Open AccessMalaria elimination in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Julia Nicole Simac,
Stanley Zlotkin,
Jessica Anne Farber,
Maame Yaa Owusua Brako,
Rafael Angel Lo Giudice-Jimenez,
Steven Saverio Raspa,
Meshack Achore,
Sean D. MacKnight
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of health specialties
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2468-6360
pISSN - 2321-6298
DOI - 10.4103/jhs.jhs_25_17
Subject(s) - sri lanka , malaria , indigenous , government (linguistics) , economic growth , disease eradication , global health , socioeconomics , development economics , political science , medicine , environmental health , disease , economics , health care , tanzania , immunology , biology , pathology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy
Sri Lanka was declared malaria-free on 5 September 2016 by the World Health Organization. This success was the result of over a century of efforts that combined disease surveillance, vector control and treatment. By 2008, there was zero mortality from indigenous cases, and the country witnessed its last indigenous case in 2012. This process involved long-term, sustained financial support, particularly from the Sri Lankan Government, the World Bank and the Global Fund. Given that malaria is still a global health burden, there is much to be learnt from Sri Lanka's achievement in the ongoing efforts to reach a malaria-free world