Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa

Martin J Donnelly; P J McCall; Christian Lengeler; Imelda Bates; Umberto D'Alessandro; Guy Barnish; Flemming Konradsen; Eveline Klinkenberg; Harold Townson; Jean-Francois Trape; Ian M Hastings; Clifford Mutero

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-12

Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa

Martin J Donnelly, P J McCall, Christian Lengeler, Imelda Bates, Umberto D'Alessandro, Guy Barnish, Flemming Konradsen, Eveline Klinkenberg, Harold Townson, Jean-Francois Trape, Ian M Hastings, Clifford Mutero

Department of Immunology and Microbiology

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There are already 40 cities in Africa with over 1 million inhabitants and the United Nations Environmental Programme estimates that by 2025 over 800 million people will live in urban areas. Recognizing that malaria control can improve the health of the vulnerable and remove a major obstacle to their economic development, the Malaria Knowledge Programme of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Systemwide Initiative on Malaria and Agriculture convened a multi-sectoral technical consultation on urban malaria in Pretoria, South Africa from 2nd to 4th December, 2004. The aim of the meeting was to identify strategies for the assessment and control of urban malaria. This commentary reflects the discussions held during the meeting and aims to inform researchers and policy makers of the potential for containing and reversing the emerging problem of urban malaria.

Original language	English
Journal	Malaria Journal
Volume	4
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	12
ISSN	1475-2875
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-4-12
Publication status	Published - 2005

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Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa

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