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Acceptability of single screening and treatment policy for the control of malaria in pregnancy: perceptions of providers and pregnant women from selected health facilities in Lindi region, Tanzania
Malaria Journal, 2021 Background Tanzania started implementing single screening and treatment (SST) for all pregnant women attending their first antenatal care (ANC) visits in 2014, using malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and treating those who test positive according to ...Chonge Kitojo, Frank Chacky, Emmanuel S. Kigadye, Joseph P. Mugasa, Abdallah Lusasi, Ally Mohamed, Erik J. Reaves, Julie R. Gutman, Deus S. Ishengoma +8 moredoaj +1 more sourcePlanning and implementation of a countrywide campaign to deliver over 16 million long-lasting insecticidal nets in Mozambique
Malaria Journal, 2018 Background In 2016/2017, Mozambique conducted a countrywide long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) universal coverage campaign (UCC). This paper aims to describe the planning and implementation process of the campaign in Mozambique.Jorge A. H. Arroz, Baltazar Candrinho, Sílvia Pedro, Guidion Mathe, Mariana da Silva, Sérgio Tsabete, Luis Ismael, Inês Juleca, Marta Chande, Fernando Bambo, Olinda Munguande, Sérgio Julane, Figueiredo Mussambala, Eunice Alfai, Olimpia Muianga, Hermelgildo Matsimbe, Pablo Varela, Christine Latif, Chandana Mendis, Melanie Lopez, Gagik Karapetyan, Marcy Erskine +21 moredoaj +1 more sourceCommunity-led Responses for Elimination (CoRE): a study protocol for a community randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of community-level, reactive focal drug administration for reducing Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence and incidence in Southern Province, Zambia
Trials, 2017 Background Zambia is pushing for, and has made great strides towards, the elimination of malaria transmission in Southern Province. Reactive focal test and treat (RFTAT) using rapid diagnostic tests and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) has been key in making Daniel J. Bridges, John M. Miller, Victor Chalwe, Hawela Moonga, Busiku Hamainza, Rick Steketee, Kafula Silumbe, Jenala Nyangu, David A. Larsen +8 moredoaj +1 more sourceEfficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children 6–59 months in three sentinel sites of Sierra Leone, 2021–2022
Malaria JournalAntimalarial drug resistance leads to increased treatment failures, prolonged illness, and increased mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends malaria-endemic countries regularly (ideally biennially) assess the efficacy of commonly used ...Irene Cavros, Francisca Abanyie, Anitta Renitta Yokoe Kamara, Fay Chalobah, Nelson Fofana, Jehan Ahmed, Kwabena Larbi, Culzean Kennedy, Breanna Horton, Marko Bajic, Mashanika Richardson, Bryce Matlock, Jessica McCaffery, Santigie Kanu, David Schnabel, Temitayo S. A. Labor, Shelby Cash, Mateusz Plucinski, James P. Komeh, Musa Sillah-Kanu +19 moredoaj +1 more sourceHousehold costs among patients hospitalized with malaria: evidence from a national survey in Malawi, 2012
Malaria Journal, 2017 Background With 71% of Malawians living on Ian Hennessee, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Melissa Briggs-Hagen, Andy Bauleni, Monica P. Shah, Alfred Chalira, Dubulao Moyo, Wilfred Dodoli, Misheck Luhanga, John Sande, Doreen Ali, Julie Gutman, Kim A. Lindblade, Joseph Njau, Don P. Mathanga +14 moredoaj +1 more sourceMalaria surveys using rapid diagnostic tests and validation of results using post hoc quantification of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2
Malaria Journal, 2017 Background Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) positivity is supplanting microscopy as the standard measure of malaria burden at the population level. However, there is currently no standard for externally validating RDT results from field surveys.Mateusz Plucinski, Rafael Dimbu, Baltazar Candrinho, James Colborn, Aida Badiane, Daouda Ndiaye, Kimberly Mace, Michelle Chang, Jean F. Lemoine, Eric S. Halsey, John W. Barnwell, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Michael Aidoo, Eric Rogier +13 moredoaj +1 more sourceEffect of anti-malarial interventions on trends of malaria cases, hospital admissions and deaths, 2005–2015, Ghana
Malaria Journal, 2017 Background Since 2005, the Government of Ghana and its partners, in concerted efforts to control malaria, scaled up the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs).Maru Aregawi, Keziah L. Malm, Mohammed Wahjib, Osae Kofi, Naa-Korkor Allotey, Peprah Nana Yaw, Wilmot Abba-Baffoe, Sylvester Segbaya, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Abderahmane T. Kharchi, Ryan O. Williams, Mark Saalfeld, Nibretie Workneh, Estifanos Biru Shargie, Abdisalan M. Noor, Constance Bart-Plange +15 moredoaj +1 more sourceAssessment of molecular markers of anti-malarial drug resistance among children participating in a therapeutic efficacy study in western Kenya
Malaria Journal, 2020 Background Anti-malarial drug resistance remains a major threat to global malaria control efforts. In Africa, Plasmodium falciparum remains susceptible to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), but the emergence of resistant parasites in multiple ...Winnie Chebore, Zhiyong Zhou, Nelli Westercamp, Kephas Otieno, Ya Ping Shi, Sheila B. Sergent, Kelsey Anne Rondini, Samaly Souza Svigel, Benard Guyah, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Eric S. Halsey, Aaron M. Samuels, Simon Kariuki +12 moredoaj +1 more sourceA bespoke, real-time surveillance system for malaria elimination in Cambodia: architecture, applications and impact
Malaria JournalCambodia has developed and deployed a comprehensive, real-time, case-based Malaria Information System (MIS) to support national malaria elimination goals.Pengby Ngor, Huy Rekol, Siv Sovannaroth, Thyda Eng, Rith Ry, Kimleng Sok, Rattana Yoem, Vunsokserey Ou, Vanna Hem, Pumeoung Chang, Rady Try, Pascal Ringwald, Lisa J. White, Richard J. Maude +13 moredoaj +1 more source
