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Nature Medicine volume 28, pages 610–611 (2022)
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To the Editor—The malaria community have been called upon to be bold1. Pedro Alonso’s recent Comment in Nature Medicine asked us to adapt established interventions to new areas, to tailor preventive strategies to local contexts and to strive to reach the hard-to-reach1. We would like to highlight the pivotal role that dynamical modeling can and does play in making these necessary policy shifts.
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The work of B.N.O., M.W. and E.P. was supported by a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant (investment ID INV-030449). The SMC implementation trial was funded through philanthropic donations received largely as a result of the Malaria Consortium being awarded Top Charity status by GiveWell. GiveWell is a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities.
These authors contributed equally: James K. Tibendrana, Emilie Pothin
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Branwen Nia Owen, Munir Winkel & Emilie Pothin
Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Branwen Nia Owen, Munir Winkel & Emilie Pothin
Malaria Consortium, London, UK
Craig Bonnington & Jane Achan
Malaria Consortium, Kampala, Uganda
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National Malaria Control Programme, Kampala, Uganda
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Clinton Health Access Initiative, New York, NY, USA
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All authors were involved in the conceptualization of this correspondence. B.N.O., M.W. and E.P. contributed to the dynamical modelling methodology, analysis and validation. B.N.O. prepared the first draft. All authors were involved in review and editing.
Correspondence to Branwen Nia Owen.
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