Urban Malaria - Malaria Knowledge Programme
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Dear colleagues,
Malaria can no longer be considered as just a rural issue in Af-
rica. A significant and increasing proportion of the African
population live in towns and cities. As urban centres continue
to grow, the scale and impact of urban malaria is increasing.
Despite this threat, control of the problem is feasible: urban
malaria is uniquely amenable to prevention and control as the
existing health, planning, agricultural and governance struc-
tures present opportunities for collaborative approaches that
can include both the community and the substantial private sec-
tor. A potential disaster can be averted. Please look at the
Pretoria Statement on Urban Malaria:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/majorprogs/malaria/documents/Pretoriastatement.pdf
and the 2 page Urban Malaria Policy Brief:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/majorprogs/malaria/documents/urbanmalaria.pdf
These represent the consensus of participants in a cross-
disciplinary conference on Urban Malaria in Africa, held at Pre-
toria, South Africa, December 2-4, 2004. Organised by the Ma-
laria Knowledge Programme at the Liverpool School of Tropical
Hygiene in association with the System-wide Initiative on Ma-
laria and Agriculture (SIMA), and the International Water Man-
agement Institute (IWMI), the aim of the meeting was to identify
a strategy for the assessment and control of urban malaria. Sec-
tors represented at the conference were water, agriculture, eco-
health systems, epidemiology, entomology, community health, NGOs
and social sciences.
Please forward this on to other colleagues who you think would
be interested or contact
Martin Donnelly <m.j.donnelly@liverpool.ac.uk> for more informa-
tion. Hard copies of documents can be obtained by contacting
Alison Dunn <mkp@healthlink.org.uk>.
All Malaria Knowledge Programme Policy Briefs and other outputs
can be found at:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/majorprogs/malaria/outputs.htm
Thank you.
Alison Dunn
On behalf of MKP
Research Officer - Exchange/Healthlink Worldwide
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