Following a decade of gains in malaria control, two divergent prospects are emerging: malaria elimination in many endemic countries, and spreading artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum undermining these gains. The potential benefits of malaria elimination are substantial, including the direct burden averted and economic growth through improved educational attainment and productivity; these gains were estimated recently to far outstrip the costs required to achieve them.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/ethics-economics-and-use-primaquine-reduce-falciparum-malaria-transmission
[2] http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001704
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yoel-lubell
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lisa-white
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sheila-varadan-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaria
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-borne-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-control
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
