Cause-specific mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
patterns among children and specifically for NCDs, external causes, pregnancy-related mortality, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. Comparisons will also be made where possible with other findings on mortality in the
Cause-specific childhood mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
children continue to die from relatively preventable causes, particularly in areas with high rates of malaria and HIV/AIDS. Neonatal mortality persists at relatively high, and perhaps sometimes under-documented
The antiprotozoal activity of sixteen asteraceae species native to Sudan and bioactivity-guided isolation of xanthanolides from <em>Xanthium... (Publications)
against T. CRUZI (Chagas disease), LEISHMANIA DONOVANI (Kala-Azar) as well as PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM (Malaria tropica). Bioactivity-guided fractionation resulted in the isolation of four bioactive sesquiterpene
Feasibility and clinical outcomes when using practice guidelines for evaluation of fever in returning travelers and migrants: a validation study (Publications)
adherence rate was 54.8%. The main reasons for non-adherence were as follows: no repetition of malaria tests (111/352) and no presumptive antibiotic treatment for febrile diarrhea (64/153) or abdominal
Knowledge, attitudes and bite prevention practices and estimation of productivity of vector breeding sites using a Habitat Suitability Score (HSS)... (Publications)
identified 9/12 of Aedes breeding habitats. Larviciding is already conducted in urban Tanzania for malaria control and the HSS may be a useful means to train individuals on productive Aedes aegypti breeding
Thematic areas and complexity of integrated community case management (iCCM) design, implementation, and evaluation: protocol for a scoping review (Publications)
management (iCCM) is a community-based child health strategy designed to reduce deaths due to pneumonia, malaria, and diarrhea in low-income countries. Due to the integrated nature of the intervention and the diversity
Quality of antimalarial drugs and antibiotics in Papua New Guinea: a survey of the health facility supply chain (Publications)
endanger patient safety and may contribute to the development of drug resistance. In the case of malaria, concerns relate to implications for the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT)
A major role for the <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> ApiAP2 protein PfSIP2 in chromosome end biology (Publications)
framework for antigenic variation and evolution of subtelomeric virulence gene families in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. While recent studies assigned important roles for reversible histone
Reported reasons for not using a mosquito net when one is available: a review of the published literature (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A review of the barriers to mosquito net use in malaria-endemic countries has yet to be presented in the published literature despite considerable research interest in this area. This paper
Cause-specific mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
patterns among children and specifically for NCDs, external causes, pregnancy-related mortality, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. Comparisons will also be made where possible with other findings on mortality in the