Mapping malaria risk among children in Côte d'Ivoire using Bayesian geo-statistical models (Publications)
estimated 767,000 disability-adjusted life years are due to malaria, placing the country at position number 14 with regard to the global burden of malaria. Risk maps are important to guide control interventions [...] ons, and hence, the aim of this study was to predict the geographical distribution of malaria infection risk in children aged
Potential benefits, limitations and target product-profiles of odor-baited mosquito traps for malaria control in Africa (Publications)
as suitable technologies for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. We investigated the potential benefits of such traps for preventing malaria transmission in Africa and the essential [...] users and non-users of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), currently the primary malaria prevention method. We determined that malaria transmission declines as trap coverage (proportion of total availability of [...] match the impact of 50% community-wide ITN coverage. If such traps are used to...
What should vaccine developers ask? Simulation of the effectiveness of malaria vaccines (Publications)
effects of malaria vaccines on malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality. The models are fitted and simulations obtained via volunteer computing. We consider a range of endemic malaria settings with [...] BACKGROUND: A number of different malaria vaccine candidates are currently in pre-clinical or clinical development. Even though they vary greatly in their characteristics, it is unlikely that any of them [...] them will provide long-lasting sterilizing immunity against the malaria parasite....
Malaria: a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
023 malaria cases were diagnosed at the aid posts and malaria accounted for 30-40% of all clinical cases. Of the malaria cases, 13-20% were HOP employees. On average, an employee sick with malaria was [...] BACKGROUND: For companies operating in malaria endemic countries, malaria represents a substantial risk to workers and their dependants, and can lead to significantly reduced worker productivity. This [...] 2006. Sleeping outside of the house did not increase the risk of a malaria infection,...
Implementation of an insecticide-treated net subsidy scheme under a public-private partnership for malaria control in Tanzania--challenges in... (Publications)
commitments from organizations such as the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), the President's Malaria Initiative and the World Bank Booster programme. METHODS: The case study uses the [...] BACKGROUND: In the past decade there has been increasing visibility of malaria control efforts at the national and international levels. The factors that have enhanced this scenario are the availability [...] implementation of a public-private partnership approach embarked upon by the...
Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and academic ecologists [...] programme at grassroots level, which was subsequently upgraded and expanded into a pilot scale Urban Malaria Control Programme with support from national academic institutes. RESULTS: Both programmes now access [...] ed implementation and operational research opportunities. The...
Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance (Publications)
the importance of using complementary methods to estimate the burden of malaria and call for a renewed focus on efficient malaria surveillance
Development of behaviour change communication strategy for a vaccination-linked malaria control tool in southern Tanzania (Publications)
preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) using sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and linked to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) is a promising strategy for malaria control in young children [...] after the injections. Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine was widely used for malaria treatment and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy, despite widespread rumours of adverse reactions based [...] survey were used to investigate communities' and providers' knowledge and...
Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
minimal training and supervision in the first weeks of an operational urban malaria control program. METHODS: The Urban Malaria Control Programme of Dar es Salaam recruited and provided preliminary training [...] the population of Africa rapidly urbanizes it may be possible to protect large populations from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Here we present a baseline evaluation of the ability [...] CORPs at the start of the Dar es Salaam UMCP were insufficient to enable...
A research agenda for malaria eradication: vector control (Publications)
variety of malaria transmission environments present in the world today. In each setting, improved control for reduction of morbidity is a necessary first step towards the long-range goal of malaria eradication