From: Characterising malaria connectivity using malaria indicator survey data
Travel data improvement | Intervention strategy |
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Frequency of travel | Target specific interventions to frequent travellers, such as prophylaxis and protective measures |
Time spent during trips | Identify areas where cumulative time at risk is higher and hence greater surveillance for ongoing transmission is granted |
Greater geographic detail of destinations | Characterise the main sources of incoming parasites to guide adequate measures to control such foci |
Characterising travellers by occupation/reasons for travel | Identify high risk groups to target at borders with specific interventions (e.g. travellers of certain professional occupation are prescribed prophylaxis during travel) |
Identifying means of transportation | Guide optimal suite of interventions at borders; this can be enhanced by knowing the age structure of travellers (Fig. 6) |