Title |
Malaria eradication and elimination: views on how to translate a vision into reality
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, July 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12916-015-0384-6 |
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Authors |
Marcel Tanner, Brian Greenwood, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Evelyn K. Ansah, Ric N. Price, Arjen M. Dondorp, Lorenz von Seidlein, J. Kevin Baird, James G. Beeson, Freya J.I. Fowkes, Janet Hemingway, Kevin Marsh, Faith Osier |
Abstract |
Although global efforts in the past decade have halved the number of deaths due to malaria, there are still an estimated 219 million cases of malaria a year, causing more than half a million deaths. In this forum article, we asked experts working in malaria research and control to discuss the ways in which malaria might eventually be eradicated. Their collective views highlight the challenges and opportunities, and explain how multi-factorial and integrated processes could eventually make malaria eradication a reality. |
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United Kingdom | 10 | 25% |
Australia | 3 | 8% |
Thailand | 2 | 5% |
Kenya | 1 | 3% |
Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
Bangladesh | 1 | 3% |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 3% |
Sweden | 1 | 3% |
Mexico | 1 | 3% |
Other | 4 | 10% |
Unknown | 15 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 28 | 70% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 18% |
Scientists | 5 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
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United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Belgium | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 330 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 88 | 26% |
Researcher | 40 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 26 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 6% |
Other | 49 | 15% |
Unknown | 72 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 72 | 22% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 51 | 15% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 33 | 10% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 14 | 4% |
Other | 60 | 18% |
Unknown | 79 | 24% |