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Success is possible
The basic scientific knowledge needed to abate malaria was learned in the last
years of the 19th century. It was famously applied by Gorgas during the construction
of the Panama Canal and by Ross in places all over the world. In the 25 years following
the Second World War II, there was great success in reducing the prevalence of malaria.
Much of this was done through source reduction and making use of DDT.
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In the modern day most people have forgotten that the USA had endemic malaria,
especially in the South.
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After the Second World War, a program to reduce malaria in Japan was very successful. The
number of cases dropped from around 28,000 cases a year to under 100.
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Success in the Maldives ... during the 1970s cases of malaria in the islands was reduced
from several hundreds a year to almost none.
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Success in KwaZulu ... but then a change in policy and the cases increased dramatically
to almost 65,000 in a single year. When interior residual spraying with DDT was brought back, the
incidence of malaria cases dropped to under 10,000.
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Success on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea has been very impressive. Using a combination of
interior residual spraying (IRS) and medical case management, the Marathon Oil Company has
reduced the level of malaria parasites in mosquitoes by 94% and the malaria parasites in
children by 44%.
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