DGHI’s Randy Kramer Co-Publishes Book on Malaria Containment in China

Randy_Kramer

"Malaria Control and Elimination Program in the People’s Republic of China," co-edited by DGHI deputy director Randy Kramer (pictured above) and Xiao-Nong Zhou and Wei-Zhong Yang from China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Published April 21, 2015 under Research News

Malaria’s deadly march around the world has been nearly halted in one of the world’s largest and most at-risk countries: China. This remarkable outcome in disease eradication has been documented in Malaria Control and Elimination Program in the People’s Republic of China, a book co-edited by Duke Global Health Institute deputy director Randy Kramer and two colleagues from China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xiao-Nong Zhou and Wei-Zhong Yang. Kramer also co-authored two of the book’s chapters.

China has made great progress in reducing the transmission of malaria during the past 60 years, but few health researchers and program managers outside of China know how this has been achieved. China had more than 24 million malaria cases annually through the early 1970s. Through sustained efforts, the number of cases is now down to a few thousand per year, and most of those are new cases of infected workers traveling to China from other parts of the world. China has made a commitment to completely eliminate malaria by 2020.  

According to Kramer, the book provides important lessons for other countries—especially in Africa—that are grappling with ways to control and eventually eradicate malaria. The book is geared toward malaria researchers, global health students and malaria program managers around the world.

Learn more about or purchase the book.

Topics:

Countries:

Related News