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Are there geographic and socio-economic differences in incidence, burden and prevention of malaria? A study in southeast Nigeria

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2009
Rationale It is not clearly evident whether malaria affects the poor more although it has been argued that the poor bear a very high burden of the disease.
Dike Nkem, Uzochukwu Benjamin, Onwujekwe Obinna, Okoli Chijioke, Eze Soludo, Chukwuogo Ogoamaka   +5 more
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Exploring agricultural land-use and childhood malaria associations in sub-Saharan Africa

Scientific Reports, 2022
Agriculture in Africa is rapidly expanding but with this comes potential disbenefits for the environment and human health. Here, we retrospectively assess whether childhood malaria in sub-Saharan Africa varies across differing agricultural land uses ...
Hiral Anil Shah, Luis Roman Carrasco, Arran Hamlet, Kris A. Murray   +3 more
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Factors Contributing to Urban Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers by far the greatest malaria burden worldwide and is currently undergoing a profound demographic change, with a growing proportion of its population moving to urban areas.
Prathiba M. De Silva, John M. Marshall
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Human population, urban settlement patterns and their impact on Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity

Malaria Journal, 2008
Background The efficient allocation of financial resources for malaria control and the optimal distribution of appropriate interventions require accurate information on the geographic distribution of malaria risk and of the human populations it affects ...
Kabaria Caroline W, Guerra Carlos A, Tatem Andrew J, Noor Abdisalan M, Hay Simon I   +4 more
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Factors associated with treatment-seeking for malaria in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background In Ghana, about 3.5 million cases of malaria are recorded each year. Urban poor residents particularly have a higher risk of malaria mainly due to poor housing, low socio-economic status and poor sanitation.
Raphael Baffour Awuah, Paapa Yaw Asante, Lionel Sakyi, Adriana A. E. Biney, Mawuli Komla Kushitor, Francis Agyei, Ama de-Graft Aikins   +6 more
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Knowledge and preventive practices against malaria among pregnant women in urban and rural public healthcare facilities in nigeria’s federal capital territory

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2022
Background: Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease, and pregnant women are at risk of its adverse consequences. Objectives: The study aimed to determine knowledge and preventive practices against malaria among pregnant women at urban and rural ...
Sabastine N Esomonu, Edmund N Ossai, Apagu D Gadzama, Matthew A Ashikeni, Benjamin S Uzochukwu   +4 more
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Malaria infection and associated household level risks in an urban and rural areas of West Bengal, India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Background & objectives: Malaria is one of the critical public health problems globally as well as in India. Recent times have seen an increase in the importance of the possible effects of environmental and demographic factors on the local transmission ...
Noor Islam Bag, Bobby Paul, Madhumita Bhattacharyya, Subhrajit Sarkar   +3 more
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Detection of Invasive Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes through Molecular Surveillance, Ghana

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The invasive Anopheles stephensi mosquito has rapidly expanded in range in Africa over the past decade. Consistent with World Health Organization guidelines, routine entomologic surveillance of malaria vectors in Accra, Ghana, now includes morphologic ...
Yaw A. Afrane, Anisa Abdulai, Abdul R. Mohammed, Yaw Akuamoah-Boateng, Christopher M. Owusu-Asenso, Isaac K. Sraku, Stephina A. Yanney, Keziah Malm, Neil F. Lobo   +8 more
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Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria Journal, 2005
There are already 40 cities in Africa with over 1 million inhabitants and the United Nations Environmental Programme estimates that by 2025 over 800 million people will live in urban areas.
Klinkenberg Eveline, Konradsen Flemming, Barnish Guy, D'Alessandro Umberto, Bates Imelda, Lengeler Christian, McCall PJ, Donnelly Martin J, Townson Harold, Trape Jean-Francois, Hastings Ian M, Mutero Clifford   +11 more
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Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria Journal, 2008
Background Although sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rapidly urbanizing, the terms used to classify urban ecotypes are poorly defined in the context of malaria epidemiology.
Slutsker Laurence, Vulule John, Onyango Bernard, Rosen Daniel H, Lindblade Kim A, Siri Jose G, Wilson Mark L   +6 more
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