Recommendations for malaria prevention in moderate to low risk areas: travellers' choice and risk perception (Publications)
behaviour. CONCLUSIONS: When travelling to moderate- to low-risk malaria areas, 85% of interviewees chose not to take chemoprophylaxis as malaria prevention, although most guidelines recommend it. They had [...] BACKGROUND: The considerable malaria decline in several countries challenges the strategy of chemoprophylaxis for travellers visiting moderate- to low-risk areas. An international consensus on the best [...] to include travellers' opinions in the decision process. The preference of...
Malaria control strategies in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
Malaria is major public health problem in Tanzania and increasing trends have been observed in the last two decades. A significant consequence of repeated malaria infections in high transmission areas [...] indicating a potential benefit for reducing malaria transmission. The unacceptably high chloroquine failure rates call for an urgent review of the National Malaria Treatment Guidelines. The decision to change [...] areas is anaemia in very young children. The control of malaria in Tanzania...