Supporting countries to achieve their malaria elimination goals: the WHO E-2020 initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria causes more than 200 million cases of illness and 400,000 deaths each year across 90 countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal for 35 countries to eliminate malaria by 2030, with an intermediate milestone of 10 countries by 2020. In 2017, the WHO established the Elimination-2020 (E-2020) initiative to help countries achieve their malaria elimination goals and included 21 countries with the potential to eliminate malaria by 2020.

Methods

Across its three levels of activity (country, region and global), the WHO developed normative and implementation guidance on strategies and activities to eliminate malaria; provided technical support and subnational operational assistance; convened national malaria programme managers at three global meetings

SUBMITTER: Lindblade KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8686104 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature