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Engaging the private sector in malaria surveillance: a review of strategies and recommendations for elimination settings

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background In malaria elimination settings, all malaria cases must be identified, documented and investigated. To facilitate complete and timely reporting of all malaria cases and effective case management and follow-up, engagement with private providers
Adam Bennett, Anton L. V. Avanceña, Jennifer Wegbreit, Chris Cotter, Kathryn Roberts, Roly Gosling   +5 more
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Malaria case investigation with reactive focal testing and treatment: operational feasibility and lessons learned from low and moderate transmission areas in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background When malaria transmission is very low, investigation of passively detected malaria cases and reactive focal testing and treatment (FTAT) in the case and neighbouring households can identify and contain the source and spread of infections ...
Pooja Bansil, Asnakew K. Yeshiwondim, Caterina Guinovart, Belendia Serda, Callie Scott, Berhane H. Tesfay, Adem Agmas, Belay Bezabih, Melkamu T. Zeleke, Girma S. Guesses, Asmamaw L. Ayenew, Worku M. Workie, Duncan Earle, Rick W. Steketee, Asefaw Getachew   +14 more
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Cost‐effectiveness of a decentralized, community‐based “one‐stop‐shop” hepatitis C testing and treatment program in Yangon, Myanmar

JGH Open, 2023
Background and Aim The availability of direct‐acting antiviral (DAA) treatment and point‐of‐care diagnostic testing has made hepatitis C (HCV) elimination possible even in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs); however, testing and treatment costs ...
Thin Mar Win, Bridget Louise Draper, Anna Palmer, Hla Htay, Yi Yi Sein, Sonjelle Shilton, Khin Pyone Kyi, Margaret Hellard, Nick Scott   +8 more
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Experiences of liver health related uncertainty and self-reported stress among people who inject drugs living with hepatitis C virus: a qualitative study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are most at risk of hepatitis C virus infection in Australia. The introduction of transient elastography (TE) (measuring hepatitis fibrosis) and direct acting antiviral medications will likely alter the ...
Stelliana Goutzamanis, Joseph S. Doyle, Alexander Thompson, Paul Dietze, Margaret Hellard, Peter Higgs, on behalf of the TAP study group   +6 more
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Prevention, testing, and treatment interventions for hepatitis B and C in refugee populations: results of a scoping review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background and aims Refugees are at higher risk for hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV), but often face unique healthcare barriers to vaccination, testing, and treatment.
Ankeeta Saseetharran, Lindsey Hiebert, Neil Gupta, Françoise Nyirahabihirwe, Innocent Kamali, John W. Ward   +5 more
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District-level approach for tailoring and targeting interventions: a new path for malaria control and elimination

Malaria Journal, 2020
Despite huge investments and implementation of effective interventions for malaria, progress has stalled, with transmission being increasingly localized among difficult-to-reach populations and outdoor-biting vectors.
Roly Gosling, John Chimumbwa, Petrina Uusiku, Sara Rossi, Henry Ntuku, Kelly Harvard, Chris White, Allison Tatarsky, Daniel Chandramohan, Ingrid Chen   +9 more
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COVID-19 epidemic modelling for policy decision support in Victoria, Australia 2020–2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Policy responses to COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia over 2020–2021 have been supported by evidence generated through mathematical modelling.
Nick Scott, Romesh G Abeysuriya, Dominic Delport, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Jonathan Nolan, Daniel West, Brett Sutton, Euan M Wallace, Margaret Hellard   +8 more
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Cross-border movement, economic development and malaria elimination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

BMC Medicine, 2018
Malaria at international borders presents particular challenges with regards to elimination. International borders share common malaria ecologies, yet neighboring countries are often at different stages of the control-to-elimination pathway.
Mohammed H. Al Zahrani, Abdiasiis I. Omar, Abdelmohsin M. O. Abdoon, Ali Adam Ibrahim, Abdullah Alhogail, Mohamed Elmubarak, Yousif Eldirdiry Elamin, Mohammed A. AlHelal, Ali M. Alshahrani, Tarig M. Abdelgader, Ibrahim Saeed, Tageddin B. El Gamri, Mohammed S. Alattas, Abdu A. Dahlan, Abdullah M. Assiri, Joseph Maina, Xiao Hong Li, Robert W. Snow   +17 more
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The need for larval source management accompanying urban development projects in malaria endemic areas: a case study on Bioko Island

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background In 2017, several new housing districts were constructed on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. This case study assessed the impact construction projects had on mosquito larval habitats and the effectiveness of larval source management in reducing
Guillermo A. García, Godwin Fuseini, Olivier Tresor Donfack, Rachel N. Wofford, Jose Antonio Mba Nlang, Prudencio Bibang Efiri, Valeriano Oluy Nsue Maye, Thomas A. Weppelmann, David Galick, Wonder Philip Phiri, Kylie DeBoer, Jordan M. Smith, Jeremias Nzamio Mba Eyono, Matilde Riloha Rivas, Carlos A. Guerra, Michael E. von Fricken   +15 more
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Shea Butter Application to the Umbilical Stump Resulting in Omphalitis and Leclercia adecarboxylata Bacteremia in a Neonate: A Case Report

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Leclercia adecarboxylata is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in nature. Its pathogenicity is mild and often results in asymptomatic carriage.
Mayowa Banke Omotosho, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Abdulsalam Olawale Yusuf, Isaac Osei, Baleng Mahama Wutor, Momodu Lamin Keita, Molfa Minteh, Ousman Barjo, Muhammed Wally, Rasheed Salaudeen, Grant Mackenzie   +10 more
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