Authors
Vandana Wadhwa, Ashok K Dutt
Publication date
2010
Journal
Malaria in South Asia: Eradication and Resurgence During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Pages
179-200
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Description
South Asia is a cohesive region and yet diverse, both in terms of physical and socio-cultural environments. This concluding chapter summarizes these similarities and variations in the context of malaria occurrence and specifically highlights common challenges such as the ever-conducive climate and the threat of climate change, cultural practices, socio-economic constraints, and political disruptions. It updates the malaria situation in South Asia into the twenty-first century and discusses the successes and failures of new drugs like ACTs and the return to old mainstays like DDT. Also addressed are the changing directions of global programs, the value of regional and multi-sectoral approaches, and the promise held by technological and scientific advances. In the end, the best course of action for now seems to be the use of effective and sustained surveillance, prophylaxes, prevention, control, and cure …
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Scholar articles
V Wadhwa, AK Dutt - Malaria in South Asia: Eradication and Resurgence …, 2010