Joint statement on cross-border cooperation on malaria in Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Abstract

The Tashkent Declaration “The Move from Malaria Control to Elimination”, endorsed by Tajikistan in 2005, and the Kabul Declaration “Health for All. Health by All: Communicable Diseases Recognize No Borders”, endorsed by Tajikistan and Afghanistan in 2006, put particular emphasis on situations in which there is a risk of malaria spreading between countries. The rationale for this joint statement, endorsed at the intercountry meeting between Tajikistan and Afghanistan on cross-border cooperation (‎Kurgan-Tube, Tajikistan, 11–13 October 2010)‎, is to stress the need to establish cross-border cooperation in order to promote and facilitate joint efforts aimed at malaria control and elimination in Afghanistan and prevention of reintroduction of malaria transmission in Tajikistan.