Back to school for malaria prevention: a new tool in the era of malaria elimination?

vanEijk, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-1289 and Hill, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1588-485X (2020) 'Back to school for malaria prevention: a new tool in the era of malaria elimination?'. Lancet Global Health, Vol 8, Issue 12, e1447-e1448.

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Abstract

Children and pregnant women are vulnerable groups for malaria. Among children, research to date has focussed on pre-school children (aged <5 years) because this group bears the brunt of malaria illness and deaths. With changing malaria endemicity, however, vulnerability patterns among children of different age groups may change.1 Furthermore, children aged 5-15 years predominantly have the highest risk of asymptomatic malaria and gametocytaemia, and yet low use of long-lasting insecticide treated nets which puts them at risk.1,2 As part of global efforts to reduce and eliminate malaria transmission, it is only logical to find effective malaria prevention strategies for school children.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WA Public Health > WA 20.5 Research (General) WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 309 Women's health WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 320 Child Welfare. Child Health Services. WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 750 Malaria WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 765 Prevention and control
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30347-8
Depositing User:	Tracy Seddon
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2020 12:10
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2020 12:10
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/16149

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