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“I heard at home. The leader came by to inform”. The role of community leaders and community distributors in promoting uptake of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nampula Province, Mozambique: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a highly effective intervention to prevent malaria in children, in high transmission areas that have seasonal peaks.
Mercia Sitoe, Baltazar Candrinho, Kevin Baker, Jossias Machava, Regina Passe, Ivan Alejandro Pulido Tarquino   +5 more
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Entomological surveillance following a long-lasting insecticidal net universal coverage campaign in Midwestern Uganda

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background A universal coverage campaign (UCC) with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) was implemented in four districts in Midwestern Uganda in 2009–2010.
MEH Helinski, A. Nuwa, N. Protopopoff, M. Feldman, P. Ojuka, DW Oguttu, TA Abeku, S. Meek   +7 more
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Malaria Surveillance--United States, 2013 [PDF]

Problem/Condition: Malaria in humans is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites are transmitted by the bite of an infective female Anopheles mosquito.

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The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
wiley   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Disease: Historical Overview and Current Therapies

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions worldwide, yet the limited treatment options currently available do not always adequately control the disease and carry significant side effects. At present, the only curative treatment is hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, a procedure that carries considerable challenges and numerous ...
Oluwaseun O. Babatunde, Madeleine G. Bibby, Anthony Atala, Graça Almeida‐Porada, Christopher D. Porada   +4 more
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Mixed Infection of Malariae Malaria and Falciparum Malaria

Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2001
OHNISHI, Kenji, KATO, Yasuyuki, KANO, Shigeyuki   +2 more
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Accelerating the prioritisation of plant species with underexplored medicinal potential: The pm4mp (Phylogenetic Methods for Medicinal Plants) R package

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Medicinal plants used in ethnobotanical traditions to treat or prevent diseases have gained renewed interest for their largely untapped potential in drug discovery. In this study, we developed and tested novel methods to prioritise plant species based on their unexplored medicinal potential. By enabling researchers to target the most promising species,
Giovanni Zecca, Elisa Toini, Massimo Labra, Fabrizio Grassi   +3 more
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Malaria [PDF]

BMJ, 2011
Mirza, D. M., Hashim, M. J., Sheikh, A.
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CDC's domestic malaria unit [PDF]

"The CDC Domestic Malaria Unit focuses solely on clinical and surveillance issues within the United States. This is achieved through a.) monitoring the frequency and distribution of malaria cases that occur in U.S.

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Epidemiological data for malaria control activities [PDF]

Malaria in the United States of America is a disease of apparent decreasing importance. Graph A illustrates this point. It shows that for all States which report deaths and cases of malaria, there has been a steady downward trend during the last 24 years,

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