Title |
Importance of active case detection in a malaria elimination programme
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Published in |
Malaria Journal, May 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-186 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Renu Wickremasinghe, Sumadhya Deepika Fernando, Janani Thillekaratne, Panduka Mahendra Wijeyaratne, Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe |
Abstract |
With the aim of eliminating malaria from Sri Lanka by 2014, the Anti-Malaria Campaign of Sri Lanka (AMC) sought the support of Tropical and Environmental Disease and Health Associates Private Limited (TEDHA), a private sector organization. In 2009, TEDHA was assigned 43 government hospitals in the district of Mannar in the Northern Province and in districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara in the Eastern Province to carry out malaria surveillance to complement the surveillance activities of the AMC. Passive case detection (PCD), activated passive case detection (APCD) and active case detection (ACD) for malaria have been routinely carried out in Sri Lanka. |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Sri Lanka | 1 | <1% |
Belgium | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
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Other | 22 | 15% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
Other | 22 | 15% |
Unknown | 37 | 26% |