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. 2014 May 13;11(5):e1001642.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001642. eCollection 2014 May.

Communicating and monitoring surveillance and response activities for malaria elimination: China's "1-3-7" strategy

Jun Cao  1 , Hugh J W Sturrock  2 , Chris Cotter  2 , Shuisen Zhou  3 , Huayun Zhou  4 , Yaobao Liu  5 , Linhua Tang  3 , Roly D Gosling  2 , Richard G A Feachem  2 , Qi Gao  1
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Communicating and monitoring surveillance and response activities for malaria elimination: China's "1-3-7" strategy

Jun Cao et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Qi Gao and colleagues describe China's 1-3-7 strategy for eliminating malaria: reporting of malaria cases within one day, their confirmation and investigation within three days, and the appropriate public health response to prevent further transmission within seven days.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Shifts in the spatial and temporal scales of reporting and response as countries progress towards malaria elimination.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Schematic of the chain of events conducted within the 1-3-7 time windows.
IRS, indoor residual spraying.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Diagram of the data reporting and feedback system for 1-3-7.
CDC, China CDC; PSTN, public switched telephone network; SMS, short message service; VPN, virtual private network.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Implementation progress of the 1-3-7 strategy in China.
MoH, Ministry of Health; S&R, surveillance and response.
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