Determinants of malaria infection among under five children in Gursum district of Somali region, eastern Ethiopia (Publications)
and not receiving malaria health information [AOR = 2.12 (1.06-4.21)]. Additionally, proximity to malaria vector breeding habitats [AOR = 4.74 (2.27-9.90)] was significant for malaria positivity. These [...] as the primary determinants of malaria positivity among U5 children in the Gursum district. CONCLUSION: The study indicates that critical factors contributing to malaria positivity among U5 children in [...] BACKGROUND: Despite significant efforts to control malaria infections in recent...
Travel to malaria-endemic areas: using digital geo-location to assess potential exposure risks and health behaviours (Publications)
and Tanzania, each presenting varying malaria risks. The extent to which travellers enter high-risk malaria-endemic areas in destinations with heterogeneous malaria risk remains unclear. We used geo-location [...] heterogeneous malaria risk (Brazil, India, Peru, Thailand), and (ii) compare mosquito bite prevention behaviours between these destinations and Tanzania, considered entirely high-risk for malaria. METHODS: [...] health and geo-location data were collected using a smartphone...
Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
epidemiological differences in malaria mortality. RESULTS: Rates of malaria mortality varied by 1:10,000 across the sites, with generally low rates in Asia (one site recording no malaria deaths over 0.5 million [...] person-years). Childhood malaria mortality rates were strongly correlated with Malaria Atlas Project estimates of Plasmodium falciparum parasite rates for the same locations. Adult malaria mortality rates, while [...] BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be a major cause of infectious...