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Setting the scene and generating evidence for malaria
                elimination in Southern Mozambique

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Mozambique has historically been one of the countries
                with the highest malaria burden in the world. Starting in the
                1960s, malaria control efforts were intensified in the southern
                region of the country, especially in Maputo city and Maputo
                province, to aid regional initiatives aimed to eliminate malaria
                in South Africa and eSwatini. Despite significant reductions in
                malaria prevalence, elimination was never achieved. Following
                the World Health Organization's renewed vision of a
                malaria-free-world, and considering the achievements from the
                past, the Mozambican National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP)
                embarked on the development and implementation of a strategic
                plan to accelerate from malaria control to malaria elimination
                in southern Mozambique. An initial partnership, supported by the
                Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the La Caixa Foundation,
                led to the creation of the Mozambican Alliance Towards the
                Elimination of Malaria (MALTEM) and the Malaria Technical and
                Advisory Committee (MTAC) to promote national ownership and
                partner coordination to work towards the goal of malaria
                elimination in local and cross-border initiatives. Surveillance
                systems to generate epidemiological and entomological
                intelligence to inform the malaria control strategies were
                strengthened, and an impact and feasibility assessment of
                various interventions aimed to interrupt malaria transmission
                were conducted in Magude district (Maputo Province) through the
                "Magude Project". The primary aim of this project was to
                generate evidence to inform malaria elimination strategies for
                southern Mozambique. The goal of malaria elimination in areas of
                low transmission intensity is now included in the national
                malaria strategic plan for 2017-22 and the NMCP and its partners
                have started to work towards this goal while evidence continues
                to be generated to move the national elimination agenda forward.

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Setting the scene and generating evidence for malaria
                elimination in Southern Mozambique