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MALARIA ELIMINATION IN ZANZIBAR - Soper Strategies

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ABBREVIATIONS<br />

ACD active case detection<br />

ACT artemisinin-based combination treatment<br />

AS-AQ artesunate – amodiaquine<br />

BCC behavior change communication<br />

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />

CQ chloroquine<br />

DALY disability-adjusted life year<br />

DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane<br />

DHS demographic and health survey<br />

DHMT district health management team<br />

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid<br />

EIR entomological inoculation rate<br />

GFATM The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,<br />

Tuberculosis and Malaria<br />

GIS geographic information system<br />

GMEP Global Malaria Eradication Program<br />

G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase<br />

deficiency<br />

HFBSS health facility-based sentinel surveillance site<br />

HMIS health management information system<br />

HSS health system strengthening<br />

ICR imported case risk<br />

IDSP integrated diseases surveillance and response<br />

IEC information, education, and communication<br />

IFH innovative financing for health<br />

IHR international health regulations<br />

IMCI integrated management of childhood illness<br />

IPTp intermittent preventative treatment for<br />

pregnant women<br />

IRS indoor residual spraying<br />

ITN insecticide-treated bed net<br />

LL<strong>IN</strong> long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net<br />

M&E monitoring and evaluation<br />

MEC malaria endemic countries<br />

MEEDS malaria early epidemic detection system<br />

MIS malaria indicator survey<br />

MOHSW Ministry of Health and Social Welfare<br />

OTC over-the-counter<br />

PACD pro-active case detection<br />

PCD passive case detection<br />

PCR polymerase chain reaction<br />

PER public expenditure review<br />

PfPR Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate<br />

PHC primary health care<br />

PHCU primary health care unit<br />

PHCC primary health care center<br />

PMI President’s Malaria Initiative<br />

QA/QC quality assurance/quality control<br />

RACD re-active case detection<br />

RBM Roll Back Malaria<br />

R C controlled reproductive number<br />

RDT rapid diagnostic test<br />

R O basic reproductive number<br />

SC sustained control<br />

SHCC Shehia Health Custodian Committee<br />

SOP standard operating procedure/protocol<br />

SP sulphadoxine - pyrimethamine<br />

USAID United States Agency for International<br />

Development<br />

VC vectorial capacity<br />

WHO World Health Organization<br />

ZFDRB Zanzibar Food and Drug Regulatory Body<br />

ZMCP Zanzibar Malaria Control Program<br />

ZMEP Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program<br />

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