The MTego trap: a potential tool for monitoring malaria and arbovirus vectors (Publications)
used interchangeably with the BGP trap for sampling anthropophilic mosquitoes including African malaria vectors An. gambiae and An. funestus and the principal arbovirus vector Ae. aegypti.
Starting at the community: treatment-seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda (Publications)
than five years with suspected severe malaria. An observational study in Uganda enrolled children below five years presenting to CHWs with signs of severe malaria. Children were followed up 28 days after [...] Community health workers (CHW) usually refer children with suspected severe malaria to the nearest public health facility or a designated public referral health facility (RHF). Caregivers do not always
Spatio-temporal modelling of routine health facility data for malaria risk micro-stratification in mainland Tanzania (Publications)
probability of malaria TPR exceeding programmatic threshold was estimated. Results showed a marked spatial heterogeneity in malaria TPR across wards. 17.7 million people resided in areas where malaria TPR was [...] As malaria transmission declines, the need to monitor the heterogeneity of malaria risk at finer scales becomes critical to guide community-based targeted interventions. Although routine health facility [...] million people lived in areas where malaria TPR was very low ( < 5%; 90%...
Acceptability of pre-referral rectal artesunate for severe malaria in children under 5 years by health workers and caregivers in the Democratic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: For children below 6 years with suspected severe malaria attending a health care provider unable to provide parenteral malaria treatment, pre-referral rectal artesunate (RAS) is recommended [...] countries are in the process of rolling out quality-assured RAS for pre-referral treatment of severe malaria at community-level. The success of RAS depends, among other factors, on the acceptability of RAS [...] comprehensive multi-country observational research project Community Access to...
Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Since 2004, malaria transmission on Bioko Island has declined significantly as a result of the scaling-up of control interventions. The aim of eliminating malaria from the Island remains elusive [...] 2015 and 2018 annual malaria indicator surveys on Bioko Island, as well as remotely-sensed environmental data in multilevel logistic regression models to quantify the odds of malaria infection. The analyses [...] significantly the odds of malaria across urban and rural settings and...
Treatment-seeking for children with suspected severe malaria attending community health workers and primary health centres in Adamawa State, Nigeria (Publications)
The Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria project investigated the feasibility of introducing pre-referral rectal artesunate into existing community-based health services. In that study, the
Malaria in Angola: recent progress, challenges and future opportunities using parasite demography studies (Publications)
of malaria interventions has occurred at the national level in Angola, together with cross-border initiatives and regional efforts in southern Africa. Currently, Angola aims to consolidate malaria control [...] heterogeneity in malaria prevalence among Angolan provinces, as well as internal population movements and migration across borders, represent major challenges for the Angolan National Malaria Control Programme [...] Programme. This review aims to contribute to the understanding of factors...
New methodological approaches to monitor long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) durability for sustained malaria control (Publications)
Long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the current primary vector control measure to prevent malaria transmission. They function by inhibiting mosquitoes from blood feeding and also killing mosquitoes [...] Resistance) and 2) Holed Net project. The ABCDR project aimed at understanding of bednet durability in malaria endemic countries and factors affecting bednet durability with the main focus of using that information