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1. Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) III: epidemiology of urban malaria in the municipality of Yopougon (Abidjan) (Publications)

   Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) III: epidemiology of urban malaria in the municipality of Yopougon (Abidjan)

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   BACKGROUND: Currently, there is a significant lack of knowledge concerning urban malaria patterns in general and in Abidjan in particular. The prevalence of malaria, its distribution in the city and t

2. ProCOC: the prostate cancer outcomes cohort study (Publications)

   ProCOC: the prostate cancer outcomes cohort study

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   BACKGROUND: Despite intensive research over the last several decades on prostate cancer, many questions particularly those concerning early diagnosis and the choice of optimal treatment for each indiv

3. Ultrasound in schistosomiasis: a practical guide to the standardized use of ultrasonography for the assessment of schistosomiasis-related morbidity:... (Publications)

   Ultrasound in schistosomiasis: a practical guide to the standardized use of ultrasonography for the assessment of schistosomiasis-related morbidity: second international workshop, October 22 - 26, 1996, Niamey, Niger

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4. A research agenda for malaria eradication: health systems and operational research (Publications)

   A research agenda for malaria eradication: health systems and operational research

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   Health systems research and development is needed to support the global malaria eradication agenda. In this paper, we (the malERA Consultative Group on Health Systems and Operational Research) focus o

5. Population-based screening - the difficulty of how to do more good than harm and how to achieve it (Publications)

   Population-based screening - the difficulty of how to do more good than harm and how to achieve it

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   Screening people without symptoms of disease is an attractive idea. Screening allows early detection of disease or elevated risk of disease, and has the potential for improved treatment and reduction

6. Development of behaviour change communication strategy for a vaccination-linked malaria control tool in southern Tanzania (Publications)

   Development of behaviour change communication strategy for a vaccination-linked malaria control tool in southern Tanzania

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   BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) using sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and linked to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) is a promising strategy for malar

7. Delivering at home or in a health facility? Health-seeking behaviour of women and the role of traditional birth attendants in Tanzania (Publications)

   Delivering at home or in a health facility? Health-seeking behaviour of women and the role of traditional birth attendants in Tanzania

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   BACKGROUND: Traditional birth attendants retain an important role in reproductive and maternal health in Tanzania. The Tanzanian Government promotes TBAs in order to provide maternal and neonatal heal

8. Essais de traitement de la malaria tertiana par la Vitaquine (Publications)

   Essais de traitement de la malaria tertiana par la Vitaquine

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9. Frequency of malaria and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Tajikistan (Publications)

   Frequency of malaria and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Tajikistan

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   ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: During the Soviet era, malaria was close to eradication in Tajikistan. Since the early 1990s, the disease has been on the rise and has become endemic in large areas of southern a

10. Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance (Publications)

    Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance

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    Ivo Mueller, Laurence Slutsker, and Marcel Tanner highlight the importance of using complementary methods to estimate the burden of malaria and call for a renewed focus on efficient malaria surveillan