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Open AccessApplication of mathematical modelling to inform national malaria intervention planning in Nigeria
For their 2021–2025 National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP), Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), developed a targeted approach to in...
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Social and cultural forces shape almost every aspect of infectious disease transmission in human populations, as well as our ability to measure, understand, and respond to epidemics. For directly transmitted i...
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Malaria has infected and killed humans since long before history began recording evidence of the parasite’s pernicious influence. The extraordinary discoveries of the Plasmodium parasite by Charles Louis Alphonse...
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Open AccessEffect of transmission intensity on hotspots and micro-epidemiology of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
Malaria transmission intensity is heterogeneous, complicating the implementation of malaria control interventions. We provide a description of the spatial micro-epidemiology of symptomatic malaria and asymptom...
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Open AccessMalaria hotspots defined by clinical malaria, asymptomatic carriage, PCR and vector numbers in a low transmission area on the Kenyan Coast
Targeted malaria control interventions are expected to be cost-effective. Clinical, parasitological and serological markers of malaria transmission have been used to detect malaria transmission hotspots, but f...
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Open AccessThe Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm): are remote areas benefiting from the intervention?
To assess the availability, price and market share of quality-assured artemisinin-based combination therapy (QAACT) in remote areas (RAs) compared with non-remote areas (nRAs) in Kenya and Ghana at end-line o...
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Open AccessThe public sector nursing workforce in Kenya: a county-level analysis
Kenya’s human resources for health shortage is well documented, yet in line with the new constitution, responsibility for health service delivery will be devolved to 47 new county administrations. This work de...
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Open AccessAnalyzing the equity of public primary care provision in Kenya: variation in facility characteristics by local poverty level
Equitable access to health care is a key health systems goal, and is a particular concern in low-income countries. In Kenya, public facilities are an important resource for the poor, but little is known on the...
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Open AccessBed net ownership in Kenya: the impact of 3.4 million free bed nets
In July and September 2006, 3.4 million long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) were distributed free in a campaign targeting children 0-59 months old (CU5s) in the 46 districts with malaria in Kenya...
