Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication

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The Global Malaria Eradication Program,launched in the middle of the last century, over-promised and under-delivered [1]. Decades of pessimism followed, during which malariologists were afraid to even mention the goal of this program by name [2]. The term eradication was often nervously referred to as ‘‘the E-word’’ by a disillusioned community that had learned from bitter experience that optimistic forecasts [3] had been based on an oversimplified view of transmission ecology [4]. Eradication of malaria remains beyond our grasp today, but is nevertheless firmly back on the global health agenda as a long-term target

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M., F (2024). Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/ecology-a-prerequisite-for-malaria-elimination-and-eradication

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M., Ferguson "Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication" Afribary. Afribary, 10 Mar. 2024, https://afribary.com/works/ecology-a-prerequisite-for-malaria-elimination-and-eradication. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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M., Ferguson . "Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication". Afribary, Afribary, 10 Mar. 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/ecology-a-prerequisite-for-malaria-elimination-and-eradication >.

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M., Ferguson . "Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication" Afribary (2024). Accessed April 29, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/ecology-a-prerequisite-for-malaria-elimination-and-eradication

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