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Enhancing Maternal and Child Health: A Cross‐National Analysis of Nutrition Service Readiness in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Large variations exist in the availability of essential nutrition commodities and services across seven sub‐Saharan African countries, highlighting disparities in health system readiness. Despite high procurement rates for key commodities, logistical challenges impede consistent service delivery at the facilities, especially for newer interventions ...
Romance Dissieka, Djeinam Toure, Akriti Singh, Mahamadou Mansour Ndiath, Rolf D. W. Klemm   +4 more
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Philanthropy for the Disenfranchised

Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Philanthropy has an uneasy relationship with democracy. It distributes decision‐making power plutocratically, in proportion to wealth. It allows unelected, unaccountable, and often untrustworthy individuals to shape social outcomes. And it does so in domains where democracy should be authoritative. Yet, at the same time, philanthropy does much
Jacob Barrett
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Malaria Vaccine Development: The Need for Novel Approaches: A Review Article

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2018
Background: Although rigorous efforts have substantially decreased the malaria burden through decades, it still threatens the lives of millions of children. Development of an effective vaccine can provide important approach in malaria control strategies.
Shima MAHMOUDI, Hossein KESHAVARZ
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Advances in transmission-blocking vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

Expert Review of Vaccines
Introduction The World Health Organization has recommended two pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines targeting Plasmodium falciparum. However, there is currently no vaccine available for Plasmodium vivax, the second leading cause of malaria.
Mayumi Tachibana, Eizo Takashima, Motomi Torii, Yimin Wu, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Takafumi Tsuboi   +5 more
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Validation of Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behaviour Constructs for Predicting Malaria Vaccine Acceptance in Ghana: A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study examines the predictive power of constructs from the health belief model (HBM) and theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in explaining malaria vaccine acceptance in Ghana in the post‐COVID‐19 era, while also assessing the reliability of these constructs within this context.
Michael Sarfo, Michael Snowden, Jamie P. Halsall   +2 more
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A landscape review of malaria vaccine candidates in the pipeline

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
Background Globally, malaria continues to pose a major health challenge, with approximately 247 million cases of the illness and 627,000 deaths reported in 2021.
Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen, Habeebullah Jayeola Oladipo, Sodiq Inaolaji Yusuff, Samuel O. Abimbola, Muritala Abdulkadir, Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye, Abass Olawale Omotosho, Oluwaseyi Muyiwa Egbewande, Hameedat Damilola Shittu, Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf, Oluwatosin Ogundipe, Abdulbasit Opeyemi Muili, Abdullateef Opeyemi Afolabi, Salwa M. A. Dahesh, Marwa Ahmed Mahmoud Gameil, Mona Said El-Sherbini   +15 more
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An international study on emerging arboviral infections and blood safety

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Emerging and re‐emerging arboviral infections are a risk to blood safety. We conducted an international survey on how blood establishments respond to current and future arbovirus threats. Study Design and Methods A questionnaire on arbovirus donor deferral strategies, pathogen reduction, and donation screening was distributed to ...
Piya Rajendra, Helen M. Faddy, Daniel Candotti, Carolina B. Bub, Jose M. Kutner, Steven J. Drews, Carmen L. Charlton, Sheila F. O'Brien, Wai‐Chiu Tsoi, Michel‐Andres Garcia‐Otalora, Claire Reynolds, Tuulia Palukka, Riikka Lehtisalo, Ruth Offergeld, Axel Seltsam, Marijke Weber‐Schehl, Nahid Chenarsabz, Naoko Goto, Sung‐Chan Park, So‐Yong Kwon, Ryanne Lieshout‐Krikke, Aneta Kopacz, Ewa Sulkowska, Oana‐Alexandra Șerban, Simona Ruta, Eugene Zhiburt, Maha Badawi, Josephine Mitchel, Ute Jentsch, Ángel Luis Pajares Herraiz, Ana Lafuente Guijosa, Gülşen Özkaya Şahin, Christoph Niederhauser, Marion C. Lanteri, Brian Custer, Galen Conti, Anthea Cheng, Shannah Secret, Peter Simmonds, Heli Harvala, on behalf of the Virology subgroup of the ISBT WP‐TTID   +40 more
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Malaria chemoprophylaxis and the serologic response to measles and diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell pertussis vaccines

Malaria Journal, 2005
Background Acute malaria has been associated with a decreased antibody response to tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, meningococcal, salmonella, and Hib vaccines.
Saliou Pierre, Lobel Hans O, Collins William E, Meade Bruce D, Manclark Charles R, Breman Joel G, Rosen Jennifer B, Roberts Jacquelin M, Campaoré Pierre, Miller Mark A   +9 more
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Q Fever in Africa: A Systematic Review of Prevalence, Zoonotic Potential and Disease Burden

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
Q fever is widespread across Africa, with livestock as the primary source of human infections. Although some prevalence data exist, its economic burden is still lacking. The findings underscore the need for a One Health approach that integrates surveillance, economic assessment and control to reduce the disease burden.
Linda Ama Owusuaa Amoah, Richard Kwamena Abbiw, Naa Awula Narkie Nartey, Becky Ewurama Tetteh, Elizabeth Bugase   +4 more
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Eradicating Malaria in Africa Potentials and Challenges of Vaccine Deployment

Baghdad Journal of Biochemistry and Applied Biological Sciences
Background: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), malaria remains a leading burden of illness in low- and middle-income countries accounting for 94% of cases and 95% of deaths in 2022.
Stephen O. Oyejide, Abisoye B. Ajose, Omoladun S. Ogunbayo, John O. Openibo, Opeoluwa O. Shodipe, Florence T. Onifade   +5 more
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