Malaria Eliminating: What Lies Ahead of Iran?

Abstract

In recent years, Iran has made significant advances on the fight against malaria with a stated objective of complete elimination. Ac­cording to the report of Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the annual number of malaria cases have been reduced from 12294 in 2000 to 787 in 2012, 366 cas­es in 2014 and only 150 cases reported in 2015. In 2009, WHO malaria report, an­nounced Iran was in the pre-elimination phase (1).

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