Tanzania, May 26 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's ambition to eliminate malaria by 2030 has received a major scientific boost following new research that has identified and mapped different malaria parasite types across the country.

This development, experts say, will strengthen surveillance systems and improve responses to emerging drug resistance.

Researchers from the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) said the country had for years operated with limited detailed data on the diversity of malaria parasites circulating in different regions, a gap that had constrained the design of targeted, location-specific control strategies.

The new findings, presented during the second annual dissemination meeting of the Malaria Molecular Surveillance Phas...