Publications

Brunner N.C, Karim A, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Signorell A, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Lambiris M, Ogwal A, Nakiganda J, Mpanga F, Kagwire F, Amutuhaire M, Burri C, Lengeler C, Awor P, Hetzel M.W. Starting at the community: treatment-seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(7):e0001949. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001949

Hetzel M.W, Awor P, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Burri C, Signorell A, Lambiris M.J, Visser T, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Lengeler C. Pre-referral rectal artesunate: no cure for unhealthy systems. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023;23(6):e213-e217. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00762-9

Hetzel M.W, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Signorell A, Kwiatkowski M, Lambiris M.J, Visser T, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Burri C, Lengeler C. Pre-referral rectal artesunate is no "magic bullet" in weak health systems. BMC Med. 2023;21:119. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02777-y

Lambiris M.J, Venga G.N, Ssempala R, Balogun V, Galactionova K, Musiitwa M, Kagwire F, Olosunde O, Emedo E, Luketa S, Sangare M, Buj V, Delvento G, Tshefu A, Okitawutshu J, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Signorell A, Hetzel M.W, Lee T.T, Brunner N.C, Cereghetti N, Visser T, Napier H.G, Burri C, Lengeler C. Health system readiness and the implementation of rectal artesunate for severe malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of real-world costs and constraints. Lancet Glob Health. 2023;11(2):e256-e264. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00507-1

Mäser P, Bernhard S, Brun R, Burri C, Gagneux S, Hetzel M.W, Kaiser M, Lengeler C, Pluschke G, Reus E, Rottmann M, Utzinger J, Warryn L, Wittlin S, Keiser J. Key contributions by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute towards new and better drugs for tropical diseases. Chimia (Aarau). 2023;77(9):593-606. DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.593

Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Kalenga J.C, Delvento G, Burri C, Hetzel M.W, Lengeler C, Signorell A. Assessing caregivers' perceptions of treatment-seeking for suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malar J. 2023;22:308. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04737-6

Signorell A, Awor P, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Hetzel M.W, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Kalenga J.C, Akano B.K, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Brunner N.C, Lambiris M.J, Okuma J, Cereghetti N, Buj V, Visser T, Napier H.G, Lengeler C, Burri C. Health worker compliance with severe malaria treatment guidelines in the context of implementing pre-referral rectal artesunate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Uganda: an operational study. PLoS Med. 2023;20(2):e1004189. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004189

Thawer S.G, Golumbeanu M, Lazaro S, Chacky F, Munisi K, Aaron S, Molteni F, Lengeler C, Pothin E, Snow R.W, Alegana V.A. Spatio-temporal modelling of routine health facility data for malaria risk micro-stratification in mainland Tanzania. Sci Rep. 2023;13:10600. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37669-x

Awor P, Kimera J, Athieno P, Tumukunde G, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Signorell A, Brunner N, Kalenga J.C, Akano B, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Delvento G, Lee T, Burri C, Lengeler C, Hetzel M.W. Acceptability of pre-referral rectal artesunate for severe malaria in children under 5 years by health workers and caregivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda. Malar J. 2022;21:322. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04348-7

Awor P, Kimera J, Brunner N.C, Athieno P, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Signorell A, Delvento G, Lee T, Amutuhaire M, Opigo J, Kaggwa F.M, Kagwire F, Nakiganda J, Burri C, Lengeler C, Hetzel M.W. Care seeking and treatment of febrile children with and without danger signs of severe disease in northern Uganda: results from three household surveys (2018-2020). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022;107(4):934–938. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1132

Brunner N.C, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu Kitoto A, Signorell A, Akano B, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Kalenga J.C, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Lambiris M.J, Ross A, Cereghetti N, Visser T, Napier H.G, Buj V, Burri C, Lengeler C, Hetzel M.W. Prereferral rectal artesunate and referral completion among children with suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(5):e008346. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008346

Fink G, Mrema S, Abdulla S, Kachur P, Khatib R, Lengeler C, Masanja H, Okumu F, Schellenberg D. Mosquito net use in early childhood and survival to adulthood in Tanzania. N Engl J Med. 2022;386:428-436. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2112524

Hetzel M.W, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Signorell A, Brunner N.C, Kalenga J.C, Akano B.K, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Lambiris M.J, Kwiatkowski M, Cereghetti N, Visser T, Napier H.G, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Burri C, Lengeler C. Effectiveness of rectal artesunate as pre-referral treatment for severe malaria in children under 5 years of age: a multi-country observational study. BMC Med. 2022;20:343. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02541-8

Lengeler C, Burri C, Awor P, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Tshefu A, Okitawutshu J, Kalenga J.-C, Omoluabi E, Akano B, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Brunner N.C, Delvento G, Lee T, Lambiris M.J, Visser T, Napier H.G, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Signorell A, Hetzel Manuel W, Caramal Consortium. Community access to rectal artesunate for malaria (CARAMAL): a large-scale observational implementation study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda. PLoS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(9):e0000464. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000464

Okitawutshu J, Signorell A, Kalenga J.C, Mukomena E, Delvento G, Burri C, Mwaluke F, Buj V, Sangare M, Luketa S, Brunner N, Lee T, Hetzel M, Lengeler C, Tshefu A. Key factors predicting suspected severe malaria case management and health outcomes: an operational study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malar J. 2022;21:274. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04296-2

Polonsky J.A, Bhatia S, Fraser K, Hamlet A, Skarp J, Stopard I.J, Hugonnet S, Kaiser L, Lengeler C, Blanchet K, Spiegel P. Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against infectious diseases among crisis-affected populations: a scoping review. Infect Dis Poverty. 2022;11(1):14. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-022-00935-7

Runge M, Thawer S.G, Molteni F, Chacky F, Mkude S, Mandike R, Snow R.W, Lengeler C, Mohamed A, Pothin E. Sub-national tailoring of malaria interventions in mainland Tanzania: simulation of the impact of strata-specific intervention combinations using modelling. Malar J. 2022;21:92. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04099-5

Thawer S.G, Golumbeanu M, Munisi K, Aaron S, Chacky F, Lazaro S, Mohamed A, Kisoka N, Lengeler C, Molteni F, Ross A, Snow R.W, Pothin E. The use of routine health facility data for micro-stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania. Malar J. 2022;21:345. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04364-7

Yin J.H, Lengeler C, Tanner M, Zhou X.N. A malaria-free China: global importance and key experience. Adv Parasitol. 2022;116:xv-xix. DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(22)00027-6

Arn Karoline. Christian Lengeler: Malaria breitet sich wieder aus [Radio Broadcast] [Internet]. Zürich: SRF, 2021. [Date Accessed: 21.04.2021]. Available from: https://podcasts.srf.ch/world/audio/Tagesgespraech_21-04-2021-1300.1619006356184.mp3

Awor P, Khim N, Coppée R, Rondepierre L, Roesch C, Khean C, Kul C, Eam R, Lorn T, Athieno P, Kimera J, Clain J, Ringwald P, Signorell A, Lengeler C, Burri C, Ariey F, Hetzel M.W, Witkowski B. Clonal expansion of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Uganda is associated with substandard treatment practices. Lancet. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3974542

Lee T.T, Omoluabi E, Ayodeji K, Yusuf O, Okon C, Brunner N.C, Delvento G, Signorell A, Lambiris M, Kwiatkowski M, Burri C, Lengeler C, Emedo E, Cheshi F, Hetzel M.W. Treatment-seeking for children with suspected severe malaria attending community health workers and primary health centres in Adamawa State, Nigeria. medRxiv. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1101/2021.12.01.21267130

Mudji J, Yaka K, Olarewaju V, Lengeler C. Prevalence and risk factors for malaria in pregnancy in Vanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Afr J Reprod Health. 2021;25(5):14-24. DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2021/v25i5.2

Runge M, Molteni F, Mandike R, Snow R.W, Lengeler C, Mohamed A, Pothin E. Applied mathematical modelling to inform national malaria policies, strategies and operations in Tanzania. Malar J. 2020;19:101. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03173-0

Runge M, Snow R.W, Molteni F, Thawer S, Mohamed A, Mandike R, Giorgi E, Macharia P.M, Smith T.A, Lengeler C, Pothin E. Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: a tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania. PLoS One. 2020;15(2):e0228469. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228469

Thawer S.G, Chacky F, Runge M, Reaves E, Mandike R, Lazaro S, Mkude S, Rumisha S.F, Kumalija C, Lengeler C, Mohamed A, Pothin E, Snow R.W, Molteni F. Sub-national stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania: a simplified assembly of survey and routine data. Malar J. 2020;19:177. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03250-4

Yukich J, Stuck L, Scates S, Wisniewski J, Chacky F, Festo C, Kabulika G, Dimoso K, Mandike R, Greer G, Serbantez N, Elisaria E, Nyoni W, Dadi D, Akim I, Lengeler C, Brown N, Koenker H. Sustaining LLIN coverage with continuous distribution: the school net programme in Tanzania. Malar J. 2020;19:158. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03222-8

Brunner N.C, Chacky F, Mandike R, Mohamed A, Runge M, Thawer S.G, Ross A, Vounatsou P, Lengeler C, Molteni F, Hetzel M.W. The potential of pregnant women as a sentinel population for malaria surveillance. Malar J. 2019;18:370. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2999-0

Lechthaler F, Matthys B, Lechthaler-Felber G, Likwela J.L, Mavoko H.M, Rika J.M, Mutombo M.M, Ruckstuhl L, Barczyk J, Shargie E, Prytherch H, Lengeler C. Trends in reported malaria cases and the effects of malaria control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS One. 2019;14(7):e0219853. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219853

Renggli S, Mayumana I, Mboya D, Charles C, Mshana C, Kessy F, Glass T.R, Lengeler C, Schulze A, Aerts A, Pfeiffer C. Towards improved health service quality in Tanzania: contribution of a supportive supervision approach to increased quality of primary healthcare. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:848. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4648-2

Renggli S, Mayumana I, Mboya D, Charles C, Mshana C, Kessy F, Glass T.R, Pfeiffer C, Schulze A, Aerts A, Lengeler C. Towards improved health service quality in Tanzania: appropriateness of an electronic tool to assess quality of primary healthcare. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:55. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-3908-5

Renggli S, Mayumana I, Mshana C, Mboya D, Kessy F, Tediosi F, Pfeiffer C, Aerts A, Lengeler C. Looking at the bigger picture: how the wider health financing context affects the implementation of the Tanzanian Community Health Funds. Health Policy Plan. 2019;34(1):12-23. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czy091

Chacky F, Runge M, Rumisha S.F, Machafuko P, Chaki P, Massaga J.J, Mohamed A, Pothin E, Molteni F, Snow R.W, Lengeler C, Mandike R. Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania. Malar J. 2018;17:452. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2601-1

Koenker H, Arnold F, Ba F, Cissé M, Diouf L, Eckert E, Erskine M, Florey L, Fotheringham M, Gerberg L, Lengeler C, Lynch M, Mnzava A, Nasr S, Ndiop M, Poyer S, Renshaw M, Shargie E, Taylor C, Thwing J, Van Hulle S, Ye Y, Yukich J, Kilian A. Assessing whether universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets has been achieved: is the right indicator being used?. Malar J. 2018;17:355. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2505-0

Lengeler C, Hetzel M, Signorell A, Awor P, Tshefu A, Okitawutshu J, Omoluabi E, Nepomnyashchiy L, Fast J, Ramachandra S, Goldstein R, Buj V, Burri C. Introducing rectal artesunate in community settings and evaluating its impact. 7th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference. Dakar, Senegal, 2018

Maia M.F, Kliner M, Richardson M, Lengeler C, Moore S.J. Mosquito repellents for malaria prevention (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018(2):CD011595. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011595.pub2

Pryce J, Richardson M, Lengeler C. Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;11:CD000363. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000363.pub3

Renggli S, Mayumana I, Mboya D, Charles C, Maeda J, Mshana C, Kessy F, Tediosi F, Pfeiffer C, Schulze A, Aerts A, Lengeler C. Towards improved health service quality in Tanzania: An approach to increase efficiency and effectiveness of routine supportive supervision. PLoS One. 2018;13(9):e0202735. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202735

Signorell A, Hetzel M, Awor P, Tshefu A, Okitawutshu J, Omoluabi E, Nepomnyashchiy L, Burri C, Lengeler C. CARAMAL: addressing the remaining burden of malaria deaths by optimizing the use of rectla artesunate. 7th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference. Dakar, Senegal, 2018

Délétroz Stéphane, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. L'OMS s'allie à Swiss TPH contre le paludisme [Radio Broadcast] [Internet]: RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, 2017. [Date Accessed: 10.08.2017]. Available from: https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/cqfd/audio/loms-sallie-a-swiss-tph-contre-le-paludisme?id=8534270#?station=a9e7621504c6959e35c3ecbe7f6bed0446cdf8da

Kramer K, Mandike R, Nathan R, Mohamed A, Lynch M, Brown N, Mnzava A, Rimisho W, Lengeler C. Effectiveness and equity of the Tanzania National Voucher Scheme for mosquito nets over 10 years of implementation. Malar J. 2017;16:255. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1902-0

Ntuku H.M, Ruckstuhl L, Julo-Reminiac J.E, Umesumbu S.E, Bokota A, Tshefu A.K, Lengeler C. Long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) ownership, use and cost of implementation after a mass distribution campaign in Kasai Occidental Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malar J. 2017;16:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1671-1

Ruckstuhl L, Lengeler C, Moyen J.M, Garro H, Allan R. Malaria case management by community health workers in the Central African Republic from 2009-2014: overcoming challenges of access and instability due to conflict. Malar J. 2017;16:388. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-2005-7

Tediosi F, Lengeler C, Castro M, Shretta R, Levin C, Wells T, Tanner M. Malaria control. In: Holmes K.K,Bertozzi S,Bloom R,Jha P, eds. Diseases control priorities, 347-364. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2017

Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Ross A, Schmidlin S, Kalemwa D.M, Tshefu A.K, Lengeler C. Identifying risk factors for Plasmodium infection and anaemia in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malar J. 2016;15:362. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1412-5

Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Schmidlin S, Diboulo E, Tshefu A.K, Lengeler C. A malaria risk map of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malar J. 2016;15:27. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-1074-8

Mboya D, Mshana C, Kessy F, Alba S, Lengeler C, Renggli S, Vander Plaetse B, Mohamed M.A, Schulze A. Embedding systematic quality assessments in supportive supervision at primary healthcare level: application of an electronic tool to improve quality of healthcare in Tanzania. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016;16:578. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1809-4

Ntuku H.M, Ferrari G, Burri C, Tshefu A.K, Kalemwa D.M, Lengeler C. Feasibility and acceptability of injectable artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malar J. 2016;15:18. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-1072-x

Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Burri C, Kitoto A.T, Duparc S, Hugo P, Mitembo D.K, Ross A, Ngwala P.L, Luwawu J.N, Musafiri P.N, Ngoie S.E, Lengeler C. An operational comparative study of quinine and artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in hospitals and health centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the MATIAS study. Malar J. 2015;14:226. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0732-1

Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Burri C, Kitoto A.T, Duparc S, Hugo P, Mitembo D.K, Ross A, Ngwala P.L, Luwawu N, Musafiri P.N, Ngoie S.E, Lengeler C. An operational comparative study of quinine and artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in hospitals and health centres in The Democratic Republic of Congo: the MATIAS study. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):91. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Maia M.F, Kliner M, Richardson M, Lengeler C, Moore S.J. Mosquito repellents for malaria prevention (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015(4):CD011595. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011595

Mboya D.M, Kessy F.L, Mshana C.E, Schulze A, Lengeler C, Vander Plaetse B. Identifying and addressing structural quality gaps in primary health care in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):85

Ntuku H.M, Ferrari G, Schmidlin S, Kitoto A.T, Lengeler C. A comprehensive malaria risk map in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):165. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Action and investment to defeat malaria 2016-2030: for a malaria-free world. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2015

Alba S, Nathan R, Schulze A, Mshinda H, Lengeler C. Child mortality patterns in rural Tanzania: an observational study on the impact of malaria control interventions. Int J Epidemiol. 2014;43(1):204-215. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt231

Burri C, Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Kitoto A.T, Duparc S, Hugo P, Mitembo D.K, Lengeler C. Delayed anemia after treatment with injectable artesunate in the democratic republic of the Congo: a manageable issue. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014;91(4):821-823. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0149

D'Acremont V, Kilowoko M, Kyungu E, Philipina S, Sangu W, Kahama-Maro J, Alamo L, Cherpillod P, Lengeler C, Kaiser L, Genton B. Beyond malaria: causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(9):809-817. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1214482

Eze I.C, Kramer K, Msengwa A, Mandike R, Lengeler C. Mass distribution of free insecticide-treated nets do not interfere with continuous net distribution in Tanzania. Malar J. 2014;13:196. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-196

Vontas J, Moore S, Kleinschmidt I, Ranson H, Lindsay S, Lengeler C, Hamon N, McLean T, Hemingway J. Framework for rapid assessment and adoption of new vector control tools. Trends Parasitol. 2014;30(4):191-204. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.005

Burri C, Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Mitembo D.K, Ngwala P.L, Luwawu J.J.N, Musafiri P.N, Ngoie S.E, Hugo P, Kitoto A.T, Lengeler C. Treatment of severe malaria: an operational comparison between quinine and artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in seven health facilities in the democratic republic of the Congo - "Matias". Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2013;89(5 Suppl.):199

Koenker H.M, Yukich J.O, Mkindi A, Mandike R, Brown N, Kilian A, Lengeler C. Analysing and recommending options for maintaining universal coverage with long-lasting insecticidal nets: the case of Tanzania in 2011. Malar J. 2013;12:150. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-150

Müller P, Pflüger V, Wittwer M, Ziegler D, Chandre F, Simard F, Lengeler C. Identification of cryptic Anopheles mosquito species by molecular protein profiling. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e57486. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057486

Renggli S, Mandike R, Kramer K, Patrick F, Brown N.J, McElroy P.D, Rimisho W, Msengwa A, Mnzava A, Nathan R, Mtung'e R, Mgullo R, Lweikiza J, Lengeler C. Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to deliver 18 million free long-lasting insecticidal nets to uncovered sleeping spaces in Tanzania. Malar J. 2013;12:85. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-85

Brooks A, Smith T.A, de Savigny D, Lengeler C. Implementing new health interventions in developing countries: why do we lose a decade or more?. BMC Public Health. 2012;12:683. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-683

de Savigny D, Webster J, Agyepong I, Mwita A, Bart-Plange C, Baffoe-Wilmot A, Koenker H, Kramer K, Brown N, Lengeler C. Introducing vouchers for malaria prevention in Ghana and Tanzania: context and adoption of innovation in health systems. Health Policy Plan. 2012;27(Suppl. 4):iv32-iv43. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs087

Dillip A, Alba S, Mshana C, Hetzel M, Lengeler C, Mayumana I, Schulze A, Mshinda H, Weiss M.G, Obrist B. Acceptability - a neglected dimension of access to health care: findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:113. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-113

Dillip A, Alba S, Mshana C, Hetzel M, Liana J, Lengeler C, Mayumana I, Schulze A, Mshinda H, Obrist B. Mystery shopping in community drug shops: research as development in rural Tanzania. Malar J, 2012;11(Suppl. 1):S7

Ferrari G, Ntuku H, Lengeler C, Tshefu A. A comprehensive risk map for malaria in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malar J, 2012;11(Suppl 1):S2-S3

Gosoniu L, Msengwa A, Lengeler C, Vounatsou P. Spatially explicit burden estimates of malaria in Tanzania: Bayesian geostatistical modeling of the malaria indicator survey data. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e23966. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023966

Huho B.J, Killeen G.F, Ferguson H.M, Tami A, Lengeler C, Charlwood J.D, Kihonda A, Kihonda J, Kachur S.P, Smith T.A, Abdulla S.M. Artemisinin-based combination therapy does not measurably reduce human infectiousness to vectors in a setting of intense malaria transmission. Malar J. 2012;11:118. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-118

Schaffner F, Thiery I, Kaufmann C, Zettor A, Lengeler C, Mathis A, Bourgouin C. Anopheles plumbeus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Europe: a mere nuisance mosquito or potential malaria vector?. Malar J. 2012;11:393. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-393

Senn N, Lengeler C, Cornuz J, Genton B. L'efficacité c'est bien, l'impact c'est top!. Rev Méd Suisse. 2012;8(364):2260-2265

World Health Organization. Global plan for insecticide resistance management in malaria vectors. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2012

Alba S, Hetzel M.W, Nathan R, Alexander M, Lengeler C. Assessing the impact of malaria interventions on morbidity through a community-based surveillance system. Int J Epidemiol. 2011;40(2):405-416. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq240

Bonner K, Mwita A, McElroy P.D, Omari S, Mzava A, Lengeler C, Kaspar N, Nathan R, Ngegba J, Mtung'e R, Brown N. Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to distribute nine million free LLINs to children under five years of age in Tanzania. Malar J. 2011;10:73. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-73

D'Acremont V, Cherpillod P, Kilowoko M, Kyungu E, Philip-Pina X.X.X, Sangu W, Kahama-Maro J, Thomas Y, Alamo L, Lengeler C, Kaiser L, Genton B. Prevalence of respiratory viruses among febrile children with or without acute respiratory symptoms in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health, 2011;16(Suppl. 1):77-77

D'Acremont V, Kahama-Maro J, Swai N, Mtasiwa D, Genton B, Lengeler C. Reduction of anti-malarial consumption after rapid diagnostic tests implementation in Dar es Salaam: a before-after and cluster randomized controlled study. Malar J. 2011;10:107. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-107

Kahama-Maro J, D'Acremont V, Mtasiwa D, Genton B, Lengeler C. Low quality of routine microscopy for malaria at different levels of the health system in Dar es Salaam. Malar J. 2011;10:332. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-332

The malERA Consultative Group on Vector Control. A research agenda for malaria eradication: vector control. PLoS Med. 2011;8:e1000401. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000401

Alba S, Dillip A, Hetzel M.W, Mayumana I, Mshana C, Makemba A, Alexander M, Obrist B, Schulze A, Kessy F, Mshinda H, Lengeler C. Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania following community, retail sector and health facility interventions - a user perspective. Malar J. 2010;9:163. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-163

Alba S, Hetzel M.W, Goodman C, Dillip A, Liana J, Mshinda H, Lengeler C. Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania after switch to artemisinin combination therapy and the introduction of accredited drug dispensing outlets - a provider perspective. Malar J. 2010;9:164. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-164

D'Acremont V, Kilowoko M, Kyungu E, Philipina S, Sangu W, Kahama-Maro J, Lengeler C, Genton B. Etiology of fever in children from urban and rural Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2010;83(5 Suppl. 1):16-17

D'Acremont V, Lengeler C, Genton B. Reduction in the proportion of fevers associated with Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in Africa: a systematic review. Malar J. 2010;9:240. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-240

D'Acremont V, Malila A, Swai N, Tillya R, Kahama-Maro J, Lengeler C, Genton B. Withholding antimalarials in febrile children who have a negative result for a rapid diagnostic test. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;51(5):506-511. DOI: 10.1086/655688

Kabanywanyi A.M, Alexander M.M, Malila A, Schlienger R, Lengeler C, Genton B. Impact of artemether-lumefantrine on malaria transmission and under five mortality in two rural districts of Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2010;83(5 Suppl. 1):222-222

Kabanywanyi A.M, Lengeler C, Kasim P, King'eng'ena S, Schlienger R, Mulure N, Genton B. Adherence to and acceptability of artemether-lumefantrine as first-line anti-malarial treatment: evidence from a rural community in Tanzania. Malar J. 2010;9:48. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-48

Kabanywanyi A.M, Mulure N, Migoha C, Malila A, Lengeler C, Schlienger R, Genton B. Experience of safety monitoring in the context of a prospective observational study of artemether-lumefantrine in rural Tanzania: lessons learned for pharmacovigilance reporting. Malar J. 2010;9:205. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-205

Lengeler C, Yukich J. Cost and effects of large-scale vector control. Public Health J. 2010(21):48-52

Pluess B, Tanser F.C, Lengeler C, Sharp B.L. Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010;4:CD006657. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006657.pub2

Russell T.L, Lwetoijera D.W, Maliti D, Chipwaza B, Kihonda J, Charlwood J.D, Smith T.A, Lengeler C, Mwanyangala M.A, Nathan R, Knols B.G, Takken W, Killeen G.F. Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets. Malar J. 2010;9:187. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-187

Yukich J, D'Acremont V, Kahama J, Swai N, Lengeler C. Cost savings with rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in low-transmission areas: evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010;83(1):61-68. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0632

D'Acremont V, Lengeler C, Mshinda H, Mtasiwa D, Tanner M, Genton B. Time to move from presumptive malaria treatment to laboratory-confirmed diagnosis and treatment in African children with fever. PLoS Med. 2009;6(1):e252. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050252

Dillip A, Hetzel M.W, Gosoniu D, Kessy F, Lengeler C, Mayumana I, Mshana C, Mshinda H, Schulze A, Makemba A, Pfeiffer C, Weiss M.G, Obrist B. Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania. Malar J. 2009;8:144. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-144

Lengeler C, Abdulla S, Mshinda H, Tanner M. Des moustiquaires sauvent des milliers de vies. Gemeinsam zum Erfolg : was Forschungspartnerschaften mit Entwicklungsländern bewirken = Ensemble vers le succès : l'impact des partenariats scientifiques avec les pays en développment, 26-27. Bern: scnat, Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz : Kommission für Forschungspartnerschaften mit Entwicklungsländern (KFPE), 2009

Lengeler C, Hanson K. Establishment of a sustainable system of net distribution. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2009(112):49-53

Pluess B, Müller I, Levi D, King G, Smith T.A, Lengeler C. Malaria: a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea. Malar J. 2009;8:56. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-56

Yukich J.O, Zerom M, Ghebremeskel T, Tediosi F, Lengeler C. Costs and cost-effectiveness of vector control in Eritrea using insecticide-treated bed nets. Malar J. 2009;8:51. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-51

Bovet P, Gervasoni J.P, Mkamba M, Balampama M, Lengeler C, Paccaud F. Low utilization of health care services following screening for hypertension in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): a prospective population-based study. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:407

Brun R, Smith T, Maire N, Vounatsou P, Beck H.P, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Tanner M, Pluschke G, Burri C, Rudin W, Wyss K, Clary B, Hatz C, Marti H.P. Malaria Projektinformationen: Forschung und Dienstleistungen am Schweizerischen Tropeninstitut: Innovation - Validierung - Umsetzung. Basel: Schweiz. Tropeninstitut, 2008

Gosoniu L, Vounatsou P, Tami A, Nathan R, Grundmann H, Lengeler C. Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:356

Heierli U, Lengeler C. Should bednets be sold, or given free? : the role of the private sector in malaria control. Berne: SDC, Employment and income division, 2008

Hetzel M.W, Alba S, Fankhauser M, Mayumana I, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Nathan R, Makemba A.M, Mshana C, Schulze A, Mshinda H. Malaria risk and access to prevention and treatment in the paddies of the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Malar J. 2008;7:7. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-7

Hetzel M.W, Dillip A, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Msechu J.J, Makemba A.M, Mshana C, Schulze A, Mshinda H. Malaria treatment in the retail sector: knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:157

Hetzel M.W, Obrist B, Lengeler C, Msechu J.J, Nathan R, Dillip A, Makemba A.M, Mshana C, Schulze A, Mshinda H. Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:317

Smith T, Maire N, Ross A, Penny M, Chitnis N, Schapira A, Studer A, Genton B, Lengeler C, Tediosi F, de Savigny D, Tanner M. Towards a comprehensive simulation model of malaria epidemiology and control. Parasitology. 2008;135(13):1507-1516

Yukich J.O, Lengeler C, Tediosi F, Brown N, Mulligan J.A, Chavasse D, Stevens W, Justino J, Conteh L, Maharaj R, Erskine M, Mueller D.H, Wiseman V, Ghebremeskel T, Zerom M, Goodman C, McGuire D, Urrutia J.M, Sakho F, Hanson K, Sharp B. Costs and consequences of large-scale vector control for malaria. Malar J. 2008;7:258

D'Acremont V, Lengeler C, Genton B. Stop ambiguous messages on malaria diagnosis [Letters]. British Medical Journal. 2007;334(7592):489

Hetzel M.W, Iteba N, Makemba A, Mshana C, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Schulze A, Nathan R, Dillip A, Alba S, Mayumana I, Khatib R.A, Njau J.D, Mshinda H. Understanding and improving access to prompt and effective malaria treatment and care in rural Tanzania: the ACCESS Programme. Malar J. 2007;6:83

Killeen G.F, Smith T.A, Ferguson H.M, Mshinda H, Abdulla S, Lengeler C, Kachur S.P. Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets. PLoS Med. 2007;4(7):e229

Killeen G.F, Tami A, Kihonda J, Okumu F.O, Kotas M.E, Grundmann H, Kasigudi N, Ngonyani H, Mayagaya V, Nathan R, Abdulla S, Charlwood J.D, Smith T.A, Lengeler C. Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis. 2007;7:121

Lengeler C, de Savigny D. Programme diversity is key to the success of insecticide-treated bednets. Lancet. 2007;370(9592):1009-1010

Lengeler C, Grabowsky M, McGuire D, de Savigny D. Quick wins versus sustainability: options for the up scaling of insecticide-treated nets. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;77(Suppl. 6):222-226

Obrist B, Iteba N, Lengeler C, Makemba A, Mshana C, Nathan R, Alba S, Dillip A, Hetzel M.W, Mayumana I, Schulze A, Mshinda H. Access to health care in contexts of livelihood insecurity: a framework for analysis and action. PLoS Med. 2007;4(10):e308. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040308

Yukich J, Tediosi F, Lengeler C. Comparative cost-effectiveness of ITNs or IRS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria matters. 2007(18):2-4

Yukich J, Tediosi F, Lengeler C. Operations, costs and cost-effectiveness of five insecticide-treated net programs (Eritrea, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Senegal) and two indoor residual spraying programs (Kwa-Zulu-Natal, Mozambique). Basel: Swiss Tropical Institute, 2007

Breman J.G, Mills A, Snow R.W, Mulligan J.A, Lengeler C, Mendis K, Sharp B, Morel C, Marchesini P, White N.J, Steketee R.W, Doumbo O.K. Conquering malaria. In: Jamison D,Breman J.G,Measham A.R, eds. Disease control priorities in developing countries, 413-431. Washington: World Bank, 2006

Hetzel M.W, Msechu J.J, Goodman C, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Kachur S.P, Makemba A, Nathan R, Schulze A, Mshinda H. Decreased availability of antimalarials in the private sector following the policy change from chloroquine to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Malar J. 2006;5:109

Killeen G.F, Kihonda J, Lyimo E, Oketch F.R, Kotas M.E, Mathenge E, Schellenberg J.A, Lengeler C, Smith T.A, Drakeley C.J. Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: Evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis. 2006;6:161

Tami A, Mbati J, Nathan R, Mponda H, Lengeler C, Armstrong Schellenberg Jr. Use and misuse of a discount voucher scheme as a subsidy for insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in southern Tanzania. Health Policy Plan. 2006;21(1):1-9

Wang S.J, Lengeler C, Mtasiwa D, Mshana T, Manane L, Maro G, Tanner M. Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) II: epidemiology of urban malaria in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Malar J. 2006;5:28. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-28