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Status of malaria in pregnancy services in Madagascar 2010–2021: a scoping review

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Malaria in pregnancy (MIP) increases the risk of poor maternal and infant outcomes. To reduce these risks, WHO recommends insecticide-treated net (ITN) use, intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine ...
Ashley Malpass, Natasha Hansen, Catherine M. Dentinger, Susan Youll, Annett Cotte, Chiarella Mattern, Aimée Ravaoarinosy   +6 more
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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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Factors associated with malaria parasitaemia among children under 5 years in Uganda: a secondary data analysis of the 2014 Malaria Indicator Survey dataset

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background In the midst of success with malaria reduction in Uganda, there are areas that still have high prevalence of malaria parasitaemia. This project aimed at investigating factors associated with this prevalence and its relationship with anaemia ...
Humphrey Wanzira, Henry Katamba, Allen Eva Okullo, Bosco Agaba, Mathias Kasule, Denis Rubahika   +5 more
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The effect of holes in long-lasting insecticidal nets on malaria in Malawi: results from a case–control study

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are a cornerstone of malaria prevention. Holes develop in LLINs over time and compromise their physical integrity, but how holes affect malaria transmission risk is not well known.
Anna A. Minta, Keren Z. Landman, Dyson A. Mwandama, Monica P. Shah, Jodi L. Vanden Eng, James F. Sutcliffe, Joseph Chisaka, Kim A. Lindblade, Don P. Mathanga, Laura C. Steinhardt   +9 more
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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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Investigation of Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions and performance of a rapid diagnostic test for identifying asymptomatic malaria infection in northern Ethiopia, 2015

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are widely used for malaria diagnosis of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections. Although RDTs are a reliable and practical diagnostic tool, the sensitivity of histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2)-based RDTs can ...
Colleen M. Leonard, Ashenafi Assefa, Jessica N. McCaffery, Camelia Herman, Mateusz Plucinski, Heven Sime, Hussein Mohammed, Amha Kebede, Hiwot Solomon, Mebrahtom Haile, Matt Murphy, Jimee Hwang, Eric Rogier   +12 more
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Assessing bed net damage: comparisons of three measurement methods for estimating the size, shape, and distribution of holes on bed nets

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Measuring the physical condition of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) under field conditions is of great importance for malaria control programmes to guide decisions on how frequently to replace LLINs.
Jodi L. Vanden Eng, Don P. Mathanga, Keren Landman, Dyson Mwandama, Anna A. Minta, Monica Shah, James Sutcliffe, Joseph Chisaka, Kim A. Lindblade, Laura Steinhardt   +9 more
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Quality of malaria services offered in public health facilities in three provinces of Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Fever associated with malaria is the leading cause of health care-seeking in Mozambique, yet there is limited evidence on the quality of malaria case management.
Baltazar Candrinho, Mateusz M. Plucinski, James M. Colborn, Mariana da Silva, Guidion Mathe, Mercia Dimene, Ana Rita Chico, Ana Christina Castel-Branco, Frederico Brito, Marcel Andela, Gabriel Ponce de Leon, Abuchahama Saifodine, Rose Zulliger   +12 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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Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Liberia, 2022–2023

Malaria Journal
Background Artemether–lumefantrine (AL) is currently the first-line treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Liberia. To ensure antimalarial treatments are effective, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routinely testing ...
Victor S. Koko, Laura Skrip, Odell Kumeh, Trokon Washington, Mamadou O. Diallo, Jessica Kafuko, Uwem Inyang, Gabriel F. Ponce de León, Zhiyong Zhou, Veronika R. Laird, Jethro Zawolo, Birhanu Getahun, Wahdae-mai Harmon-Gray, Mateusz Plucinski, Jonathan S. Schultz   +14 more
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