A marked decline in the incidence of malaria in a remote region of Malaita, Solomon Islands, 2008 to 2013

• Main Authors: Hellen Oloifana-Polosovai (Author), John Gwala (Author), Humpress Harrington (Author), Peter D Massey (Author), Elmer Ribeyro (Author), Angelica Flores (Author), Christopher Speare (Author), Edwin McBride (Author), David MacLaren (Author), Rick Speare (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Setting: Atoifi Adventist Hospital (AAH), Solomon Islands, the only hospital in the East Kwaio region. Objective: To use routine surveillance data to assess the trends in malaria from 2008 to 2013. Design: Descriptive study of records from (1) AAH laboratory malaria records; (2) admissions to AAH fo...