@incollection{fdi:010075931, title = {{M}alaria elimination in the {P}eople's {R}epublic of {C}hina : current progress, challenges, and prospects}, author = {{Z}ang, {S}. and {Z}hang, {L}. and {F}eg, {J}. and {Y}in, {J}. and {F}eng, {X}. and {X}ia, {Z}. and {F}rutos, {R}. and {M}anguin, {S}ylvie and {Z}hou, {S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n {C}hina, the malaria elimination program was launched in 2010 with the objective to eliminate this disease by 2020. {L}arge-scale malaria control and elimination actions have been conducted with significant success since inception of the nationwide program. {T}he incidence of locally acquired malaria has declined sharply along with the concomitant decrease of malaria-endemic areas from 762 counties reporting malaria in 2010 to just two counties adjacent to border areas ({Y}unnan, {C}hina-{M}yanmar and {T}ibet, {C}hina-{I}ndia) in 2016. {I}n total, 1723 counties (79%) and 134 prefectures (52%) had completed the malaria elimination internal assessment by the end of 2016. {T}he year 2017 was the first year without report of indigenous malaria cases throughout the country. {H}ence, this chapter is meant to share the lessons learned from malaria elimination in {C}hina benefiting countries on the way to malaria elimination.}, keywords = {{PALUDISME} ; {EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {SURVEILLANCE} ; {METHODE} {DE} {LUTTE} ; {STRATEGIE} {DE} {RECHERCHE} ; {POLITIQUE} {DE} {SANTE} ; {CHINE} ; {MYANMAR}}, booktitle = {{T}owards malaria elimination}, numero = {}, pages = {233--255}, address = {{L}ondres}, publisher = {{I}ntech{O}pen}, series = {}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.5772/intechopen.77282}, ISBN = {978-1-78923-551-7 ; 978-1-78923-550-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075931}, }