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Perennial malaria chemoprevention with and without malaria vaccination to reduce malaria burden in young children: a modelling analysis
BACKGROUND: A recent WHO recommendation for perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) encourages countries to adapt dose timing and number to local …
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High vector diversity and malaria transmission dynamics in five sentinel sites in Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in Cameroon. To inform vector control intervention decision …
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Genotyping of Anopheles mosquito blood meals reveals nonrandom human host selection: implications for human-to-mosquito Plasmodium falciparum transmission
BACKGROUND: Control of malaria parasite transmission can be enhanced by understanding which human demographic groups serve as the infectious reservoirs. …
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Prevalence, trends and associated factors of malaria in the Shai-Osudoku District Hospital, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Even though malaria is easily preventable and treatable, it continues to have a devastating impact on people's health and …
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Malaria control and elimination in Kenya: economy-wide benefits and regional disparities
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a public health problem in Kenya despite several concerted control efforts. Empirical evidence regarding malaria effects in …
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Application of mathematical modelling to inform national malaria intervention planning in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: For their 2021-2025 National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP), Nigeria's National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), in partnership with the World …
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Facilitators and barriers to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) uptake in Nigeria: a qualitative approach
BACKGROUND: SMC was adopted in Nigeria in 2014 and by 2021 was being implemented in 18 states, over four months …
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Correction: Impact of sugarcane irrigation on malaria vector Anopheles mosquito fauna, abundance and seasonality in Arjo-Didessa, Ethiopia
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Association between malaria and household air pollution interventions in a predominantly rural area of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Though anecdotal evidence suggests that smoke from HAP has a repellent effect on mosquitoes, very little work has been …
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The five continuum of care criteria that should accompany rectal artesunate interventions: lessons learned from an implementation study in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Rectal artesunate (RAS) is a World Health Organization (WHO) recommended intervention that can save lives of children 6 years …
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Diagnostic performance of NxTek™ Eliminate Malaria-Pf test for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum in school children with asymptomatic malaria
Abstract Background One of the major roadblocks to the falciparum malaria elimination programme is the presence of a portion of …
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Sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia, dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) resistance mutations to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine, transmission intensity and risk of malaria infection in pregnancy in Mount Cameroon Region
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum resistance to intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) continues to spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa. This study assessed …
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Effects of maternal antenatal treatment with two doses of azithromycin added to monthly sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the prevention of low birth weight in Burkina Faso: an open-label randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Exposure during pregnancy to malaria and sexually-transmitted infections is associated with adverse birth outcomes including low birth weight (LBW). …
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The effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on malaria transmission in South Africa
BACKGROUND: For a country such as South Africa which is targeting malaria elimination, mobile and migrant populations pose a substantial …
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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on general health and malaria control in Ghana: a qualitative study with mothers and health care professionals
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has severely impacted health systems and the management of non-COVID-19 diseases, including malaria, globally. The pandemic has hit …
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Larval habitat stability and productivity in two sites in Southern Ghana
BACKGROUND: Mosquito larval source management (LSM) is a valuable additional tool for malaria vector control. Understanding the characteristics of mosquito …
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Species composition and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Ellibou, southern Côte d’Ivoire and first finding of Anopheles arabiensis in Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: Knowing the species composition and insecticide resistance status of the target vector population is important to guide malaria vector …
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Anti-malarial drug use, appropriateness and associated factors among children under-five with febrile illnesses presenting to a tertiary health facility: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Malaria is endemic in 95% of Uganda and constitutes the country's most significant public health problem-being the leading cause …
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A review of efficacy and safety of Ugandan anti-malarial plants with application of RITAM score
Abstract Background Malaria, a treatable disease mainly caused by Plasmodium falciparum has remained a health challenge in Africa, a continent …
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Novel Plasmodium falciparum k13 gene polymorphisms from Kisii County, Kenya during an era of artemisinin-based combination therapy deployment
BACKGROUND: Currently, chemotherapy stands out as the major malaria intervention strategy, however, anti-malarial resistance may hamper global elimination programs. Artemisinin-based …