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    Effect of artemether-lumefantrine policy and improved vector control on malaria burden in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    (Public Library of Science, 2005) Barnes, Karen I; Durrheim, David N; Little, Francesca; Jackson, Amanda; Mehta, Ushma; Allen, Elizabeth; Dlamini, Sicelo S; Tsoka, Joyce; Bredenkamp, Barry; Mthembu, D Jotham
    In KwaZulu-Natal strengthening of vector control and a change in antimalarial treatment policy to use of artemether-lumefantrine has been associated with a decrease in malaria cases, admissions, and deaths.
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    Effect of artemether-lumefantrine policy and improved vector control on malaria burden in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    (2005) Barnes, Karen I; Durrheim, David N; Little, Francesca; Jackson, Amanda; Mehta, Ushma; Allen, Elizabeth; Dlamini, Sicelo S; Tsoka, Joyce; Bredekamp, Barry; Mthembu, D Jotham; White, Nicholas J; Sharp, Brian L
    Between 1995 and 2000, KwaZulu–Natal province, South Africa, experienced a marked increase in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, fuelled by pyrethroid and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance. In response, vector control was strengthened and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) was deployed in the first Ministry of Health artemisinin-based combination treatment policy in Africa. In South Africa, effective vector and parasite control had historically ensured low-intensity malaria transmission. Malaria is diagnosed definitively and treatment is provided free of charge in reasonably accessible public-sector health-care facilities.