Abeku Tarekegn A, Hay Simon I, Ochola Samuel, Langi Peter, Beard Brian, de Vlas Sake J, Cox Jonathan
Disease Control and Vector Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Trends Parasitol. 2004 Sep;20(9):400-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.07.005.
Malaria epidemics have long been known to recur in the African highlands. Efforts to develop systems of early warning and detection for epidemics are outlined here with special emphasis on the Highland Malaria Project (HIMAL). This project has been conducting research on the operational implementation of a district-based surveillance and epidemic-monitoring system using a network of sentinel sites in four pilot districts of Kenya and Uganda. The potential use of weather monitoring as well as disease surveillance for effective early warning is being investigated.
长期以来,人们都知道疟疾疫情会在非洲高地反复出现。本文概述了开发疫情早期预警和检测系统的努力,特别强调了高地疟疾项目(HIMAL)。该项目一直在肯尼亚和乌干达的四个试点地区,利用一个哨点网络,对基于地区的监测和疫情监测系统的业务实施进行研究。目前正在研究将天气监测以及疾病监测用于有效早期预警的可能性。