Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is still a leading child killer in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, access to prompt and effective malaria treatment, a mainstay of any malaria control strategy, is sub-optimal in many settings
“We Want to Be Among the Three Leading Institutions” Since July 2015, Jürg Utzinger has been the new director of Swiss TPH. During the interview he stresses four areas he wants to emphasise for the future: [...] Recherches Scientifiques in Côte d’Ivoire and the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania – and elsewhere in Africa and Asia, where we also have local offices at selected locations. In addition, we also work together [...] diseases to chronic and non-communicable lifestyle diseases, even...
What Africa can do to accelerate and sustain progress against malaria (Publications)
hindering malaria programs in Africa and highlights key opportunities to rethink current strategies for sustainable control and elimination. The epidemiology of malaria in Africa presents far greater challenges [...] suppressed in most parts of the world. Today, cases and deaths are primarily concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. According to many experts, this persistence on the African continent reflects factors such as resistance [...] gradually reduce overreliance on commodities while...
What Africa can do to accelerate and sustain progress against malaria (Publications)
hindering malaria programs in Africa and highlights key opportunities to rethink current strategies for sustainable control and elimination. The epidemiology of malaria in Africa presents far greater challenges [...] suppressed in most parts of the world. Today, cases and deaths are primarily concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. According to many experts, this persistence on the African continent reflects factors such as resistance [...] gradually reduce overreliance on commodities while...
Association between allergic sensitization and intestinal parasite infection in schoolchildren in Gqeberha, South Africa (Publications)
n patterns and allergic symptoms of children living in low-income communities in Gqeberha, South Africa. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 587 school children aged 8-12 years were recruited in June [...] about one third of whom were polysensitized. Sensitizations were most frequently detected against the house dust mites (HDM) Dermatophagoides spp. (31.9%) and Blomia tropicalis (21.0%). Infections with geohelminths
Association between allergic sensitization and intestinal parasite infection in schoolchildren in Gqeberha, South Africa (Publications)
n patterns and allergic symptoms of children living in low-income communities in Gqeberha, South Africa. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 587 school children aged 8-12 years were recruited in June [...] about one third of whom were polysensitized. Sensitizations were most frequently detected against the house dust mites (HDM) Dermatophagoides spp. (31.9%) and Blomia tropicalis (21.0%). Infections with geohelminths
Systematic review of the entomological impact of insecticide-treated nets evaluated using experimental hut trials in Africa (Publications)
Resistance of anopheline mosquitoes to pyrethroid insecticides is spreading rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, diminishing the efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) – the primary tool for preventing malaria [...] interventions can be measured in experimental hut trials (EHTs), where hut structures resemble local housing, but allow the collection of mosquitoes that entered, exited, blood-fed and/or died. There is a need [...] review to identify all known trials investigating ITNs or indoor...
Systematic review of the entomological impact of insecticide-treated nets evaluated using experimental hut trials in Africa (Publications)
Resistance of anopheline mosquitoes to pyrethroid insecticides is spreading rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, diminishing the efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) – the primary tool for preventing malaria [...] interventions can be measured in experimental hut trials (EHTs), where hut structures resemble local housing, but allow the collection of mosquitoes that entered, exited, blood-fed and/or died. There is a need [...] review to identify all known trials investigating ITNs or indoor...
treatment does not always lead to a complete parasitological cure, as a result of poor compliance, adherence, drug quality or other factors. Understanding both the factors leading to quality case-management [...] In this project we evaluate effective coverage of malaria curative interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa. We quantify excess morbidity and mortality induced by sub-optimal distribution of malaria services
Benefit-cost analysis of coordinated strategies for control of rabies in Africa (Publications)
countries in Africa could impact rabies incidence and associated costs. We show that coordinated dog mass vaccination between countries and PEP would lead to the elimination of dog rabies in Africa with total [...] billion) between 2024 and 2054 (30 years). Coordinated disease control between African countries can lead to more socially and ecologically equitable outcomes by reducing the number of lost human lives to
