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What is community engagement and how can it …

WebBackground In light of increasing complexity of identifying and treating malaria cases in low transmission settings, operational solutions are needed to increase effective delivery of …

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Strengthening surveillance systems for malaria …

WebSurveillance is the backbone of disease prevention and control [1,2,3] and is particularly critical to malaria elimination programmes, providing the disease intelligence necessary …

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Reflections on the 2021 World Malaria Report and the …

WebThe World Malaria Report, released in December 2021, reflects the unique challenges currently facing the global malaria community. The report showed the devastating toll of …

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Reimagining malaria: five reasons to strengthen

WebAlthough community engagement has been recognized as an important element of public health since the Alma Ata declaration, in practice community engagement has played a …

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Health systems and global progress towards malaria …

WebAs more countries progress towards malaria elimination, a better understanding of the most critical health system features for enabling and supporting malaria control and …

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Prevalence, trends and associated factors of malaria in the …

WebEven though malaria is easily preventable and treatable, it continues to have a devastating impact on people’s health and livelihoods around the world. Sub-Saharan Africa carries …

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Time series analysis of malaria cases to assess the impact …

WebDespite the progress made in this decade towards malaria elimination, it remains a significant public health concern in India and many other countries in South Asia and …

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Building momentum for malaria vaccine research and …

WebTo maintain momentum towards improved malaria control and elimination, a vaccine would be a key addition to the intervention toolkit. Two approaches are recommended: (1) …

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Climate change and malaria: some recent trends of …

WebMalaria is a disease that poses a significant burden to the health systems of many African countries. As the climate changes, shifts in temperature in geographic locations suitable …

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Mathematical models of malaria

WebMathematical models have been used to provide an explicit framework for understanding malaria transmission dynamics in human population for over 100 years. With the disease …

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Household living conditions and individual behaviours …

WebOver the past decade, implementation of multiple malaria control strategies in most countries has largely contributed to advance the global malaria elimination agenda. …

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Evaluating a community engagement model for malaria …

WebBackground Community engagement (CE) plays a critical role in malaria control and elimination. CE approaches vary substantially, with more participatory programmes …

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Knowledge, attitude and practices of malaria preventive measures …

WebMalaria remains a major public health concern around the world, particularly in resource-constrained countries. Malaria still accounts for 40% of all Out-Patient Department (OPD) …

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Health systems readiness and quality of inpatient malaria case

WebNigeria was among the first African countries to adopt and implement change of treatment policy for severe malaria from quinine to artesunate. Seven years after the policy change …

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Identifying and characterizing high-risk populations in pilot …

WebStudy design and population. The quantitative risk factor assessment in Antsirabe II and Faratsiho was a health facility-based prospective case–control study that used a ‘test …

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Assessing caregivers’ perceptions of treatment-seeking for …

WebBackground Malaria remains a major public health issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), accounting for 44% deaths among outpatient visits in children < 5 years of …

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Malaria control and elimination in Kenya: economy-wide benefits …

WebMalaria remains a public health problem in Kenya despite several concerted control efforts. Empirical evidence regarding malaria effects in Kenya suggests that the disease …

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Evaluation of the malaria case surveillance system in KwaZulu …

WebSouth Africa set a target to eliminate malaria by 2023, with KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province the malaria-endemic province closest to achieving this goal. Objective two of the National …

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Malaria misdiagnosis in the routine health system in Arba Minch …

WebPlasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are coendemic in Ethiopia, with different proportion in different settings. Microscopy is the diagnostic tool in Ethiopian health …

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on general health and malaria …

WebCOVID-19 has severely impacted health systems and the management of non-COVID-19 diseases, including malaria, globally. The pandemic has hit sub-Saharan Africa less than …

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Optimizing the role of ‘lead mothers’ in seasonal malaria

WebSeasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a safe and effective intervention for preventing malaria in children under 5 years of age. Lead mothers are community health volunteers …

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Prospective study of malaria in pregnancy, placental and …

WebThe characteristics of the population studied show that PAM is concentrated in women without monetary resources (health affiliation is a proxy of the economic situation); thus, …

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