Enhancing Malaria Research, Surveillance, and Control in Endemic Areas of Kenya and Ethiopia

Author:

Githure John I.1,Yewhalaw Delenasaw23,Atieli Harrysone4,Hemming-Schroeder Elizabeth5,Lee Ming-Chieh6,Wang Xiaoming6,Zhou Guofa6,Zhong Daibin6,King Christopher L.5,Dent Arlene5,Mukabana Wolfgang Richard7,Degefa Teshome2,Hsu Kuolin8,Githeko Andrew K.9,Okomo Gordon10,Dayo Lilyana11,Tushune Kora12,Omondi Charles O.1,Taffese Hiwot S.13,Kazura James W.5,Yan Guiyun6

Affiliation:

1. Tom Mboya University College, Homa Bay, Kenya;

2. Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia;

3. Tropical and Infectious Diseases Research Center, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia;

4. School of Public Health and Community Development, Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya;

5. Center for Global Health & Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio;

6. Program in Public Health, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California;

7. Department of Biology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;

8. Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California;

9. Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya;

10. Ministry of Health, Homa Bay County, Homa Bay, Kenya;

11. Ministry of Health, Kisumu County, Kisumu, Kenya;

12. Department of Health Management and Policy, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia;

13. National Malaria Program, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Malaria control programs in Africa encounter daunting challenges that hinder progressive steps toward elimination of the disease. These challenges include widespread insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors, increasing outdoor malaria transmission, lack of vector surveillance and control tools suitable for outdoor biting vectors, weakness in malaria surveillance, and an inadequate number of skilled healthcare personnel. Ecological and epidemiological changes induced by environmental modifications resulting from water resource development projects pose additional barriers to malaria control. Cognizant of these challenges, our International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) works in close collaboration with relevant government ministries and agencies to align its research efforts with the objectives and strategies of the national malaria control and elimination programs for the benefit of local communities. Our overall goal is to assess the impact of water resource development projects, shifting agricultural practices, and vector interventions on Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria in Kenya and Ethiopia. From 2017 to date, the ICEMR has advanced knowledge of malaria epidemiology, transmission, immunology, and pathogenesis, and developed tools to enhance vector surveillance and control, improved clinical malaria surveillance and diagnostic methods, and strengthened the capacity of local healthcare providers. Research findings from the ICEMR will inform health policy and strategic planning by ministries of health in their quest to sustain malaria control and achieve elimination goals.

Publisher

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Subject

Virology,Infectious Diseases,Parasitology

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