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Preventing the re-establishment of malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka: implications for health security.

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العنوان: Preventing the re-establishment of malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka: implications for health security.
المؤلفون: Mendis K; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Fernando D; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Ranaweera P; Anti Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Gunasekera K; Anti Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Fernando T; Anti Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Newby G; Malaria Elimination Initiative, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA., Perera R; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Thalagolla Road, P.O. Box 6, Ragama, 11010, Sri Lanka., Caldera A; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Thalagolla Road, P.O. Box 6, Ragama, 11010, Sri Lanka., Wickremasinghe R; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Thalagolla Road, P.O. Box 6, Ragama, 11010, Sri Lanka. rajwicks@gmail.com.
المصدر: Malaria journal [Malar J] 2024 Aug 23; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 254. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 23.
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101139802 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1475-2875 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14752875 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Malar J Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2002-
مواضيع طبية MeSH: COVID-19*/prevention & control , COVID-19*/epidemiology , Malaria*/prevention & control , Malaria*/epidemiology, Sri Lanka/epidemiology ; Humans ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Pandemics/prevention & control
مستخلص: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic-with its first reported case in Sri Lanka in March 2020-had the potential to impact the risk of re-establishing malaria, a disease which was eliminated from Sri Lanka in 2012. Post-elimination, the country remains highly vulnerable to a return of malaria on account of high vector mosquito densities and the inflow of imported malaria cases.
Methods: Parallels between COVID-19 and malaria after its elimination as health security threats were drawn, and the many ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the prevention of re-establishment of malaria programmes in the country in 2020 were examined. The implications of this experience for global health security are analysed.
Results: In 2020, imported malaria cases were fewer than in the previous 3 years, due to restrictions on international travel. Yet, a high level of malaria case and entomological surveillance was sustained through surveillance strategies modified to focus on quarantine centers, in response to the pandemic. As a result, more imported malaria cases were detected by active case detection than by passive surveillance. Some of the operational shifts adopted by the Anti Malaria Campaign were moving rapidly into functioning as an intersectoral player by reinforcing its collaborations with the Ministries of Aviation and Defense, switching to the use of online communication systems, and integrating and synergizing its field activities with the COVID-19 control programme.
Conclusions: The experience highlights the need for disease control programmes to be agile, flexible and responsive, and underscores the importance of maintaining even a lean focal programme for diseases such as malaria after they have been eliminated. Sustaining public health leadership and robust technological capacities in communication and data management were paramount in preventing the disruption of the malaria prevention programme during the pandemic and sustaining the malaria-free status of the country.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
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فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: COVID-19; Health security; Malaria; Prevention of re-establishment; Sri Lanka
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20240823 Date Completed: 20240824 Latest Revision: 20240826
رمز التحديث: 20240826
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: PMC11342602
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05080-0
PMID: 39180067
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:1475-2875
DOI:10.1186/s12936-024-05080-0