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Integration of Non-Communicable Diseases in Health Care: Tackling the Double Burden of Disease in African Settings
(Pan African Medical Journal and African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), 7/5/2014)
Sub-Saharan African countries now face the double burden of Non Communicable and Communicable Diseases. This situation represents a major
threat to fragile health systems and emphasises the need for innovative integrative ...
Acceptance of a Malaria Vaccine by caregivers of sick children in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/1/2014)
Background
Several malaria vaccines are currently in clinical trials and are expected to provide an improved strategy for malaria control. Prior to introduction of a new vaccine, policymakers must consider the socio cultural ...
Determinants of Quality in Home-based Management of Malaria by Community Health Volunteers in Rural Kenya
(The journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 7/31/2021)
Introduction: Kenya adopted the World Health Organization’s recommendation of community case management of malaria (CCMM) in 2012. Trained community health volunteers (CHVs) provide CCMM but information on quality of ...
Capacity and Readiness of Civil Society Organisations to Implement Community Case Management of Malaria in Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) contribute to achieving development goals through advocacy, social mobilisation and provision of
health services. CSO programming is a key component of Global Fund (GF) ...
Why are IPTp coverage targets so elusive in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Systematic Review of Health System Barriers
(BioMed Central, 10/3/2013)
Background: Use of intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) is a proven cost-effective intervention for preventing
malaria in pregnancy. However, despite the roll-out of IPTp policies across Africa more than ten years ...
Acceptance of a Malaria Vaccine by Caregivers of Sick Children in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/5/2014)
Background: Several malaria vaccines are currently in clinical trials and are expected to provide an improved
strategy for malaria control. Prior to introduction of a new vaccine, policymakers must consider the socio ...
Ball Back in Africa’s Court: Funding Malaria Control and Elimination
(Pan African Medical Journal, 1/26/2013)
Major Reduction in Anti-Malarial Drug Consumption in Senegal after Nation-Wide Introduction of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
(PLoS ONE, 4/6/2011)
Background: While WHO recently recommended universal parasitological confirmation of suspected malaria prior to
treatment, debate has continued as to whether wide-scale use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can achieve this ...
Safety monitoring of artemisinin combination therapy through a national pharmacovigilance system in an endemic malaria setting
(BioMed Central, 2/5/2013)
Background
The National Malaria Control Programme in Senegal, introduced since 2006, artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT administration) for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria cases. In this framework, an ...
Determinants of Quality In-home-based Management of Malaria by Community Health Volunteers in Rural Kenya
(The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020-12-16)
Abstract
Introduction: Kenya adopted the World Health Organization’s recommendation of community case management of malaria (CCMM) in 2012. Trained community health volunteers (CHVs) provide CCMM but information on quality ...