Appraisal of the effect and measures on control malaria for sixty years in Guangxi
Jinhu Li · Journal of Tropical Medicine · 2014
Objective To analyze malaria prevalent situation in Guangxi,appraisal of the control effect,and provide basis for making measures of malaria surveillance. Method The data of malaria morbidity situation were collected in Guangxi from 1950 to 2011,and analyzed of the control effect and measures. Results After comprehensive prevention and control of the disease,malaria morbidity rate dropped from 296.67 / 10 000 in 1954 to below 1 / 10 000 in 1987 to 1999,and 1 / 100 000 in 2000 to 2011. Plasmodium positive rate came down from 18.93% in 1954(3 490 / 18 433) to per-year average zero in 2010(0 / 217 185) and in 2011(0 / 282 714).None of the local malaria infected by P.falciparum cases has been found throughout Guangxi province from 2003 to 2011.Conclusions Malaria cases have been eliminated basically in Guangxi. To strengthen the management of the imported malaria cases is the important measures of controlling the spread of malaria.