Malaria in South Asia Eradication and Resurgence During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Akhtar, Rais (Editor), Dutt, Ashok K. (Editor), Wadhwa, Vandana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, 1
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Physical geography.; Environmental health.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Public Health.; Environmental Health.; Physical Geography.

This highly topical book provides an in-depth account of the South Asian experience with the deadly disease that has held this region hostage for millennia. The book touches specifically on the resurgence of malaria experienced in the second half of the twentieth century, which occurred just a few y...

Table of Contents:

• The History and Progression of Malaria: A Global and Regional View
• Resurgence of Malaria in Sri Lanka in the 1970s
• Malaria in Sri Lanka: A Geomedical Analysis1
• Malaria Resurgence in Nepal: An Overview
• Resurgence and Post-resurgence Periods of Malaria in Bangladesh
• Resurgence of Malaria in Bangladesh
• The Resurgence of Malaria in Pakistan: A Geographical Evaluation
• Malaria Resurgence in Urban India: Lessons from Health Planning Strategies1,2
• The Dynamics of Urban Malaria in India: An Update
• Lessons from the Past, View to the Future: Summary and Concluding Remarks.