Designing malaria surveillance strategies for mobile and migrant populations in Nepal: a mixed-methods study.
Jennifer L SmithPrakash GhimireKomal Raj RijalAlysse MagliorSara HollisRicardo Andrade-PachecoGarib Das ThakurNabaraj AdhikariUpendra Thapa ShresthaMegha Raj BanjaraBibek Kumar LalJerry O JacobsonAdam BennettPublished in: Malaria journal (2019)
Population mobility and imported malaria cases from India may help to drive local transmission in border areas of far and mid-western Nepal. Enhanced surveillance targeting high-risk MMP subgroups would improve early malaria diagnosis and treatment, as well as provide a platform for education and intervention campaigns. A combination of community-based approaches is likely necessary to achieve malaria elimination in Nepal.