Building a tool to assess malaria surveillance and response capacity in malaria post-elimination contexts: a modified and dual-weighted Delphi approach
Guangyu Lu, Enyu Xu, Yuanyuan Cao, Liying Chai, Zihuan Liao, Jingxia Wang, Taining Sha, Yin Wang, Olaf Müller, Jinkou Zhao, Guoding Zhu, Jun Cao · 2025
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Guangyu Lu and eleven colleagues built a tool for judging malaria surveillance strength after a country eliminates the disease. Keeping malaria out requires watchful systems, but no standard assessment framework existed for post-elimination settings. The twenty twenty-five study began with two systematic reviews of indicators used worldwide and in China. Expert panels refined the candidates into forty-five indicators across six domains.
Thirty experts in epidemiology and disease control then rated each indicator's importance and feasibility. Two Delphi rounds, with structured questionnaires and group discussion, set the final weights. The dual-weighted method balances expert judgment with measured consistency. Health authorities in post-elimination countries gain a standardized way to find weak spots in surveillance before imported cases can spark new transmission.
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| CREATOR | Guangyu Lu, Enyu Xu, Yuanyuan Cao, Liying Chai, Zihuan Liao, Jingxia Wang, Taining Sha, Yin Wang, Olaf Müller, Jinkou Zhao, Guoding Zhu, Jun Cao |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |