Eunice Smith

 Malaria transmitted by mosquitoes is still a public health challenge in India, despite significant achievements towards reducing malaria incidence countrywide. The disease continues to be a major concern in remote and high-risk areas. Vector surveillance for monitoring in malaria epidemiology has become central to the fight against malaria in India. It involves the systematic sampling […]

 Managing malaria as a public health issue in the ecological and transitional zone-rich India is challenging because of diverse patterns of malaria transmission and vector distribution. Effective malaria control is not possible unless we know much more about the spatial distribution and temporal behavior of malaria vectors – the Anopheles mosquitoes. In malaria-endemic countries such

 Malaria is one of the most serious health challenges in the world. In 2015, there were 214 million cases reported worldwide. The majority of these cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Surveillance of malaria vectors is a critical component of disease control, but certainly, there are substantial barriers due to socioeconomic inequalities. Given the effectiveness of

What happened in India in recent days was truly special: the first large-scale, international scientific course on malaria vector surveillance. This course, which was co-organized by international academic and health organizations alongside the Indian public health authorities and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has, therefore, set a new benchmark for the 75

 India is a large country with wide-ranging ecosystems and climates. Different regions have their peculiar ecosystems. Controlling the malaria parasite, which we know thrives in tropical moist ecosystems might be troublesome at times. Despite extensive efforts over the past several decades and some significant successes in controlling malaria, the disease still poses a major public

Malaria remains a significant public health burden in tropical and subtropical regions where Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the Plasmodium parasite. Effective control and eventual elimination of malaria largely depend on actively monitoring the disease and its vectors. Critically, community engagement can improve surveillance systems and can thus provide better support to existing malaria control programs. We

 Data-driven approaches can help us develop targeted and responsive public and population health policies the fight against malaria in India will continue to be a challenge due to the diverse geographical and socio-economic pockets of the country. Therefore, the way to combat the disease is by putting data to work to refine malaria policies. The

 Malaria in India is an immense public health issue, affecting millions and straining health resources everywhere. To tackle this problem effectively, beyond the treatment of cases, has required robust, data-based methods. The International Malaria Vector Surveillance (IMVS), a global tool to understand the distribution of those who spread malaria (called vectors), serves as an important

India’s varied climatic and geographical conditions create a challenging situation for malaria vector surveillance. Specifically, from mosquitoes to humans, malaria has been one of the biggest public health issues in India over the decades and across various states. As a result, India continues to carry a disproportionate share of the global malaria burden, closely followed

 Despite important improvements, the world faces major public health problems: malaria remains a major killer of children in many countries; tuberculosis continues to be an important cause of death, and rising levels of antibiotic resistance turn some of our most effective drugs back into dangerous poisons. We also face emerging infectious disease threats, such as