14% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 91% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 171 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Mozambique | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 163 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 12% |
| Researcher | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 38 | 22% |
| Unknown | 45 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 28 | 16% |
| Unknown | 49 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 March 2024.
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