[The environmental and epidemiological aspects of malaria in Armenia and prospects for its eradication]

The malaria epidemiological situation in Armenia has begun deteriorating since 1994 when the increased importation of vivax malaria made the previously endemic foci of malaria to function. In 1998, the maximum cases (n = 1156) were notified; of them, there were 542 cases of local origin. The main vectors of malaria in Armenia were An. maculipennis, An. sacharovi, An. claviger, An. hyrcanus, An. superpictus, An. plumbeus. By applying the main provisions of the WHO "Roll Back Malaria" strategy, the Ministry of Health of Armenia has implemented a package of antiepidemic measures that could substantially reduce the incidence of the disease and create real prerequisites for malaria eradication.