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. 2011 Oct 21:10:313.
doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-313.

A national policy for malaria elimination in Swaziland: a first for sub-Saharan Africa

Simon Kunene  1 , Allison A Phillips, Roly D Gosling, Deepika Kandula, Joseph M Novotny
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A national policy for malaria elimination in Swaziland: a first for sub-Saharan Africa

Simon Kunene et al. Malar J. .

Abstract

Swaziland is working to be the first country in mainland sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria. The highest level of Swaziland's government recently approved a national elimination policy, which endorses Swaziland's robust national elimination strategic plan. This commentary outlines Swaziland's progress towards elimination as well as the challenges that remain, primarily around securing long-term financial resources and managing imported cases from neighbouring countries.

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Incidence in Swaziland per 1000 population by Inkhundla (District), 2010-2011. 1 Out of 478 confirmed cases, 376 were investigated. 187 were determined to be locally transmitted, 172 imported, and 8 were undetermined. 2 Location data was available on 477 out of 478 cases.
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Parasitologically Confirmed Cases in Swaziland, 1999-2011. Prior to February 2010, all confirmed cases were diagnosed by microscopy. Parasitologically confirmed cases in 2009-10 and 2010-11 consist of cases that were confirmed by RDT and/or microscopy. Case increase in 2009-10 and 2010-2011 is due to increase in volume of patients tested for malaria.
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