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Health worker and policy-maker perspectives on use of intramuscular artesunate for pre-referral and definitive treatment of severe malaria at health posts in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal, 2016
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends injectable artesunate given either intravenously or by the intramuscular route for definitive treatment for severe malaria and recommends a single intramuscular dose of intramuscular artesunate or
Takele Kefyalew, Zelalem Kebede, Dawit Getachew, David Mukanga, Tessema Awano, Agonafer Tekalegne, Esey Batisso, Wasihun Edossa, Emebet Mekonnen, James Tibenderana, Ebenezer Sheshi Baba, Constance Shumba, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Prudence Hamade   +13 more
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COVID-19 knowledge, beliefs, prevention behaviours and misinformation in the context of an adapted seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in six northern Nigerian States

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine is an efficacious intervention for protection of children against Plasmodium falciparum malaria during the rainy season.
Sol Richardson, Taiwo Ibinaiye, Jamilu Nikau, Olusola Oresanya, Madeleine Marasciulo, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Christian Rassi, Olatunde Adesoro   +7 more
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Efficacy of partial spraying of SumiShield, Fludora Fusion and Actellic against wild populations of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in experimental huts in Tiassalé, Côte d'Ivoire

Scientific Reports, 2023
From August 2020 to June 2021, we assessed the efficacy of SumiShield 50WG (clothianidin), Fludora Fusion 56.25WP-SB (mixture of clothianidin and deltamethrin) and Actellic 300CS (pirimiphos-methyl) in experimental huts when partially sprayed against ...
Joseph Chabi, Aklilu Seyoum, Constant V. A. Edi, Bernard Loukou Kouassi, Yemane Yihdego, Richard Oxborough, Constant G. N. Gbalegba, Ben Johns, Sameer Desale, Seth R. Irish, John E. Gimnig, Jenny S. Carlson, Melissa Yoshimizu, Jennifer S. Armistead, Allison Belemvire, Lilia Gerberg, Kristen George, Matthew Kirby   +17 more
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Malaria Detection and Classificaiton [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Malaria is a disease of global concern according to the World Health Organization. Billions of people in the world are at risk of Malaria today. Microscopy is considered the gold standard for Malaria diagnosis. Microscopic assessment of blood samples requires the need of trained professionals who at times are not available in rural areas where Malaria ...
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Changing pattern of malaria in Bissau, Guinea Bissau.

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of malaria in Guinea-Bissau, in view of the fact that more funds are available now for malaria control in the country.
Aaby, Peter, Greenwood, Brian, Kofoed, Poul-Erik, Rodrigues, Amabelia, Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong   +4 more
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Malaria intensity in Colombia by regions and populations [PDF]

, 2017
Determining the distribution of disease prevalence among heterogeneous populations at the national scale is fundamental for epidemiology and public health. Here, we use a combination of methods (spatial scan statistic, topological data analysis, epidemic profile) to study measurable differences in malaria intensity by regions and populations of ...
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HUBUNGAN PERILAKU MASYARAKAT DENGAN KEJADIAN MALARIA DESA KORE KECAMATAN SANGGAR KABUPATEN BIMA [PDF]

, 2005
Malaria adalah penyakit infeksi yang masih menjadi masalah kesehatan masyarakat. Desa Kore merupakan daerah endemis. Pada tahun 2004 terjdi KLB malaria dengan jumlah penderita malaria klinis 1.282 (AMI=264,38 0/00).
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Ranking malaria risk factors to guide malaria control efforts in African highlands. [PDF]

, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Malaria is re-emerging in most of the African highlands exposing the non immune population to deadly epidemics. A better understanding of the factors impacting transmission in the highlands is crucial to improve well targeted malaria ...
Baza, Dismas, Coosemans, Marc, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Protopopoff, Natacha, Speybroeck, Niko, Van Bortel, Wim, Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre   +6 more
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Integrated community case management in a peri-urban setting: a qualitative evaluation in Wakiso District, Uganda

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Integrated community case management (iCCM) strategies aim to reach poor communities by providing timely access to treatment for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea for children under 5 years of age.
Robin Altaras, Mark Montague, Kirstie Graham, Clare E. Strachan, Laura Senyonjo, Rebecca King, Helen Counihan, Denis Mubiru, Karin Källander, Sylvia Meek, James Tibenderana   +10 more
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An Analysis of Reinforcement Learning for Malaria Control [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Previous work on policy learning for Malaria control has often formulated the problem as an optimization problem assuming the objective function and the search space have a specific structure. The problem has been formulated as multi-armed bandits, contextual bandits and a Markov Decision Process in isolation.
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