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Monitoring antimalarial drug resistance in India via sentinel sites: outcomes and risk factors for treatment failure, 2009-2010

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To describe India's National Antimalarial Drug Resistance Monitoring System, measure the efficacy of first-line malaria treatments, and determine risk factors for treatment failure.
Neelima Mishra, Jai Prakash Narayan Singh, Bina Srivastava, Usha Arora, Naman K Shah, SK Ghosh, RM Bhatt, SK Sharma, MK Das, Ashwani Kumar, Anupkumar R Anvikar, Kamlesh Kaitholia, Ruchi Gupta, GS Sonal, AC Dhariwal, Neena Valecha   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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Agent-Based Modelling of Malaria Transmission Dynamics [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Recent statistics of malaria shows that over 200 million cases and estimated deaths of nearly half a million occur globally. Africa alone accounts for almost 90% of the cases. Several studies have been conducted to understand the disease transmission dynamics.
arxiv  

Private sector availability and affordability of under 5 malaria health commodities in selected states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Background To guarantee uninterrupted service delivery, quality-assured products must be affordable and continuously available across all sectors, including the private sector, which provides more than 60% of healthcare services in Nigeria.
Kunle Rotimi, Babatunde Fagbemi, Ademola Joshua Itiola, Taiwo Ibinaiye, Adaeze Aidenagbon, Chrysantus Dabes, Ahmed Aminu Biambo, Azuka Iwegbu, Sarah Onabajo, Chibuzo Oguoma, Olusola Oresanya   +10 more
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Prescriber practices and patient adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Guinea, 2016

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background The World Health Organization recommends the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to treat uncomplicated malaria for the control of malaria across the world.
Alioune Camara, Leah F. Moriarty, Timothée Guilavogui, Papa Sambou Diakité, Joseph Souba Zoumanigui, Sidikiba Sidibé, Ibrahima Bah, Ibrahima Kaba, Djebory Kourouma, Koho Zoumanigui, Mateusz Plucinski   +10 more
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Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) I: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Ouagadougou [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Rapid urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa has a major impact on malaria epidemiology. While much is known about malaria in rural areas in Burkina Faso, the urban situation is less well understood.
Convelbo, Natalie, Diadie, Diallo A, Kientga, Mathieu, Lengeler, Christian, Pritroipa, Xavier, Smith, Thomas A, Tanner, Marcel, Vounatsou, Penelope, Wang, Shr-Jie   +8 more
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Receipt of seasonal malaria chemoprevention by age-ineligible children and associated factors in nine implementation states in Nigeria

Malaria Journal
Background As part of implementation quality standards, community distributors are expected to ensure that only age-eligible children (aged 3–59 months) receive seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) medicines during monthly campaigns.
Taiwo Ibinaiye, Kunle Rotimi, Ayodeji Balogun, Adaeze Aidenagbon, Chibuzo Oguoma, Christian Rassi, Kevin Baker, Olusola Oresanya, Chuks Nnaji   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Usability of a digital tool to support long-lasting insecticide net distribution in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan

Malaria Journal
Background Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) have been a widely used malaria prevention method for decades. In South Sudan, LLINs are typically distributed by volunteers who use paper-based systems to collect distribution data.
Jamshed Khan, Denis Mubiru, Elisabeth G. Chestnutt, Louise Cook, Lual Lual Riiny, Francis Okot, Kediende Chong, Matur T. Tieng, Tombari Zabbeh, Joshua Okafor, Chuks A. Nnaji   +10 more
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Estimating the Malaria Attributable Fever Fraction Accounting for Parasites Being Killed by Fever and Measurement Error [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
Malaria is a parasitic disease that is a major health problem in many tropical regions. The most characteristic symptom of malaria is fever. The fraction of fevers that are attributable to malaria, the malaria attributable fever fraction (MAFF), is an important public health measure for assessing the effect of malaria control programs and other ...
arxiv  

Critical roles of endogenous glucocorticoids for disease tolerance in malaria

, 2019
During malaria, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is activated and glucocorticoid (GC) levels are increased, but their essential roles have been largely overlooked.
De Bosscher, Karolien, Opdenakker, Ghislain, Van den Steen, Philippe E., Vandermosten, Leen, Vanhorebeek, Ilse   +4 more
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