The Lancet Infectious Disease
Aug 2010  Volume 10  Number 8  Pages 505 – 576
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/issue/current

Review
Changes in the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara, Judith Nekesa Mangeni, Rick Steketee, Brian Greenwood

Preview
The burden of malaria in countries in sub-Saharan Africa has declined with scaling up of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. To assess the contribution of specific malaria interventions and other general factors in bringing about these changes, we reviewed studies that have reported recent changes in the incidence or prevalence of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria control in southern Africa (South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland) began in the 1980s and has shown substantial, lasting declines linked to scale-up of specific interventions.