ReviewThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Information systems to support surveillance for malaria elimination.
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- A Review of the Ring Trial Design for Evaluating Ring Interventions for Infectious Diseases.Epidemiologic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review on malaria sero-epidemiology studies in the Brazilian Amazon: insights into immunological markers for exposure and protection.Malaria journal · 2017Pooled it
- Estimating probabilities of malaria importation in southern Mozambique through modellingeLife · 2026Article
- A bespoke, real-time surveillance system for malaria elimination in Cambodia: architecture, applications and impact.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Extreme weather events and vector-borne diseases: Quantifying the epidemiological effect of Hurricane Julia on malaria transmission in Colombia.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Increasing the resolution of malaria early warning systems for use by local health actors.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Improving the Quality and Use of Malaria Surveillance Data: Results from Evaluating an Integrated Malaria Information Storage System at the Health Facility Level in Selected Districts in Mozambique.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Now Is the Time to Strengthen Government-Academic Data Infrastructures to Jump-Start Future Public Health Crisis Response.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Utilizing a novel high-resolution malaria dataset for climate-informed predictions with a deep learning transformer model.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Applying a zero-corrected, gravity model estimator reduces bias due to heterogeneity in healthcare utilization in community-scale, passive surveillance datasets of endemic diseases.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Space-time modelling of monthly malaria incidence for seasonal associated drivers and early epidemic detection in Southern Ethiopia.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Prevalence and predictors of asymptomatic malaria infection in Boricha District, Sidama Region, Ethiopia: implications for elimination strategies.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Detecting temporal and spatial malaria patterns from first antenatal care visits.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Reactive Case Detection Strategy for Malaria Control and Elimination: A 12 Year Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis from 25 Malaria-Endemic Countries.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- Detecting temporal and spatial malaria patterns from first antenatal care visits.Research square · 2023Article
- Private Sector Contributions to National Malaria Surveillance Systems in Elimination Settings: Lessons Learned from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Optimizing Routine Malaria Surveillance Data in Urban Environments: A Case Study in Maputo City, Mozambique.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Service availability and readiness of malaria surveillance information systems implementation at primary health centers in Indonesia.PloS one · 2023Article
- Malaria diagnostic methods with the elimination goal in view.Parasitology research · 2022Review
- Real-time, spatial decision support to optimize malaria vector control: The case of indoor residual spraying on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.PLOS digital health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Robust and responsive surveillance systems are critical for malaria elimination. The ideal information system that supports malaria elimination includes: rapid and complete case reporting, incorporation of related data, such as census or health survey information, central data storage and management, automated and expert data analysis, and customized outputs and feedback that lead to timely and targeted responses. Spatial information enhances such a system, ensuring cases are tracked and mapped over time. Data sharing and coordination across borders are vital and new technologies can improve data speed, accuracy, and quality. Parts of this ideal information system exist and are in use, but have yet to be linked together coherently. Malaria elimination programs should support the implementation and refinement of information systems to support surveillance and response and ensure political and financial commitment to maintain the systems and the human resources needed to run them. National malaria programs should strive to improve the access and utility of these information systems and establish cross-border data sharing mechanisms through the use of standard indicators for malaria surveillance. Ultimately, investment in the information technologies that support a timely and targeted surveillance and response system is essential for malaria elimination.
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