Epidemic malaria--Tadjikistan, 1995

In June 1995, the Tadjikistan Ministry of Health (MOH) and CDC, with support of the U.S. Agency for International Development, began collaborative efforts to strengthen the health information and disease surveillance systems in Tadjikistan (1995 population: 5.7 million). As part of an initial evaluation in Tadjikistan, the Republican Sanitary and Epidemiologic Service (RSES) and the Parasitology Laboratory of the Institute for Preventive Medicine in the MOH reported a substantial increase in the incidence of malaria since 1991. This report summarizes malaria surveillance data for 1995 in Tadjikistan and describes barriers to implementing effective measures for controlling and preventing malaria in Tadjikistan.