Approaching Malaria Elimination in China

Malaria has been one of the most important public health problems over China and world.When dated back to the mid-20th century,malaria seriously affected the health of Chinese people with widespread epidemics.About 30 million malaria cases with an estimated 1%mortality rate were recorded in China each year in the 1940s,which caused an extremely high disease burden and a toll on the labor force(1–2).Even as recently as the 1970s,a peak in the incidence of malaria was recorded with 24.1 million cases(1–2).

Development and Impacts of the Sierra Leone-China Laboratory for Parasitic Diseases Testing and Surveillance

BACKGROUND The Republic of Sierra Leone is located on the west coast of Africa,bordering Guinea and Liberia,with a population of 7.8 million in 2019(1).It has a tropical monsoon climate,with high temperatures and plentiful precipitation.As one of the least developed countries in the world(2),Sierra Leone has long struggled with poor health outcomes with a life expectancy at birth of 59 for male and 61 for female,and high maternal and neonatal mortality,threatened by infectious diseases such as malaria,tuberculosis,typhoid fever,cholera,and Lassa fever(3).

Role of international network on surveillance and response system leading to malaria elimination: China’s engagement in global health

China has accumulated multiple practices and experiences in building and enhancing malaria surveillance and response system. As China’s engagement into global health has gathered stronger momentum than ever, China together with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and WHO has organised five sessions of the International Forum on Surveillance-Response System Leading to Tropical Diseases Elimination during 2012–2020, in which malaria elimination has always been one of the hottest topics. In this study, the roles of international network on the surveillance and response system were explored to achieve a global malaria-free goal. China’s approach to malaria elimination has demonstrated significance of global collaboration on taking joint prevention and control, and building a worldwide institutional-based network.

Challenges of Sustaining Malaria Community Case Management in 81 Township Hospitals along the China-Myanmar Border Region—Yunnan Province,China,2020

Summary What is already known on this topic?The health workforce at township hospitals in the China-Myanmar border region has played a key role in sustaining Community case management of malaria(CCMm),while few studies have investigated their performance and challenges.What is added by this report?Sustaining CCMm in the region was subject to the following major challenges.

A Case Study on the Disease Burden and Influencing Factors of Imported Malaria Patients in a County-Level Hospital—Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,China,2016–2019

Summary What is already known on this topic?Imported malaria cases endanger people’s health and potentially cause local re-transmission,and they may also cause economic loss on patients’families and society as a whole.What is added by this report?This is the first report to focus on the disease burden of a case study incurred by the imported malaria.The results indicated that the median direct medical cost was 2,904.4 CNY and the median indirect cost was 242.0 CNY for a patient’s hospitalization.