Innovative Malaria Control Strategies: Success Stories from Diverse Global Regions

Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, with approximately 249 million cases reported annually. Despite being a treatable and preventable disease, its prevalence varies significantly across different regions. Over the past decade, notable progress has been made in reducing malaria cases in WHO regions such as South-East Asia and the Americas. However, the disease burden continues to rise in the Eastern Mediterranean and parts of the WHO's African regions. High-risk groups, including pregnant women, young children, mine workers, armed forces in conflict zones, and indigenous populations in remote areas, are particularly vulnerable. Emerging challenges such as drug resistance, HRP-2/HRP-3 gene deletions in parasites, zoonotic malaria transmission, and socio-environmental factors like climate change and urbanization further complicate malaria control efforts. Addressing these issues requires innovative approaches and a deeper understanding of successful malaria control strategies.

This Research Topic aims to highlight successful malaria control stories from various global regions, focusing on different transmission settings and high-risk groups. By showcasing these success stories, the research seeks to present opportunities and challenges in malaria control, emphasizing the impressive gains made in recent years. The goal is to gather insights from different WHO regions, sharing new knowledge and innovative methods that have proven effective in reducing malaria cases. Specific questions to be addressed include the effectiveness of various control strategies, the role of community participation, and the impact of new policies and infrastructural developments on malaria control.

To gather further insights into the range and limitations of malaria control efforts, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

- Control efforts contributing to the decline of malaria with baseline and endpoint prevalence data.
- Prompt diagnosis and treatment or mass screening and treatment.
- Innovative diagnostic methods.
- Preventive treatment.
- Integrated vector management strategies (such as indoor residual spraying, biological control, insecticide-treated nets, and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets).
- Community participation and mobilization.
- New policies, basic infrastructural development, and analyses at local, state, and national levels that could empower high-risk group communities to be more resilient against malaria and other vector-borne diseases.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Conceptual Analysis
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• ... View all formats

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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Conceptual Analysis
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Policy Brief
• Review
• Study Protocol
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Malaria, Control, Methods, Hypoendemic, Mesoendemic and Hyperendemic Areas, High Risk Groups, Vector Control

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