Last Updated: 06/05/2019
Quantifying the impact of human mobility on Plasmodium falciparum malaria burden and spread of antimalarial resistance in the GMS
Objectives
To assess the robustness of mobile phone call data records for estimating and predicting malaria parasite flow.
Specific objectives:
- To validate CDR and travel surveys to estimate the role of human mobility in the spread of malaria to guide effective targeting of malaria elimination interventions
- To establish evidence for the use of analysis of the role of human mobility in the spread of malaria by GMS malaria control programmes for targeting malaria elimination interventions
Principal Institution
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Thailand
Principal Investigators / Focal Persons
Rationale and Abstract
- Estimation of mobile phone ownership and usage to take into account for comparison of results with CDR. Combined with genotyping, estimation of high-risk groups and parasite flow
- Travel surveys
Study Design
Analysis of data collected in a range of field studies combined with secondary data
Date
Jul 2015 — Jun 2019
Funding Details
Related Resources
