Exhibit 054 ยท Peer-reviewed review by WHO staff
From malaria control to eradication: The WHO perspective
Thus, in 1969, the goal of malaria eradication was abandoned in favour of malaria control.
WHO launched the Global Malaria Eradication Programme in 1955, when DDT and chloroquine became available, and aimed to interrupt transmission everywhere outside tropical Africa. Thirty-seven of 143 endemic countries were free of malaria by 1978. Failure to sustain the programme led to resurgence, and the eradication goal was abandoned in 1969. Parasite resistance to chloroquine, mosquito resistance to DDT and dwindling investment followed.
- Source
- K. Mendis, A. Rietveld, M. Warsame, A. Bosman, B. Greenwood, W. H. Wernsdorfer (WHO Global Malaria Programme), Tropical Medicine and International Health 14(7)
- Date
- July 2009
- Quoted from
- p. 2 (WHO AFRO PDF copy)
- Grade
- Peer-reviewed
- Document
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02287.x
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- WHO-hosted copy: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2017-06/mal-From-malaria-control-to-eradication-WHO-perspective.pdf