Commentary
A national policy for malaria elimination in Swaziland: a first for sub-Saharan Africa
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* Corresponding author: Allison A Phillips PhillipsAA@globalhealth.ucsf.edu
1 National Malaria Control Programme, Manzini, Swaziland, Africa
2 Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Global Health Sciences. 50 Beale Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
3 Clinton Health Access Initiative and Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa
4 Clinton Health Access Initiative and Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, Mbabane, Swaziland, Africa
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:313 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-313
Published: 21 October 2011Abstract
Swaziland is working to be the first country in mainland sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria. The highest level of Swaziland's government recently approved a national elimination policy, which endorses Swaziland's robust national elimination strategic plan. This commentary outlines Swaziland's progress towards elimination as well as the challenges that remain, primarily around securing long-term financial resources and managing imported cases from neighbouring countries.