One step forward, two steps back: Tensions between malaria elimination and improved malaria surveillance in the Solomon Islands

Sebastian Kevany; Sebastian Kevany

doi:10.3934/publichealth.2020067

AIMS Public Health

2020, Volume 7, Issue 4: 869-871. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020067

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One step forward, two steps back: Tensions between malaria elimination and improved malaria surveillance in the Solomon Islands

Sebastian Kevany ^,

University of California, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94158, USA

Received: 12 October 2020 Accepted: 23 November 2020 Published: 23 November 2020

The Solomon Islands experienced, between 2010, an apparent meteoric fall in the level of malaria incidence and prevalence [1]. Thanks ostensibly to the efforts of bilateral and multilateral partners and donors, annual parasite incidence (API) fell from 70 to 40 per 1,000 population. With such dramatic progress, international efforts were hailed as dramatic successes and showcased as progress towards malaria elimination and eradication, Yet, paradoxically, the true caseload of malaria in the Solomon Islands has revealed a situation that calls for more, rather than less, support.
- malaria,
- surveillance,
- health systems,
- eradication
Citation: Sebastian Kevany. One step forward, two steps back: Tensions between malaria elimination and improved malaria surveillance in the Solomon Islands[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2020, 7(4): 869-871. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020067

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Abstract

The Solomon Islands experienced, between 2010, an apparent meteoric fall in the level of malaria incidence and prevalence [1]. Thanks ostensibly to the efforts of bilateral and multilateral partners and donors, annual parasite incidence (API) fell from 70 to 40 per 1,000 population. With such dramatic progress, international efforts were hailed as dramatic successes and showcased as progress towards malaria elimination and eradication, Yet, paradoxically, the true caseload of malaria in the Solomon Islands has revealed a situation that calls for more, rather than less, support.

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