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“We witnessed medicines help our children, then we became proud”: experiences and acceptability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Aweil, South Sudan

Malaria Journal
Background Malaria remains a significant public health concern, particularly in resource-constrained settings and regions affected by ongoing humanitarian crises, such as Northen Bahr el Ghazal in South Sudan.
Francis Okot, Maria Suau Sans, Erica Viganò, Abubaker Rom, Denis Mubiru, Kevin Baker, Jamshed Khan, Ahmed Julla   +7 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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Developing Ontology Support for Human Malaria Control Initiatives [PDF]

, 2011
Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases and an enormous public health problem in Sub-Sahara Africa, Asia and parts of America. In this paper, we discuss the development of the Human Malaria Control Ontology (HMCO) which contains ...
Daramola, Olawande, Fatumo, S.
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Prevalence of Malaria and Anaemia among HIV Infected Pregnant women Receiving Co-trimoxazole Prophylaxis in Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study in Kinondoni Municipality. [PDF]

, 2014
HIV-infected pregnant women are particularly more susceptible to the deleterious effects of malaria infection particularly anaemia. In order to prevent opportunistic infections and malaria, a policy of daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis without the ...
A Kapito-tembo, AM Mount, AS Walker, CA Maxwell, CJ Uneke, CJ Uneke, D Morisky, DE Morisky, ET Nkhoma, FO Ter Kuile, G Sinha, G Weiss, J Mermin, J Ziske, JL Finkelstein, LO Omo-Aghoja, MC De Castro, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, PA West, PM Newman, PS Sullivan, R Steketee, RFG Leke, RM Ned, S Mehta, S Renggli, SK Sharma, Tanzania National AIDS Control Program, The Municipal Medical Officer of Health, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +34 more
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A White Paper on Advancing Long‐Acting Therapeutics for Maternal and Pediatric Health by Bridging Gaps in Clinical Research, Access and Regulation

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
As use cases for long‐acting therapeutics expand across clinical indications, there is a critical need to ensure the inclusion of women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, infants and children—populations with a historical gap in the availability of interventions already approved for use in adults.
Moherndran Archary, Robert Bies, Osei Boateng, Rachel Daley, Pierre Gashema, Mili Karina, Emily Njuguna, Sharon Nachman, Nathaniel Nkrumah, Carolyne Odula, Andrew Owen, Ethel D. Weld, Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Adeniyi Olagunju, on behalf of the Community of Practice for Long‐acting Therapeutics for Maternal and Paediatric Health, Rana Abutaima, Dorothy Akongo, Abdulnaser Alsharaa, Moherndran Archary, Shakir Atoyebi, Benoit Bestgen, Robert Bies, Osei Boateng, Andrew Butler, Edmund Capparelli, Rachel Daley, Layla Davies, Joelle Dountio, Henry Enzama, Pierre Gashema, Katila George, Dan Hawcutt, Rene Holm, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Elodie Jambert, Mili Karina, Linda Lewis, Grace Miheso, Sebastien Morin, Andrew Morrison, Sharon Nachman, Shadia Nakalema, Emily Njunga, Nathaniel Nkrumah, Carolyne Odula‐Obonyo, Brenda Okware, Adeniyi Olagunju, Andrew Owen, Martina Penazzato, Natella Rakhmanina, Mphako Brighton Ratlabyana, Rachel Scott, Kimberly Struble, Andre‐Marie Tchouatieu, Catherine Unsworth, Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Catriona Waitt, Ethel Weld, Janine Winterbottom, Leena Zino   +59 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using the role model approach to optimise caregiver administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine amodiaquine to children aged 3–59 months in Burkina Faso, Chad and Togo: findings from an evaluation

Malaria Journal
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a World Health Organization-recommended intervention for the prevention of malaria among children at high risk in areas with seasonal transmission.
Laura Donovan, Muhammad Shafique, Alexandra Wharton-Smith, Sol Richardson, Erica Viganò, Adama Traore, Cheick Compaoré, Narcisse Tounaikok, Beakgoube Honoré, Nodjiyam Dingamtel, Fantche Awokou, Essèboè Sewu, Gauthier Tougri, Mahamat Saleh Issakha Diar, Tinah Atcha-Oubou, Charlotte Ward, Kevin Baker   +16 more
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Insecticide resistance patterns in Uganda and the effect of indoor residual spraying with bendiocarb on kdr L1014S frequencies in Anopheles gambiae s.s.

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Resistance of malaria vectors to pyrethroid insecticides has been attributed to selection pressure from long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), and the use of chemicals in agriculture.
Tarekegn A. Abeku, Michelle E. H. Helinski, Matthew J. Kirby, James Ssekitooleko, Chris Bass, Irene Kyomuhangi, Michael Okia, Godfrey Magumba, Sylvia R. Meek   +8 more
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Microarray Analysis of PBMC after Plasmodium falciparum Infection: Molecular Insights into Disease Pathogenesis [PDF]

, 2011
Our laboratory’s previous microarray analysis of subjects with Plasmodium falciparum revealed up-regulation of Toll-like receptor, NF-kB, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-1β, p38 MAPK, and MHC molecules.
Alan Scott, Anne Jedlicka, August Louis Bourgeois, Nathan Wolfe, Sher Singh, Wan-Chung(Wan-Jiung) Hu   +5 more
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What Do We Know About How Companies Manage Waste? The Effect of Tenure and Diversity of Directors on Disclosures

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the effect of board tenure on firms' waste management disclosure and explore whether this effect is amplified by board gender and cultural diversity. The analysis is based on data from 832 large firms worldwide from 2011 to 2020.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez, Beatriz Aibar‐Guzmán, Salvador Marín‐Hernández, Esther Ortiz‐Martínez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Costs of single-phase door-to-door insecticide-treated net mass distribution campaigns in Nigeria: a case study in Ondo and Anambra states

Malaria Journal
Background The distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) through mass campaigns remains a cornerstone of malaria vector control. As new ITN products are introduced to address rising insecticide resistance, understanding the cost of such campaigns ...
Godstime Eigbiremolen, Bolade Jimoh, Divine Ndubuisi Obodoechi, Abiola O. Oluwagbemiga, Azuka Iwegbu, Saliu Ogunmola, Nonso Ndibe, Waheed A. Folayan, Olusola Oresanya, Kolawole Maxwell, Tarekegn A. Abeku   +10 more
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