Simplified models of vector control impact upon malaria transmission by zoophagic mosquitoes (Publications)
measures that kill mosquitoes dramatically reduce malaria transmission where vector populations depend upon human blood. However, most primary malaria vectors outside of sub-Saharan Africa can be classified
Frequency of malaria and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Tajikistan (Publications)
high malaria risk with high current incidence rates, where malaria control and prevention measures should be taken at all stages of the transmission cycle; (ii) zones at relatively high malaria risk with [...] with low current incidence rates, where malaria prevention measures are recommended; and (iii) zones at intermediate or low malaria risk with low current incidence rates where no particular measures appear [...] indicates that malaria is a serious health issue in specific regions of...
Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance (Publications)
the importance of using complementary methods to estimate the burden of malaria and call for a renewed focus on efficient malaria surveillance
Malaria: a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
023 malaria cases were diagnosed at the aid posts and malaria accounted for 30-40% of all clinical cases. Of the malaria cases, 13-20% were HOP employees. On average, an employee sick with malaria was [...] BACKGROUND: For companies operating in malaria endemic countries, malaria represents a substantial risk to workers and their dependants, and can lead to significantly reduced worker productivity. This [...] 2006. Sleeping outside of the house did not increase the risk of a malaria infection,...
What should vaccine developers ask? Simulation of the effectiveness of malaria vaccines (Publications)
effects of malaria vaccines on malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality. The models are fitted and simulations obtained via volunteer computing. We consider a range of endemic malaria settings with [...] BACKGROUND: A number of different malaria vaccine candidates are currently in pre-clinical or clinical development. Even though they vary greatly in their characteristics, it is unlikely that any of them [...] them will provide long-lasting sterilizing immunity against the malaria parasite....
Implementation of an insecticide-treated net subsidy scheme under a public-private partnership for malaria control in Tanzania--challenges in... (Publications)
commitments from organizations such as the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), the President's Malaria Initiative and the World Bank Booster programme. METHODS: The case study uses the [...] BACKGROUND: In the past decade there has been increasing visibility of malaria control efforts at the national and international levels. The factors that have enhanced this scenario are the availability [...] implementation of a public-private partnership approach embarked upon by the...
Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and academic ecologists [...] programme at grassroots level, which was subsequently upgraded and expanded into a pilot scale Urban Malaria Control Programme with support from national academic institutes. RESULTS: Both programmes now access [...] ed implementation and operational research opportunities. The...
The usefulness of twenty-four molecular markers in predicting treatment outcome with combination therapy of amodiaquine plus... (Publications)
plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) was introduced as first-line treatment against uncomplicated malaria in 2000. METHODS: We assessed in vivo treatment failure rates with AQ+SP in two different areas in
Malaria treatment in the retail sector: knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania (Publications)
of Kilombero and Ulanga, Tanzania, we interviewed 489 shopkeepers about their knowledge of malaria and malaria treatment. A complementary mystery shoppers study was conducted in 118 retail outlets in order [...] general shops. RESULTS: Shopkeepers in drug stores were able to name more malaria symptoms and were more knowledgeable about malaria treatment than their peers in general shops. In drug stores, 52% mentioned [...] case. CONCLUSIONS: The quality of malaria case-management in the retail...