diagnostic tests (mRDT) and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in health facilities since late 2011. This project aims to assess outcomes and impacts of the Global Fund supported NMCP in PNG. Results
37 years of forest monitoring in Switzerland: drought effects on<em> Fagus sylvatica</em> (Publications)
branches dried out. Furthermore, photooxidation in light-exposed leaves has increased strongly since 2011. This phenomenon was related to low concentrations of foliar phosphorus (P) and hot temperatures before
Varying universal health coverage policy implementation states: exploring the process and lessons learned from a national health insurance pilot site (Publications)
(universal coverage in Tanzania and South Africa). Policies aimed at achieving UHC were tracked from 2011-2015 to understand why there are varying UHC policy implementation states and outcomes among facilities
Absence of dry season <em>Plasmodium</em> parasitaemia, but high rates of reported acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea in presschool-aged... (Publications)
measures.METHODS: We conducted a multipurpose cross-sectional survey in the city of Kaedi in April 2011 (dry season), assessing three major disease patterns, including malaria. Plasmodium spp. parasite
Effects of hygiene and defecation behavior on helminths and intestinal protozoa infections in Taabo, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
in areas where hygiene, access to clean water, and sanitation are inadequate. METHODOLOGY: In July 2011, inhabitants from two villages and seven hamlets of the Taabo health demographic surveillance system
The epidemiology of polyparasitism and implications for morbidity in two rural communities of Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
infection, clinical indicators and self-reported morbidity. METHODS: Between August and September 2011, two purposely selected rural communities in southern Cote d'Ivoire were screened for helminth, intestinal
<em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>infection and clinical indicators in relation to net coverage in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Three cross-sectional surveys were carried out; two in the dry season (February 2010 and November 2011) and one in the rainy season (May 2012). Among 897 children aged /=37.5 degrees C. A questionnaire
Infection and co-infection with helminths and <em>Plasmodium</em> among school children in Côte d'Ivoire: results from a national cross-sectional... (Publications)
This study was conducted in 92 schools across Cote d'Ivoire during the dry season, from November 2011 to February 2012. School children provided blood samples for detection of Plasmodium infection, stool
A methodological framework for the improved use of routine health system data to evaluate national malaria control programs: evidence from Zambia (Publications)
of malaria control program scale-up in Africa. METHODS: We used data from the Zambia HMIS for 2009-2011, a period of rapid diagnostic and reporting scale-up, to evaluate the association between insecti
Prevalence of <em>Fasciola gigantica</em> infection in slaughtered animals in south-eastern Lake Chad area in relation to husbandry practices and... (Publications)
liver fluke infections in mobile pastoralists' livestock in the south-eastern Lake Chad region.In 2011, all animals presented at three slaughter slabs near Gredaya in the south-eastern Lake Chad area were
