Malaria control and elimination in Sri Lanka: documenting progress and success factors in a conflict setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sri Lanka has a long history of malaria control, and over the past decade has had dramatic declines in cases amid a national conflict. A case study of Sri Lanka's malaria programme was conducted to characterize the programme and explain recent progress.

Methods

The case study employed qualitative and quantitative methods. Data were collected from published and grey literature, district-level and national records, and thirty-three key informant interviews. Expenditures in two districts for two years--2004 and 2009--were compiled.

Findings

Malaria incidence in Sri Lanka has declined by 99.9% since 1999. During this time, there were increases in the proportion of malaria infections due to Plasmodium vivax, and the proportion of infections occurring in adult ma

SUBMITTER: Abeyasinghe RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3430652 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature