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Behavioral interactions of bed bugs with long-lasting pyrethroid-treated bed nets: challenges for vector control

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Widespread vector control has been essential in reducing the global incidence and prevalence of malaria, despite now stalled progress. Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) have historically been, and remain, one of the most commonly ...
Christopher C. Hayes, Coby Schal
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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
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Correlates of insecticide treated bed net use.

, 2016
Correlates of insecticide treated bed net use.
Dennis Juma Matanda (2993739), Maurice B. Mittelmark (100333), Helga Bjørnøy Urke (2993736)   +2 more
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Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets [PDF]

, 2007
Malaria prevention in Africa merits particular attention as the world strives toward a better life for the poorest. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) represent a practical means to prevent malaria in Africa, so scaling up coverage to at least 80% of young ...
Killeen, G.F., Lengeler, Christian, Ferguson, H.M., Abdulla, Salim, Lenegeler, C., Kachur, Steven P, Gerry F Killeen, Salim Abdulla, Smith, Tom A, Christian Lengeler, Heather M Ferguson, Kachur, S.P., Smith, T.A., Hassan Mshinda, Mshinda, H., Abdulla, S., Tom A Smith, Killeen, Gerry F, Lengeler, C., Mshinda, Hassan, Steven P Kachur, Ferguson, Heather M, Lengeler Christian, Mshinda Hassan, Ferguson Heather M, Smith Tom A, Abdulla Salim, Killeen Gerry F, Kachur Steven P   +28 more
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Impacts of dual active-ingredient bed nets on the behavioural responses of pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae determined by room-scale infrared video tracking

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background The success of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs) for malaria vector control in Africa relies on the behaviour of various species of Anopheles.
Katherine Gleave, Amy Guy, Frank Mechan, Mischa Emery, Annabel Murphy, Vitaly Voloshin, Catherine E. Towers, David Towers, Hilary Ranson, Geraldine M. Foster, Philip J. McCall   +10 more
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Vaccinations in pregnancy: An update for a changing time

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal immunization is one of the most effective public health interventions to reduce infectious morbidity and mortality in pregnant women, fetuses, and newborns. Despite robust evidence supporting vaccine safety and effectiveness in pregnancy, global uptake has declined following the COVID‐19 pandemic, contributing to resurgent outbreaks ...
Wendy Hodge, Méabh Bhuinneáin, Gelila Goba, Marisa Labovsky, Eliana Amaral, Asma Khalil, David Lissauer, Hema Divakar, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Deborah Money, Dharmintra Pasupathy, on behalf of the FIGO Committee on Infections During Pregnancy   +11 more
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The effect of deltamethrin-treated net fencing around cattle enclosures on outdoor-biting mosquitoes in Kumasi, Ghana. [PDF]

, 2012
\ud Classic vector control strategies target mosquitoes indoors as the main transmitters of malaria are indoor-biting and –resting mosquitoes. However, the intensive use of insecticide-treated bed-nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying have put ...
Marta Ferreira Maia, Ayimbire Abonuusum, Thomas Kruppa, Lena Maria Lorenz, Kruppa Thomas, Maia, Marta Ferreira, Kruppa, Thomas, Rolf Garms, Peter-Henning Clausen, Garms, Rolf, Clausen Peter-Henning, Bauer Burkhard, Lorenz, Lena Maria, Bauer, Burkhard, Garms Rolf, Burkhard Bauer, Abonuusum, Ayimbire, Abonuusum Ayimbire, Clausen, Peter-Henning, Maia Marta Ferreira, Lorenz Lena Maria   +20 more
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Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia

Environmental Health Insights
Background: Insecticide-treated bed nets are cost-effective vector control methods for malaria prevention. Malaria during pregnancy poses a significant health problem in Ethiopia.
Yeshitla Getnet, Abraham Teym, Moges Wubie, Sintayehu Shiferaw, Bayou Tilahun Assaye, Zelalem Aneley, Habitamu Mekonen Abera, Habtamu Temesgen   +7 more
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Caregivers’ vector control methods and its effect on malaria infection in febrile children presenting in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, 2021
Background: Malaria is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Several efforts are being made to reduce its prevalence and morbidity in Nigerian children with emphasis on vector control measures.
Nwaneli Ezinne I, Osuorah Chidiebere, Nri-ezedi Chisom A, Odimegwu Chioma L , Adiele Daberechi, Ofiaeli Ogochukwu C   +5 more
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Styrene and its natural analogues: accumulation and sustainable production methods

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Styrene, also known as vinyl benzene, is a colourless, highly volatile petrochemical that serves as a key monomer in the production of polystyrene and styrene‐butadiene rubber. Its industrial synthesis via the alkylation of benzene with ethylene relies on fossil fuels, requiring high temperatures and toxic catalysts that contribute to ...
Mwafaq Ibdah, Giovanni D'Ambrosio, Prasada Rao Kongala, Sureshkumar Mesara, Annalisa Serio, Bharadwaj Revuru, Antonello Paparella   +6 more
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