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High levels of imported asymptomatic malaria but limited local transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, a South African malaria-endemic province nearing malaria elimination

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background KwaZulu-Natal, one of South Africa’s three malaria endemic provinces, is nearing malaria elimination, reporting fewer than 100 locally-acquired cases annually since 2010.
J. Raman, Laura Gast, R. Balawanth, S. Tessema, B. Brooke, R. Maharaj, G. Munhenga, Power Tshikae, Vishan Lakan, Tshiama M. Mwamba, Hazel Makowa, Lindi Sangweni, Moses Mkhabela, Nompumelelo Zondo, Ernest Mohulatsi, Zuziwe Nyawo, Sifiso Ngxongo, Sipho Msimang, Nicole Dagata, B. Greenhouse, L. Birkholtz, George Shirreff, R. Graffy, B. Qwabe, D. Moonasar   +24 more
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Multisectoral Convergence of Food, Nutrition and Sanitation Programs for Child Health: Evidence From Country‐Level Programs in India

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three ...
Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth, Prabhu Pingali
wiley   +1 more source

Shifting the burden or expanding access to care? Assessing malaria trends following scale-up of community health worker malaria case management and reactive case detection

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Malaria is a significant burden to health systems and is responsible for a large proportion of outpatient cases at health facilities in endemic regions.
David A. Larsen, Anna Winters, Sanford Cheelo, Busiku Hamainza, Mulakwa Kamuliwo, John M. Miller, Daniel J. Bridges   +6 more
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Tafenoquine: A step toward malaria elimination.

Biochemistry, 2020
There is a pressing need for compounds with broad-spectrum activity against malaria parasites at different life cycle stages to achieve malaria elimination.
Kuan‐Yi Lu, E. Derbyshire
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Malaria Elimination Myanmar

, 2015
setting up a malaria elimination project in East Karen State, Myanmar (Burma)
Delmas, Gilles, METF, , Tabitha, Poe Wah, Wannee, , Dao, Landier, Jordi, Parker, Daniel, Nosten, François, Colley Paw, Micho, Myo Chit Min, Khin Maung Lwin, Aung Myint Thu   +13 more
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Mechanistic Insights Into Photocatalytic Materials for Toxic Pollutants: Environmental Remediation of Personal Care Products

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Photocatalytic materials have emerged as promising solutions for environmental applications due to their ability to degrade organic pollutants under sunlight or artificial light. In this review, recent progress on the photocatalytic materials used for the degradation of pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental ...
Urvashi Sen, Gunjan Chauhan, Surbhi Soni, Monika Vats, Anand Kumar, Indra Bahadur   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elimination Therapy for the Endemic Malarias [PDF]

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2012
Most malaria diagnosed outside endemic zones occurs in patients experiencing the consequences of what was likely a single infectious bite by an anopheline mosquito. A single species of parasite is nearly always involved and expert opinion on malaria chemotherapy uniformly prescribes species- and stage-specific treatments.
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Population pharmacokinetics of artemether–lumefantrine plus amodiaquine in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Resistance to the artemisinins and the artemisinin‐based combination therapy (ACT) partner drugs has developed in Southeast Asia, and artemisinin resistance has also emerged in eastern Africa. Triple ACTs (triple artemisinin‐based combination therapies, TACT), consisting of two partner drugs with different mechanisms of action and similar ...
Junjie Ding, Richard M. Hoglund, Rob W. van der Pluijm, James J. Callery, Thomas J. Peto, Rupam Tripura, Sukanta Das, Nguyễn Hoàng Châu, Cholrawee Promnarate, Mavuto Mukaka, Lek Dysoley, Caterina Fanello, Marie A. Onyamboko, Anupkumar R. Anvikar, Mayfong Mayxay, Frank Smithuis, Lorenz von Seidlein, Mehul Dhorda, Chanaki Amaratunga, M. Abul Faiz, Ho Dang Trung Nghia, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Arjen M. Dondorp, Joel Tarning   +24 more
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Europe's contribution to the evaluation of the use of systemic antimicrobials in the treatment of periodontitis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This narrative review celebrates Europe's contribution to the current knowledge on systemically administered antimicrobials in periodontal treatment. Periodontitis is the most frequent chronic noncommunicable human disease. It is caused by dysbiotic bacterial biofilms and is commonly treated with subgingival instrumentation.
David Herrera, Arie Jan van Winkelhoff, Paula Matesanz, Katalina Lauwens, Wim Teughels   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the size of populations at risk for malaria: a case study in cattle herders and agricultural workers in Northern Namibia

Scientific Reports
Cattle herders and agricultural workers have been identified has key high-risk populations for malaria in northern Namibia. Population size estimates for these groups are lacking but are important for planning, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness
Francois Rerolle, Jerry O. Jacobson, Cara Smith Gueye, Adam Bennett, Sidney Carrillo, Henry Ntuku, Jennifer L. Smith   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source