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- Title
Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Authors
Donnelly, Martin J.; McCall, P. J.; Lengeler, Christian; Bates, Imelda; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Barnish, Guy; Konradsen, Flemming; Klinkenberg, Eveline; Townson, Harold; Trape, Jean-Francois; Hastings, Ian M.; Mutero, Clifford
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
SUB-Saharan Africa; EDITORIALS; MALARIA prevention; PUBLIC health; MALARIA; LAW
- Publication
Malaria Journal, 2005, Vol 4, p12
- ISSN
1475-2875
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1475-2875-4-12