Malaria Incidence and Elimination Implications in Humanitarian Emergency Settings in Africa and South-East Asia

Malaria causes significant loss to public health and properties in both peace time and refugee led humanitarian emergencies in Africa and south-east Asia. Higher malaria burden among refugees may occur from a rather compromised and weak disease surveillance compared with that in peace time situation. Incurring a chronic malaria burden Africa and south-east Asia further suffer from conflict and war led population migration and displacement crises intermittently.