Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria and anaemia control in Tanzanian infants; the development and implementation of a public health strategy (Publications)
ased strategy for the implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) for malaria and anaemia control in Tanzania. From the outset, a research team worked with staff from all levels
El-Ninõ Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and annual malaria incidence in Southern Africa (Publications)
We evaluated the association between annual malaria incidence and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) as measured by the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) in five countries in Southern Africa from 1988 [...] 1988 to 1999. Below normal incidence of malaria synchronised with a negative SOI (El Niño) and above normal incidence with a positive SOI (La Niña), which lead to dry and wet weather conditions, respectively [...] respectively. In most countries there was a positive relationship between SOI...
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> cerebral malaria complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation and symmetrical peripheral gangrene: case report... (Publications)
The case of a 56-year-old female tourist who survived cerebral Plasmodium falciparum malaria with disseminated intravascular coagulation and symmetrical peripheral gangrene, ultimately requiring amputation [...] gangrene has been described rarely in Asian, African, and American patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and disseminated intravascular coagulation, no such case has been reported in travelers returning
Effect of malaria on soluble transferrin receptor levels in Tanzanian infants (Publications)
iron deficiency in malaria endemic areas remains unresolved. Three hundred and fourteen infants in a rural area of southern Tanzania living under conditions of intense and perennial malaria transmission were [...] The diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia in malaria endemic areas is complicated by the influence of the infection on the laboratory tests conventionally used to assess iron status. Determination of soluble [...] plasma levels in the assessment of iron deficiency anemia. Independent of...
Prices and mark-ups on antimalarials: evidence from nationally representative studies in six malaria-endemic countries (Publications)
sector is an important source of treatment for malaria. However, private patients face high prices for the recommended treatment for uncomplicated malaria, artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), which
Defining the relationship between infection prevalence and clinical incidence of<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria (Publications)
falciparum malaria cases. In response, cartographic approaches have been developed that link maps of infection prevalence with mathematical relationships to predict the incidence rate of clinical malaria. Mi