Effect of artemether-lumefantrine policy and improved vector control on malaria burden in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Main Authors: Karen I. Barnes, David N. Durrheim, Francesca Little, Amanda Jackson, Ushma Mehta, Elizabeth Allen, Sicelo S. Dlamini, Joyce Tsoka, Barry Bredenkamp, D. Jotham Mthembu, Nicholas J. White, Brian L. Sharp
• Other Authors: University of Cape Town
• Format: Review
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16775
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: Between 1995 and 2000, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, experienced a marked increase in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, fuelled by pyrethroid and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance. In response, vector control was strengthened and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) was deployed in the f...