Malaria control in Bhutan: case study of a country embarking on elimination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bhutan has achieved a major reduction in malaria incidence amid multiple challenges. This case study seeks to characterize the Bhutan malaria control programme over the last 10 years.

Methods

A review of the malaria epidemiology, control strategies, and elimination strategies employed in Bhutan was carried out through a literature review of peer-reviewed and grey national and international literature with the addition of reviewing the surveillance and vector control records of the Bhutan Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme (VDCP). Data triangulation was used to identify trends in epidemiology and key strategies and interventions through analysis of the VDCP surveillance and programme records and the literature review. Enabling and challenging factors were ident

SUBMITTER: Yangzom T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3278342 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature