Overlaying COVID-19 mitigation plans on malaria control infrastructures

Manju Rahi; Rajendra Kumar Baharia; Payal Das; Jyoti Chhibber-Goel; Amit Sharma

doi:10.1093/trstmh/traa108

Overlaying COVID-19 mitigation plans on malaria control infrastructures

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan 7;115(1):6-8. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa108.

Authors

Manju Rahi¹, Rajendra Kumar Baharia², Payal Das¹, Jyoti Chhibber-Goel³, Amit Sharma^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Indian Council of Medical Research, V Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India.
² National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, New Delhi 110 077, India.
³ Molecular Medicine, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India.

Abstract

To counter the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, each country must design sustainable control plans given the inherent disparities in wealth and healthcare systems. Most malaria-endemic countries run well-entrenched malaria control programs via their established frameworks for diagnosis, case management, treatment and overall surveillance. We propose that the malaria control infrastructures can be partially co-opted for launching sustainable COVID-19 mitigation plans.

Keywords: COVID-19; control; malaria.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Delivery of Health Care*
Endemic Diseases
Government Programs
Health Planning*
Humans
Malaria / prevention & control*
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2