Contextualizing Public Health Interventions in Eliminating Endemic Diseases: New Lessons From a Review of Sri Lanka's Success in Eliminating Malaria.

Malaria remains a major global public health issue, demanding significant resources from governments, health organizations, and international organizations toward its elimination as an endemic disease. In 2016, Sri Lanka achieved the remarkable feat of being declared "malaria free" by the World Health Organisation (WHO), after over a century of indigenous disease. To identify significant lessons of global importance in eliminating endemic malaria by reviewing literature on Sri Lanka's successful elimination campaign.