Cross-border movement, economic development and malaria elimination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT: Malaria at international borders presents particular challenges with regards to elimination. International borders share common malaria ecologies, yet neighboring countries are often at different stages of the control-to-elimination pathway. Herein, we present a case study on malaria, and its control, at the border between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Malaria program activity reports, case data, and ancillary information have been assembled from national health information systems, archives, and other related sources. Information was analyzed as a semi-quantitative time series, between 2000 and 2017, to provide a plausibility framework to understand the possible contributions of factors related to control activities, conflict, economic development, migration, and climate. The malaria recession

SUBMITTER: Al Zahrani MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019222 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature