An overview of the malaria situation in Zanzibar

Eli Schwartz; Hedva Pener; Sultan M. Issa; Jacob Golenser

doi:10.1023/A:1025194823592

An overview of the malaria situation in Zanzibar

Eli Schwartz
, Hedva Pener
, Sultan M. Issa
, Jacob Golenser^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC)

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Zanzibar is composed of two neighbouring islands with about a 1.1 million inhabitants in 2600 square kilometers. Both islands are located off the northeastern coast of the Tanzanian mainland. Zanzibar is a typical malaria endemic area. About a third of all blood samples currently examined for malaria in Zanzibar are positive to Plasmodium falciparum. Previous attempts failed to significantly improve the malaria situation in Zanzibar due to administrative problems, antimalarial drug and DDT resistance. We visited Zanzibar in order to evaluate the magnitude of the malaria problem and the medical logistics. This paper reviews the results of the visit, past and present attempts to eliminate malaria and our conclusions regarding Zanzibar as a model site for attempts to eradicate malaria.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-44
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Community Health
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025194823592
State	Published - 1997

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