Malaria surveillance is the continuous and systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of malaria-related data, and the use of that data in the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice. Improved surveillance of malaria cases and deaths helps ministries of health determine which areas or population groups are most affected and enables countries to monitor changing disease patterns. Strong malaria surveillance systems also help countries design effective health interventions and evaluate the impact of their malaria control programmes.
The WHO Guidelines for malaria bring together all current WHO recommendations on malaria in one easy-to-navigate web-based platform. They are a living resource that will be updated periodically as new evidence becomes available. The Guidelines are available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
WHO launched the Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030 in 2016. One of its key pillars is to transform malaria surveillance into a core intervention, recognizing the urgent need to strengthen surveillance systems and improve the use of data for decision-making (Pillar 3). Since the launch of the strategy, WHO has developed a set of data standards, tools, and curricula materials to support countries to strengthen and monitor surveillance systems, and to support use of data for decision-making in all transmission settings.
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