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Insecticide-treated nets mass distribution campaign: benefits and lessons in Zambia

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background Zambia was an early adopter of insecticide-treated nets strategy in 2001, and policy for mass distribution with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in 2005. Since then, the country has implemented mass distribution supplemented with routine
Freddie Masaninga, Nawa Mukumbuta, Ketty Ndhlovu, Busiku Hamainza, Pauline Wamulume, Emmanuel Chanda, John Banda, Mercy Mwanza-Ingwe, John M. Miller, Birkinesh Ameneshewa, Abraham Mnzava, Elizabeth Kawesha-Chizema   +11 more
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Patterns and predictors of malaria among head porters: a mobile population in Ghana

Malaria Journal
Background Head porters popularly known as ‘Kayayeis in Ghana, face challenges in accessing essential health care services due to the mobile nature of their trade, low formal education, poor settlements, low-income among others.
Eunice Mintah-Agyeman, Boakye-Yiadom Adomako, George Asumah Adu, Benjamin Oteng, Fergusson Duvor, Ihsan Abubakari, Mildred Kommey, Alexander Asamoah, Nana Yaw Peprah, Keziah L. Malm   +9 more
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Implications of population-level immunity for the emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria: a mathematical model

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in the Greater Mekong Subregion, an area of relatively low transmission, but has yet to be reported in Africa.
Nick Scott, Ricardo Ataide, David P. Wilson, Margaret Hellard, Ric N. Price, Julie A. Simpson, Freya J. I. Fowkes   +6 more
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Behavioral patterns of humans and Anopheles arabiensis reveal outdoor malaria transmission risk at Pemba Island, Zanzibar

Malaria Journal
Background Zanzibar has achieved and sustained very low malaria prevalence through high coverage of indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). However, residual transmission persists, particularly on Pemba Island.
Ali O. Ali, Bakar O. Khatib, Khadija F. Ali, Fatma A. Massoud, Talib S. Khatib, Moza K. Rashid, Steven Gowelo, Shija J. Shija, Kali A. Omar, Makame M. Kombo, Joseph Joachim Joseph, Nicodem J. Govella, Neil F. Lobo   +12 more
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Assessing malaria risk at night-time venues in a low-transmission setting: a time-location sampling study in Zambezi, Namibia

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Identifying efficient and effective strategies to reach and monitor populations at greatest risk of malaria in low-transmission settings is a key challenge for malaria elimination.
Jerry O. Jacobson, Jennifer L. Smith, Carmen Cueto, Mukosha Chisenga, Kathryn Roberts, Michelle Hsiang, Roly Gosling, Davis Mumbengegwi, Adam Bennett   +8 more
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Patient socio-demographics and clinical factors associated with malaria mortality: a case control study in the northern region of Ghana

Malaria Journal
Background Ghana is a malaria-endemic country with the entire population at risk. The Northern region of the country recorded the highest malaria case fatality rate (CFR) for two consecutive years: 1.11% in 2013 and 1.07% in 2014.
Nana Yaw Peprah, Wahjib Mohammed, George Asumah Adu, Dora Dadzie, Sammy Oppong, Seidu Barikisu, Joel Narh, Stephen Appiah, James Frimpong, Keziah L. Malm   +9 more
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Estimating the size of populations at risk for malaria: a case study in cattle herders and agricultural workers in Northern Namibia

Scientific Reports
Cattle herders and agricultural workers have been identified has key high-risk populations for malaria in northern Namibia. Population size estimates for these groups are lacking but are important for planning, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness
Francois Rerolle, Jerry O. Jacobson, Cara Smith Gueye, Adam Bennett, Sidney Carrillo, Henry Ntuku, Jennifer L. Smith   +6 more
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The Swedish Cervical Screening Cohort

Scientific Data
The Cervical Screening Cohort enrols women screened for human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical abnormalities within the capital region of Sweden from the organised screening program and the non-organised testing of cervical samples.
Joakim Dillner, Laila Sara Arroyo Mühr, Sara Nordqvist Kleppe, Jiangrong Wang, Helena Andersson, Miriam Elfström, Roxana Merino, Karin Sundström   +7 more
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Feasibility and acceptability of multiple methods of recording injecting drug use episode data among people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia: a pilot evaluation study protocol

BMJ Open
Introduction Opioid overdose and blood-borne virus transmission are key health risks for people who inject drugs. Existing study methods that record data on injecting drug risks mostly rely on retrospective self-reporting that, while valid, are limited ...
Alexis Roth, Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze, Nick Scott, Daniel O’Keefe, Filip Djordjevic, Ashleigh Cara Stewart, Dylan Vella-Horne, Zoe Gleeson, Damian Pavlyshyn, Matthew Gill, Rebekka Petrovic, Ben Cocchiaro   +12 more
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Strengthening the health systems at national level for malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion countries: a qualitative study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have committed to eliminating malaria by 2030. The success of a national malaria programme’s transition from malaria control to elimination is dependent on the readiness of the health system to ...
Win Htike, Win Han Oo, Catherine M. Bennett, Paul A. Agius, Alyssa E. Barry, Freya J. I. Fowkes   +5 more
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