Setting the scene and generating evidence for malaria elimination in Southern Mozambique

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Main malaria control interventions deployed in Maputo Province since 1946 until 2014

Year	Area	Intervention	Source
1946–56	Semi-urban area of Maputo city and rural areas of the Limpopo Valley	IRS (DDT and BHC)	[5,6,7]
1960–69	Maputo Province	IRS (DDT)	[4]
1993	Suburban areas of most provincial capitals	IRS (deltamethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin)	[4]
2000	IRS in Maputo province	2000–2011: “LSDI” IRS (bendiocarb) in all districts of Maputo province except Manhiça 2011–2017: District-level or targeted IRS in some districts of Maputo province 2017–2019: Province-level IRS through MOSASWA	[9, 10]
2003	Selected districts	IRS (with DDT, pyrethroids or bendiocarb)	[11, 39]
2005	Country-level	Introduction of RDTs
2000	Country-level	ITNs for pregnant women and children under 5
2005–2014	Provincial-level	Mass ITN distributions
2017	Country-level	Universal distribution of LLINs^a
2005	Country-level	IPTp at ANC with SP
2002–2004	Country-level	Introduction of AQ + SP as first line treatment
2004–2009	Country-level	First-line treatment changed to AS + SP
2009–2011	Country-level	First-line treatment changed to AL
2011	Country-level	AQ + AS added as an alternative first-line treatment to AL for non-complicated malaria AS or parenteral QNN adopted for severe malaria treatment

^aUniversal distribution of LLINS: one LLIN for every two people in the household

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