Spectrum-malaria: a user-friendly projection tool for health impact assessment and strategic planning by malaria control programmes in sub-Saharan... (Publications)
Scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment needs to continue but national strategies and budget allocations are not always evidence-based. This article presents a new modelling tool projecting malaria infection [...] provinces, from the WHO and malaria atlas project. Impacts over 2016-2030 are projected for insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), and effective [...] DISCUSSION: Spectrum-Malaria's user-friendly interface and...
The central role of national programme management for the achievement of malaria elimination: a cross case-study analysis of nine malaria programmes (Publications)
those implementing malaria elimination in the periphery was not well described. Political commitment and sustained financing contributed to malaria programme success. Consistency of malaria programmes depends [...] progress towards malaria goals. The eliminating malaria case-study series reports were reviewed to identify successful programme management components using a cross-case study analytic approach. METHODS: [...] RESULTS: Decentralized programmes enhanced engagement in malaria...
Pregnancy outcomes and risk of placental malaria after artemisinin-based and quinine-based treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in... (Publications)
percentile), and placental malaria (defined as deposition of malaria pigment in the placenta with or without parasites) after different treatments of uncomplicated falciparum malaria were assessed by mixed-effects [...] and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including placental malaria, accompanied with the gestational age at diagnosis of uncomplicated falciparum malaria infection. METHODS: A systematic review and one-stage [...] quinine-based treatments for patent microscopic uncomplicated falciparum...
Constructing a malaria-related health service readiness index and assessing its association with child malaria mortality: an analysis of the Burkina... (Publications)
services. We constructed a readiness index related to malaria services and determined the association between health facility malaria readiness and malaria mortality in children under the age of 5 years in [...] l models with variable selection were fitted to malaria mortality data. The most important facility readiness indicators related to general and malaria-specific services were determined. Multiple corr [...] the low readiness group. Medical centres readiness was not related to malaria...
Relationship between child survival and malaria transmission: an analysis of the malaria transmission intensity and mortality burden across Africa... (Publications)
relationship between malaria mortality and levels of transmission is unclear. Due to methodological limitations, earlier efforts to assess the linkage have lead to inconclusive results. The malaria transmission [...] assessing the malaria transmission-mortality relation involves more than the knowledge on the performance of interventions and control measures. This relation depends on the levels of malaria endemicity and [...] age and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), were fitted to assess the...
Disparities of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged... (Publications)
There is limited knowledge on the malaria burden of school-aged children in Cote d'Ivoire. The aim of this study was to assess Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity, use of preventive [...] preventive measures and treatment against malaria, and physical access to health structures among school-aged children across Cote d'Ivoire. METHODS: A national, cross-sectional study was designed, consisting [...] were interviewed to determine household socioeconomic status,...
