[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of asymptomatic P. falciparum gametocyte carriage among school children in Mbita, Western Kenya and assessment of the association between …

AO Touray, VA Mobegi, F Wamunyokoli… - Wellcome open …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers are reservoirs for
sustaining transmission in malaria endemic regions. Gametocyte presence in the host …

[HTML][HTML] The use of routine health facility data for micro-stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania

SG Thawer, M Golumbeanu, K Munisi, S Aaron… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Current efforts to estimate the spatially diverse malaria burden in malaria-
endemic countries largely involve the use of epidemiological modelling methods for …

Using model-based geostatistics for assessing the elimination of trachoma

E Harding-Esch - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2023 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
Background: Trachoma is the commonest infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Efforts
are being made to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem globally. However, as …

Insecticide-treated net distribution in Western Kenya: impacts related to COVID-19 and health worker strikes

L Suiyanka, VA Alegana, RW Snow - International Health, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We examined the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID) mitigation, supply and distribution
interruptions on the delivery of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) in Western …

Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in Kenyan–Ugandan border areas

D Nderu, F Kimani, E Karanja… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Kenya has, in the last decade, made tremendous progress in the fight against malaria.
Nevertheless, continued surveillance of the genetic diversity and population structure of …

[HTML][HTML] Are individuals willing to pay for community-based eco-friendly malaria vector control strategies? A case of mosquito larviciding using plant-based …

GM Diiro, M Kassie, BW Muriithi, NG Gathogo… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study was carried out to assess individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for UZIMAX, a
novel plant-based biopesticide developed for malaria vector control. The biopesticide is …

[HTML][HTML] Maplaria: a user friendly web-application for spatio-temporal malaria prevalence mapping

E Giorgi, PM Macharia, J Woodmansey, RW Snow… - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Model-based geostatistical (MBG) methods have been extensively used to map
malaria risk using community survey data in low-resource settings where disease registries …

[HTML][HTML] Potential application of the haematology analyser XN-31 prototype for field malaria surveillance in Kenya

W Kagaya, I Takehara, K Kurihara, M Maina, CW Chan… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Simple and accurate diagnosis is a key component of malaria control
programmes. Microscopy is the current gold standard, however it requires extensive training …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of child health interventions and risk factors on child survival in Kenya, 1993–2014: a Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis with counterfactual …

PM Macharia, NK Joseph, RW Snow, B Sartorius… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background During the millennium development goals period, reduction in under-five
mortality (U5M) and increases in child health intervention coverage were characterised by …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of health workers' knowledge about artesunate-based severe malaria treatment recommendations in government and faith-based hospitals in …

B Machini, D Zurovac, B Amboko, L Malla, RW Snow… - Malaria Journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Health workers' knowledge deficiencies about artesunate-based severe
malaria treatment recommendations have been reported. However, predictors of the …