Understanding the current state-of-the-art of long-lasting insecticide nets and potential for sustainable alternatives

S Brake, D Gomez-Maldonado, M Hummel… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) are widely distributed to communities where
malaria is a major cause of mortality, especially to those under the age of 5 years-old. To …

[PDF][PDF] Process and methodological considerations for observational analyses of vector control interventions in sub-Saharan Africa using routine malaria data

SM Burnett, KM Davis, G Assefa… - … Journal of Tropical …, 2023 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Progress in malaria control has stalled in recent years. With growing resistance to existing
malaria vector control insecticides and the introduction of new vector control products …

The non-inferiority of piperonyl-butoxide Yorkool® G3 insecticide-treated nets compared to Olyset®Plus measured by Anopheles arabiensis mortality in experimental …

OG Odufuwa, MS Maasayi, E Mbuba, W Ntabaliba… - Malaria journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Non-inferiority trials are recommended by the World Health Organization
(WHO) to demonstrate that health products show comparable efficacy to that of existing …

Effectiveness of three-year old piperonyl butoxide and pyrethroid-treated long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) versus pyrethroid-only LLINs against malaria infection …

N Protopopoff, JF Mosha, LA Messenger, E Lukole… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background After decades of success in reducing malaria through the scale-up of pyrethroid
long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), malaria decline has stalled, coinciding with the rapid …

An Investment Case for the Scale-up and Use of Insecticide-Treated Nets Halfway into the SDG Targets

R Shretta, RN Anye - Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023 - cambridge.org
This article examines a policy of scaling up LLINs by 10 percentage points from 2020 levels
with a 90% cap in the 29 highest-burden countries in Africa along with social and behavioral …

Cost of the national malaria control program and cost-effectiveness of indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated bed net interventions in two districts of …

VTA Andrianantoandro, M Audibert, T Kesteman… - Cost Effectiveness and …, 2024 - Springer
Madagascar has made significant progress in the fight against malaria. However, the
number of malaria cases yearly increased since 2012. ITNs and IRS are key interventions …

[PDF][PDF] Historical global health R&D “hits”

B Tsai, E Braid, M Basnak - 2023 - rethinkpriorities.org
Executive summary In this report, we attempted to reconstruct the development story behind
five global health R&D hits of the last two decades, four types of antimalarial treatments and …

[PDF][PDF] best investments for the sdg s

R Shretta, R Ngwafor - copenhagenconsensus.com
Between 2000 and 2015, malaria case incidence decreased by 37% globally, and malaria
mortality rates decreased by 60%. Investments in malaria interventions have played a large …

[HTML][HTML] Historical Global Health R&D “hits”: Development, main sources of funding, and impact

B Tsai, E Braid, M Basnak - rethinkpriorities.org
Executive summary In this report, we attempted to reconstruct the development story behind
five global health R&D hits of the last two decades, four types of antimalarial treatments and …

Malaria among the elderly in five communities of Osun East district, Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and association with non-communicable diseases

IS Bello, TO Olajubu, OO Osundiya… - SAGE Open …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The level of immunity against pathogens decreases with old age. As a result, the
elderly may be regarded to be at increased risk of malaria morbidity and fatality. There is …