Baseline results of the first malaria indicator survey in Iran at the health facility level

Ahmad Raiesi, Fatemeh Nikpour, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Mansoor Ranjbar, Fatemeh Rakhshani, Mahdi Mohammadi, Aliakbar Haghdost, Rahim Taghizadeh-Asl, Mohammad Sakeni, Reza Safari, Mehdi Saffari

Malaria continues to be a global public health challenge, particularly in developing countries. Delivery of prompt and effective diagnosis and treatment of malaria cases, detection of malaria epidemics within one week of onset and control them in less than a month, regular disease monitoring and operational classification of malaria are among the major responsibilities of the national malaria programme. The study was conducted to determine these indicators at the different level of primary health care facilities in malaria-affected provinces of Iran