Mapping routine malaria incidence at village level for targeted control in Papua New Guinea

Submitted: 11 July 2019
Accepted: 10 September 2019
Published: 7 November 2019
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Malaria surveillance and response-systems are essential for identifying the areas most affected by malaria and for targeting interventions and optimising resources. This study aimed to assess whether the visualisation of routinely collected health facility data linked to village of residence provides evidence for targeting control interventions in four sentinel health facilities in Papua New Guinea. A video format was used to visualise the dynamics in case incidence over time and space alongside photographs illustrating the context of the data collection in the study sites. Incidence changes overtime were illustrated in animated maps. Despite limitations, this approach appeared useful in sites with very few remaining cases or with increasingly marked heterogeneity. Villages that could benefit from targeted interventions or investigations were identified.

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Funding for data collection was provided through a Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant to Papua New Guinea. DRR was supported by the Forlen Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland, and the R. Geigy Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.

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Rodríguez-Rodríguez, D., Maraga, S., Jamea-Maiasa, S., Tandrapah, A., Makita, L., Siba, P. M., Mueller, I., Pulford, J., & Hetzel, M. (2019). Mapping routine malaria incidence at village level for targeted control in Papua New Guinea. Geospatial Health, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2019.798