Discourse on malaria elimination: where do forcibly displaced persons fit in these discussions?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals forcibly displaced are some of the poorest people in the world, living in areas where infrastructure and services are at a bare minimum. Out of a total of 10,549,686 refugees protected and assisted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees globally, 6,917,496 (65.6%) live in areas where malaria is transmitted. Historically, national malaria control programmes have excluded displaced populations.

Results

The current discourse on malaria elimination rarely includes discussion of forcibly displaced persons who reside within malaria-eliminating countries. Of the 100 malaria-endemic countries, 64 are controlling malaria and 36 are in some stage of elimination. Of these, 30 malaria-controlling countries and 13 countries in some phase of eliminatio

SUBMITTER: Williams HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3626721 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature