Malaria EradicationSettler ColonialismColonialismGlobal HealthMalariaPublic Health ConsiderationsMalaria Eradication StrategyMedical AnthropologyEradication Of DiseaseAnthropologyLanguage StudiesColonial DiscourseBritish Ceylon RevealsSri Lanka
Analysis of the history of malaria control in British Ceylon reveals that, besides public health considerations, it was guided by the interests of the colonial powers to expand territory, justify colonial domination, protect the plantation industries and medicalize social misery. The implications of the latter considerations for the choice of a malaria eradication strategy are discussed.