Abstract:
Attempts to investigate management capacity of epidemiology with the expectation that the
findings will help mobilize the resources more efficiently by improved case detection in the
national malaria control programme."Early detection and prompt treatment" is also one of
the important technical elements of the revised WHO global malaria control strategy,which
sri lanka has adopted for implementation.The difference in the accuracy seen between
clinical and microscopic diagnosis of malaria suggests that microscopy is an important and
effective tool in the health care delivery system for malaria.However,microscopic accuracy
also need quality control.The study also revealed that in view of the fact that the clinicians
suspicion of malaria in referring for blood smear examination is no better than the
patients'self diagnosis,the decision for screening patients by microscopic examination of
blood need not be made by a clinician at the out patient clinics thus saving clinicians time
for more needed services
