The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Volume 34 Supplement 4, 2003

THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Volume 34	Supplement 4	2003

	CONTENTS	Page

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements	i
The Mekong	ii
Abstract	1
Introduction : Mekong Malaria II	2
The countries of the Mekong region	5
Internal boundaries of Mekong countries	7
Environment: elevation, rivers and forest cover	16
Population numbers and population density	20
Collating and updating regional malaria databases	27
Burden of malaria in the Mekong countries	30
Malaria : total reported cases	36
Malaria cases in environmental context	40
Malaria incidence rate : total reported cases	45
Malaria incidence rate : confirmed cases	49
Malaria parasite species	51
Malaria mortality	55
Population mobility	61
Malaria in international border areas	63
Mosquito vectors and their regional distribution	69
Antimalarial drug efficacy and resistance	71
Economic context of malaria	88
Conclusions	95
References	96
Appendices	97