Furthermore, several destination countries have small focal areas where malaria transmission occurs, yet the denominator estimate included travel to the whole country, which may falsely lower the malaria risk estimate.
As the district's malaria focal point person, she supports Zambia's National Malaria Elimination Center to deploy limited resources: insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor residual spray, rapid malaria tests and drugs.
Focal outbreaks of malaria are periodically reported; however, the response to these outbreaks is usually inadequate.
The highly focal nature of malaria epidemics results in marked heterogeneity, even at the scale of a village [ 12].
A clear line of reporting is required to address this, including the malaria focal person, the monitoring and evaluation officer, the district pharmacist, and even national medical stores.
These offices in turn distributed the survey to WHO country offices in member states, specifically their focal points for malaria and other vector-borne diseases, that worked through ministries of health to facilitate data collection and validation.
Other co-opted members of the CHMT may include: Reproductive and Child Health Coordinator, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Coordinator, Malaria Focal Person, HIV/AIDS Coordinator, and Cold Chain Operator - all of whom may be invited to CHMT meetings as and when the need arises.
Two desirable criteria for trainees were: 1) leadership role such as in-charge of ward or clinic, or focal person for malaria, TB, HIV, prevention of mother-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and 2) previous training and experience in counseling or IMCI or Integrated Management of Adult Illness (IMAI).
The seasonal increases in malaria transmission and focal hot spots in Zanzibar must also be considered.
The endemicity and pattern of malaria transmission is focal and varies from place to place depending on many factors including weather and topography.
