Feasibility and Coverage of Implementing Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnant women Contacting Private or Public Clinics in Tanzania: Experience-based Viewpoints of Health Managers in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts. [PDF]
Evidence on healthcare managers' experience on operational feasibility of malaria intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) using sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in Africa is systematically inadequate.
A Hughes +56 more
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ABSTRACT Piperaquine tetraphosphate (PQP), a long‐acting antimalarial, is being considered in a combination for chemoprevention. Dihydroartemisinin‐piperaquine tablets (hard and dispersible) approved for the treatment of acute uncomplicated malaria should be administered in a fasted state, as PQP bioavailability increases with food.
Florence A. Milando +31 more
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Making the most of malaria chemoprevention
Against a backdrop of stalled progress in malaria control, it is surprising that the various forms of malaria chemoprevention are not more widely used. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended several malaria chemoprevention strategies, some ...
Jasper Littmann +4 more
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Tools and Strategies for Malaria Control and Elimination: What Do We Need to Achieve a Grand Convergence in Malaria? [PDF]
Progress made in malaria control during the past decade has prompted increasing global dialogue on malaria elimination and eradication. The product development pipeline for malaria has never been stronger, with promising new tools to detect, treat, and ...
Achee, Nicole +6 more
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OA-183 Dynamic of molecular and resistance markers prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum during the seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in school aged children in Bandiagara, Mali [PDF]
Karim Traoré +10 more
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Population impact of malaria control interventions in the health district of Kati, Mali.
BackgroundWHO and its partners have adopted alternative control interventions since the failure to eradicate malaria worldwide in the 1960s and 1970s.
Abdoulaye Katile +10 more
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Artesunate–amodiaquine (ARS–AQ) is a first‐line antimalarial treatment recommended by the World Health Organization. AQ is the long acting partner drug in this combination, and therapeutic success is correlated with the terminal exposure to AQ. Dried blood spot (DBS) sampling for AQ is a convenient and minimally invasive technique, especially suitable ...
Natpapat Kaewkhao +3 more
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Seasonality of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: a systematic review [PDF]
This article is fully open access and the published version is available free of charge from the jounal website.http://www.malariajournal.com/content/14/1/343Background Although Plasmodium falciparum transmission frequently exhibits seasonal patterns ...
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Background: Malaria is one of the deadliest mosquito‐borne diseases. Despite the demonstrated benefits of insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) usage in children under 5 years of age, nonuse is linked to higher mortality and morbidity rates. This study examined how child‐, maternal‐, household‐, and community‐level determinants influence ITN utilization ...
Amadou Barrow +7 more
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Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in Angola [PDF]
Facing chloroquine drug resistance, Angola promptly adopted artemisinin-based combination therapy as the first-line to treat malaria. Currently, the country aims to consolidate malaria control, while preparing for the elimination of the disease, along ...
Brito, Miguel +2 more
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