Investigating differences in village-level heterogeneity of malaria infection and household risk factors in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Malaria risk is highly heterogeneous. Understanding village and household-level spatial heterogeneity of malaria risk can support a transition to spatially targeted interventions for malaria elimination [...] spatial heterogeneity of malaria risk and investigate the contribution of individual, household and environmental-level risk factors. Following a period of declining malaria prevalence, the prevalence [...] useful indicators of transmission hotspots and inform the development of tailored...
Human behavior, livelihood, and malaria transmission in two sites of Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria transmission is currently resurging in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In addition to intervention coverage, social and cultural factors influence changes in epidemiology of malaria in PNG. This [...] in relation to current malaria control efforts. METHODS: A mixed-method design was used in 2 sites in PNG. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions, cross-sectional malaria indicator survey, and population [...] d in adult men. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the potential of...
New methodological approaches to monitor long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) durability for sustained malaria control (Publications)
Long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the current primary vector control measure to prevent malaria transmission. They function by inhibiting mosquitoes from blood feeding and also killing mosquitoes [...] Resistance) and 2) Holed Net project. The ABCDR project aimed at understanding of bednet durability in malaria endemic countries and factors affecting bednet durability with the main focus of using that information
Mining Sudanese medicinal plants for natural compounds against malaria and neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
Tropical parasitic diseases such as malaria, human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, mycetoma, and leishmaniasis affect more than a billion people worldwide and have devastating consequences. There
Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in Papua New Guinea: a comparison of Bayesian decision network and multivariate regression modelling... (Publications)
performance when developing malaria prevalence maps due to the multiple interacting factors that drive malaria prevalence in different geographical areas. When developing malaria prevalence maps, BDNs may [...] BACKGROUND: Considerable progress towards controlling malaria has been made in Papua New Guinea through the national malaria control programme's free distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets, improved [...] linear model, GLM) in terms of malaria spatial risk prediction accuracy....