The effect of iron-fortified complementary food and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on anaemia in 12- to 36-month-old children: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency (ID) and malaria co-exist in tropical regions and both contribute to high rates of anaemia in young children. It is unclear whether iron fortification combined with intermi
Significant geographical differences in prevalence of mutations associated with <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> drug... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Drug resistance remains a major obstacle to malaria treatment and control. It can arise and spread rapidly, and vary substantially even at sub-national level. National malaria programmes r
Development of novel multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reactions to enable high-throughput population genetic studies of <em>Schistosoma... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Human urogenital schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium is widely distributed across Africa and is increasingly targeted for control and regional elimination. The development of
Health worker compliance with a 'test and treat' malaria case management protocol in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Department of Health introduced a 'test and treat' malaria case management protocol in 2011. This study assesses health worker compliance with the test and treat protocol on