Malaria and casual sex: what travelers know and how they behave (Publications)
Results: Compliance with chemosuppressive regimen for malaria was 87%. Well-informed travelers did not protect themselves more efficiently against malaria. The efficacy of a given intervention was found to [...] Background: Travelers to the tropics have been reported to comply poorly with recommendations regarding malaria and AIDS. This study addresses the problem of influencing travelers' behavior through different [...] implications of "sex tourism" and the possibility of participating in a...
Asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine development: facing the challenges (Publications)
reduce morbidity. RECENT FINDINGS: There is good rationale to support the development of blood-stage malaria vaccines, the most promising being the demonstration that nonimmune volunteers repeatedly challenged [...] as well as the demonstration of the efficacy of the first asexual blood-stage vaccine tested in a malaria endemic area (combination B) to reduce parasite density in children. The selective pressure induced
The importance of mosquito behavioural adaptations to malaria control in Africa (Publications)
could have significant impacts on the effectiveness of malaria control. We propose seven recommendations to improve understanding of resistance in malaria vectors. Determining the public health impact of p [...] drug therapies, indoor residual spraying (IRS), and better health infrastructure, has helped reduce malaria in many African countries for the first time in a generation. However, insecticide resistance in [...] e resistance is an urgent priority if we are to maintain the significant...
Cost-effectiveness of social marketing of insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in the United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the costs and consequences of a social marketing approach to malaria control in children by means of insecticide-treated nets in two rural districts of the United Republic of Tanzania [...] marketing of insecticide-treated nets is an attractive intervention for preventing childhood deaths from malaria
The contribution of health-care services to a sound and sustainable malaria-control policy (Publications)
efforts to control malaria and other diseases without taking into account health-system performance and sustainability. Even assuming that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM)--a recent [...] HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, besides presenting a large mortality and morbidity burden in developing countries, are also responsible for poor economic development. In the past international
Insecticide-treated bednets and curtains for preventing malaria (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is an important cause of illness and death in many parts of the world, especially in Africa. There has been a renewed emphasis on preventive measures, both at community and at individual [...] of this review was to assess the effects of insecticide-treated bednets or curtains in preventing malaria SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group trials register, Medline, Embase [...] Insecticide-treated nets appear to be effective in reducing childhood...
