Table 1.

Dates of malaria decline and elimination in 31 European countries

Country	Decadal endpoint used to represent large malaria decline	Decadal endpoint of malaria elimination	Reported start year of malaria elimination programme	Year of last reported indigenous case	Year of WHO certification/estimate of malaria free status
Albania	1950	1970	1947	1966	2012
Austria	1920	1950			1963
Belarus	1950	1970	1951		2012
Belgium	1920	1950		1938	1963
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1950	1970	1947	1964	1973
Bulgaria	1950	1960	1947–1950	1957 (pf); 1960 (pv)	1965
Croatia	1950	1970	1947	1964	1973
Czech Republic	1950	1960			1963
Estonia	1950	1970	1951		2012
Finland	1920	1950		1954	1963
France	1920	1950		1950	2012
Germany	1920	1950		1950	1964
Greece	1960	1970	1946–1954	1973	2012
Hungary	1950	1960	1946	1962	1964
Italy	1950	1960	1930s; 1944–1945	1952 (pf); 1962 (pv)	1970
Latvia	1950	1970	1951		2012
Lithuania	1950	1970	1951		2012
Montenegro	1950	1970	1947	1964	1973
Netherlands	1950	1960	1946	1961	1970
Poland	1930	1960	After WW1; 1945	1955	1967
Portugal	1950	1960	1930; 1948	1958	1973
Moldova	1950	1970	1951		2012
Romania	1950	1970	1949	1962	1967
Russian Federation	1950	1970	1951		2012
Serbia	1950	1970	1947	1964	1973
Slovakia	1950	1960			1963
Slovenia	1950	1970	1947	1964	1973
Spain	1950	1960	1943	1962	1964
Macedonia	1950	1970	1947	1964	1973
Ukraine	1950	1970	1951		2012
UK	1920	1950	After WW1	1953	1963

The decadal endpoint used to represent the ‘large malaria decline’ was defined by Fig. 2 and literature. The decadal endpoint of malaria elimination was dependent on the year of last reported indigenous cases and that of WHO certification/estimate of malaria free status [9, 54]. The reported start year of the malaria elimination programme indicates the beginning time of anti-malarial programmes [9]. An extended version of the Table is provided in Additional file 1