Important components for reducing the burden of malaria morbidity and mortality include more sensitive diagnostic tools, effective use of antimalarial drugs, and improved personal and community protection and mosquito control. The approach to elimination or control of malaria includes these basics, along with improvements in tracking of human illness and parasite surveillance, and effective resource delivery.
Issues related to epidemiology of malaria, including definitions and strategies for control, will be reviewed. Other related topics are discussed in detail separately. (See related topics.)