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
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, 1
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Physical geography.; Environmental Medicine.; Human Geography.; Social Sciences.; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.; Environmental Health.; Physical Geography.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3358-1

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:

• 1. History and Progression of Malaria: A Global and Regional View
• 2. Resurgence of Malaria in Sri Lanka in the 1970s
• 3. Malaria in Sri Lanka: A Geomedical Analysis
• 4. Malaria Resurgence in Nepal: An Overview
• 5. Resurgence and Post-Resurgence Periods of Malaria in Bangladesh
• 6. Resurgence of Malaria in Bangladesh
• 7. Resurgence of Malaria in Pakistan: A Geographic Perspective
• 8. Health Planning and the Resurgence of Malaria in Urban India
• 9. The Dynamics of Urban Malaria in India: An Update
• 10. Lessons From the Past, View to the Future: Summary and Concluding Remarks.