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Learning from the past: the future of malaria in Africa [PDF]

, 2009
This repository item contains a single issue of Issues in Brief, a series of policy briefs that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Graboyes, Melissa
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Vaccines for preventing malaria [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2003
Despite continued efforts to control the disease, malaria remains a major health problem in many regions of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, and new ways to control or eradicate the disease are urgently needed. Two types of vaccine, SPf66 vaccine against the asexual stages, and NANP vaccines against the sporozoite stages of the Plasmodium ...
P, Graves, H, Gelband
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Decentralisation of the Healthcare Systems and the Functioning of Public Health Programmes in Single‐Party States: A Systematic Review

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Decentralisation is the transfer of authority from central to local governments, involving shared responsibilities in planning, management, and decision‐making. In public health, decentralisation might help improve service delivery by allowing local authorities to tailor interventions to the specific needs of diverse ...
Phonevilay Viphonephom, Ho Van Hoa, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Daniel Reinharz   +3 more
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Development of replication-deficient adenovirus malaria vaccines

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2017
Introduction: Malaria remains a major threat to endemic populations and travelers, including military personnel to these areas. A malaria vaccine is feasible, as radiation attenuated sporozoites induce nearly 100% efficacy.
Michael R. Hollingdale, Martha Sedegah, Keith Limbach   +2 more
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A Critical Review on Human Malaria and Schistosomiasis Vaccines: Current State, Recent Advancements, and Developments

Vaccines, 2023
Malaria and schistosomiasis are two major parasitic diseases that remain leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Co-infections of these two parasites are common in the tropics, where both diseases are endemic.
Arif Jamal Siddiqui, Jyoti Bhardwaj, Juhi Saxena, Sadaf Jahan, Mejdi Snoussi, Fevzi Bardakci, Riadh Badraoui, Mohd Adnan   +7 more
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Is vaccination the only option for possible global malaria eradication? [PDF]

, 2006
In the last century, vaccines, together with the discovery of antibiotics have been powerful tools in the management of infectious diseases. Both were of particular importance in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with infections prevailing ...
Tonna, Ivan
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Allelic forms of merozoite surface protein-3 in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from southeast of Iran [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Genetic diversity has provided Plasmodium falciparum with the potential capacity of avoiding the immune response, and possibly supported the natural selection of drug or vaccine-resistant parasites.
Ebrahimzadeh, A., Jamshidi, A., Mohammadi, S.   +2 more
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Traditional Chinese Medicine for lung cancer: Mechanisms, clinical evidence, and future perspectives

Precision Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
Graphical abstract represents the risk factors for lung cancer, TCM efficacy and clinical outcomes to future challenges. Abstract Lung cancer remains a leading cause of global cancer mortality. Despite advances in conventional treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, challenges including drug resistance, toxicity ...
Zhangdeng Chen, Liujun Bao
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Immune mechanisms in malaria: new insights in vaccine development.

, 2013
Early data emerging from the first phase 3 trial of a malaria vaccine are raising hopes that a licensed vaccine will soon be available for use in endemic countries, but given the relatively low efficacy of the vaccine, this needs to be seen as a major ...
A Horowitz, A Olotu, A Reyes-Sandoval, A Reyes-Sandoval, A Sabchareon, A Saul, AC Teirlinck, AD Douglas, AJ Cunnington, AJ Umbers, AM Dondorp, AM Moormann, AM Vaughan, B Genton, C Crosnier, C McNamara, C O'Brien, C Tamminga, C Uthaipibull, CJ Murray, CJ Sutherland, CQ Nie, CR Engwerda, CV Plowe, D Ansong, DG Heppner, DJ Pombo, DL Doolan, DL Doolan, DS Chen, DS Hansen, E Andersen-Nissen, EK Forbes, Eleanor M Riley, EM Riley, EM Riley, FE McKenzie, FJ Fowkes, FU Hügel, G Fousteri, GD Weedall, GE Weiss, GT Brice, H Ranson, HA Croom, HI Nakaya, I Niederwieser, IA Cockburn, IA Cockburn, IN Crispe, J Cox-Singh, J Friesen, J Langhorne, J Sacarlal, JA Regules, JA Stoute, JA Stoute, JE Epstein, JE Epstein, JE Epstein, JH Janes, JJ Obar, JM Lumsden, JM Vuola, JP Vanderberg, KA Bojang, KA Bojang, KE Kester, L Hviid, L Schwartz, LC Okell, M Bodescot, M Elnekave, M Roestenberg, M Roestenberg, M Troye-Blomberg, M van der Kolk, MA Thera, MC Huaman, ME Polhemus, MJ Mackinnon, MM Stevenson, N Garçon, ND Pasternak, NS Butler, OC Finney, P Aide, P Bejon, P Bejon, P Liehl, PE Van den Steen, PL Alonso, PL Alonso, PL Alonso, PR Gilson, R Dzikowski, RA O'Donnell, RI Nwuba, S Abdulla, S Casares, S Chakravarty, S Cohen, S Gupta, S Sidjanski, SE Lindner, SL Hoffman, SL Takala, SM Todryk, ST Agnandji, ST Agnandji, SW Lee, T Bousema, T Bousema, T Bousema, TC Luke, TD Querec, TK Berthoud, TS Voss, U Frevert, V Ann Stewart, V Nussenzweig, VA Stewart, WH Tham, WR Ballou, WR Weiss, ZM Khan   +125 more
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Vaccine innovation, translational research and the management of knowledge accumulation [PDF]

, 2012
What does it take to translate research into socially beneficial technologies like vaccines? Current policy that focuses on expanding research or strengthening incentives overlooks how the supply and demand of innovation is mediated by problem-solving ...
Andre, Archibugi, Aston, Baird, Baldwin, Bastien, Benison, Bentrup, Blume, Blume, Blume, Blume, Blume, Blume, Bodian, Bonu, Bryder, Burnet, Buse, Carter, Chase, Chataway, Connor, Constant, de Souza, Dosi, Douglas, Esparza, Feinberg, Fleck, Fujimura, Galambos, Gallagher, Garber, Gerschenkron, Girard, Griffin, Hacking, Hilleman, Hopkins, Hopkins, Hortsmann, IAVI, IOM, Kremer, Lanjouw, Marincola, Markel, Mays, McCoy, Mullan, Nelson, Nelson, Nichter, Nightingale, Nightingale, NIH, Ohid Yaqub, Ohka, Oshinsky, Paul, Paul Nightingale, Plotkin, Poltorak, Pérez-Cuevas, Racaniello, Rasti, Ren, Ridley, Robbins, Rogers, Rose, Rosenberg, Sabin, Schofield, Smith, Smith, Time, Time, Tomes, van Lente, Vernick, Vincenti, Weiss, West, Yaqub, Zinkernagel   +86 more
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