Table 1 Case-study countries and elimination status
Country | BTN | CPV | MYS | MUS | NAM | PHL | LKA | TUR | TKM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elimination status | Eliminating [6] | Eliminating [7] | Eliminating [8] | Prevention of reintroduction [9] | Eliminating [10] | Eliminating [11] | Eliminating [12] | Prevention of reintroduction [13] | Prevention of reintroduction [14] |
Elimination history | Goal of zero transmission nationally by 2018; national malaria elimination certification by 2020 | Achieved zero cases 1968–72 but epidemic occurred during 1977–79. Second elimination attempt 1983–85, however epidemic occurred during 1987–88. Goal of national elimination by 2020 | Goal of national elimination by 2020: elimination in West Malaysia by 2015 and elimination in Sabah and Sarawak by 2020 | First eliminated in 1969 and received WHO certification in 1973. Resurgence in 1975. Second elimination achieved by 1998 | Goal of national elimination by 2020 | Strategy of progressive sub-national elimination with national elimination (all provinces) by 2025 (recently updated to 2030) | Near elimination in 1963, then an epidemic from 1967–68. Zero local cases reported since November 2012; will seek WHO certification by end of 2015 | Most of the country in consolidation phase in 1974, followed by epidemics in 1977 and 1993-1996. Last indigenous cases reported in 2012 during outbreak | First eliminated in 1961. In most recent attempt, the last indigenous case occurred in 2004. Received WHO certification in 2010 |