Download or read book Towards a malaria-free world: elimination of malaria in Uzbekistan written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication describes the history of malaria in Uzbekistan. It evaluates the policies and strategies applied after the re-establishment of local transmission to contain malaria outbreaks in the 1990s and early 2000s, and highlights the interventions subsequently used to eliminate malaria in the country. Uzbekistan was officially certified by WHO as a malaria-free country in 2018. Lessons for countries embarking upon elimination are distilled. The publication is intended for health managers and personnel, researchers, teachers, students and post-graduates at medical schools.