Parasite species

• Plasmodium falciparum

• P. vivax

• P. malariae

• P. ovale

Population characteristics

• Immune status (high, low, none)

• Movement (settled, resettled, transient); if transient: organized, nomads, random

• Population density and settlement patterns

Social, behavioral, and economic characteristics

• Housing

• Occupation

• Water utilization

• Health-seeking behavior

• Sleeping habits

• Customs and taboos

• Income and wealth

• Local understanding of malaria

• Access to health care

5. Health infrastructure

• National health budget

• Status of governmental health care delivery system

• National malaria control program (type, budget, and efficiency)

• Importance of non-governmental services (i.e. missions, private voluntary organizations)

• Availability of private health care

• Importance of health care delivery by family, market, etc.

Use of drugs

• Cost

• Availability

• Drug-use patterns

• Effectiveness (degree of resistance)

Vector considerations

• Behavior (breeding, feeding, resting)