Publication: Analysing human population movement data for malaria control and elimination
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2021-12-01
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14752875
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2-s2.0-85109037282
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Mahidol University
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Malaria Journal. Vol.20, No.1 (2021)
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Greta Tam, Benjamin J. Cowling, Richard J. Maude Analysing human population movement data for malaria control and elimination. Malaria Journal. Vol.20, No.1 (2021). doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03828-6 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77167
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Analysing human population movement data for malaria control and elimination
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Background: Human population movement poses a major obstacle to malaria control and elimination. With recent technological advances, a wide variety of data sources and analytical methods have been used to quantify human population movement (HPM) relevant to control and elimination of malaria. Methods: The relevant literature and selected studies that had policy implications that could help to design or target malaria control and elimination interventions were reviewed. These studies were categorized according to spatiotemporal scales of human mobility and the main method of analysis. Results: Evidence gaps exist for tracking routine cross-border HPM and HPM at a regional scale. Few studies accounted for seasonality. Out of twenty included studies, two studies which tracked daily neighbourhood HPM used descriptive analyses as the main method, while the remaining studies used statistical analyses or mathematical modelling. Conclusion: Although studies quantified varying types of human population movement covering different spatial and temporal scales, methodological gaps remain that warrant further studies related to malaria control and elimination.