Malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence as a measure of malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
association of malaria parasitaemia, anemia, and malariaanemia comorbidity with all-cause under-five mortality and evaluated the potential of malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence to quantify malaria-related [...] utilized to determine the relationship between malaria and mortality in endemic countries. Most of these efforts have focused on deaths directly attributed to malaria, while they overlooked causes of mortality [...] Mortality hazard obtained from malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence...
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine effectiveness for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in settings with extended seasonal malaria transmission in Tanzania (Publications)
course of DP for three consecutive months regardless of malaria infection status, and those in the control clusters received no intervention. Malaria infection was assessed at before the first-round and at [...] Effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) as seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was assessed in Nanyumbu and Masasi Districts. Between March and June 2021, children aged 3-59 months were [...] at 7 weeks after the third-round of DP in both arms. Malaria prevalence after...
Attitudes, practices, and determinants of community care-seeking behaviours for fever/malaria episodes in the context of the implementation of... (Publications)
FGDs showed that participants had good knowledge about malaria symptoms, prevention tools, and effective treatment. Behaviour change regarding malaria treatment and free medication for children under five [...] CONCLUSIONS: The study showed appropriate knowledge about malaria and positive community care-seeking behaviour at health centres for fever/malaria episodes. This could potentially facilitate the implementation [...] BACKGROUND: Malaria case management relies on World Health Organization...
Reflections on the 2021 World Malaria Report and the future of malaria control (Publications)
The World Malaria Report, released in December 2021, reflects the unique challenges currently facing the global malaria community. The report showed the devastating toll of malaria, with an estimated 627 [...] the capacity of the continent to address the malaria challenge. African countries also face a convergence of biological threats that could redefine malaria control, notably widespread pyrethroid resistance [...] presents key insights from the 2021 World Malaria Report and reflections on...
Malaria standby emergency treatment (SBET) for travelers visiting malaria endemic areas: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
Malaria prevention methods for travelers to low or moderate malaria risk areas varies and remains controversial. Standby Emergency Treatment (SBET) for malaria is one possible strategy increasingly recommended [...] proportion carrying SBET, the response to fever (use of SBET, health facility attendance, use of malaria rapid diagnostic test [mRDT]), adverse events to SBET, and the proportion using SBET incorrectly [...] current SBET strategy should be considered, such as better selection of...
Fake malaria and hidden parasites - the ambiguity of malaria (Publications)
and education, programmes, and as a result, biomedical knowledge on malaria is comparatively high. However the cultural model of malaria does not always explain all the events that occur during an actual [...] Lay perspectives and health-seeking behaviour for malaria were investigated in an ethnographic study carried out in a village in south-eastern Tanzania. The inhabitants have easy access to hospital services [...] or the symptoms persist despite antimalarial treatment. Under these...
Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: secondary analysis of a household-randomised,... (Publications)
s 0.13 (95% CI: 0.08, 0.20), P < 0.001 for malaria hospitalisations and deaths from malaria and 0.21 (95% CI 0.20, 0.23), P < 0.001 for uncomplicated malaria, indicating protective efficacy of 87.4% (95% [...] BACKGROUND: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is now widely deployed in the Sahel, including several countries that are major contributors to the global burden of malaria. Consequently, it is important [...] coverage and high adherence to SMC, the incidence of hospitalisations or...
Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in... (Publications)
n Tanzania to explore a new model for reducing malaria burden and possibly scaling-out the approach into other malaria-endemic countries. The 1,7-malaria Reactive Community-based Testing and Response (1 [...] activities implemented in the intervention arm included community testing and treatment of malaria infection. Malaria case-to-suspect ratios at health facilities (HF) were aggregated by villages, weekly to [...] wards to assess the change in malaria prevalence measured by the interaction...
Patterns of human exposure to malaria vectors in Zanzibar and implications for malaria elimination efforts (Publications)
study for malaria elimination. The islands have experienced a dramatic reduction in malaria burden since the introduction of effective vector control interventions and case management. Malaria prevalence [...] sleep. Supplemental interventions targeting outdoor exposure to malaria vectors, and groups that may be at increased risk of exposure to malaria vectors, should be explored. [...] for elimination. METHODS: To better understand factors that may contribute to remaining low-level malaria...