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Strategy/policy
Background
The first regional strategic plan for Roll Back Malaria (2003–2006) was developed in 2002. The objectives of this plan were to: halve the malaria burden in countries with a severe malaria problem; decrease malaria morbidity and mortality so that it was no longer a public health problem in countries with low to moderate endemicity; eliminate malaria in countries where malaria transmission had been interrupted or had only a few residual foci; and prevent reintroduction of malaria in malaria-free countries.
Progress in the Region
The objectives of the regional strategy were reached in many countries of the Region in 2012. The United Arab Emirates and Morocco were certified as malaria free, and the Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq were reporting no local transmission. There was a significant reduction in the malaria burden in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Significant reduction of morbidity was also being recorded in several high burden countries, such as Afghanistan and certain areas in Sudan and Yemen.
Regional Committee resolutions and technical papers
Progress report on control and elimination of malaria [pdf 200kb]
Epidemiological aspects of malaria eradication in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 586kb]
World Health Assembly resolutions on malaria
Resolution WHA64.17 on malaria, May 2011 [pdf, 20kb]
Resolution WHA60.18 on malaria, May 2007 [pdf, 18kb]
Resolution WHA58.2 on malaria, May 2005 [pdf, 31kb]
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WHO recommendations on the sound management of old long-lasting insecticidal nets, March 2014
WHO guidance note on capacity building in malaria entomology and vector control, September 2013
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Proposed revision of the International Health Regulations
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