About 14% of the global burden of disease has been attributed to neuropsychiatric
disorders, mostly due to the chronically disabling nature of depression and other common …

We are facing interwoven global threats to public health and ecosystem function that reveal
the intrinsic connections between human and wildlife health. These challenges are …

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world's leading medical
anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science …

Background Over the past 20 years, numerous studies have investigated the ecology and
behaviour of malaria vectors and Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission on the coast …

Background A clear understanding of the effects of housing structure, education, occupation,
income, and wealth on malaria can help to better design socioeconomic interventions to …

Objective To review the evidence on the link between malaria and poverty. Methods Review
of the published and grey literature to identify (i) the data available on the socio‐economic …

Control of aquatic‐stage Anopheles is one of the oldest and most historically successful
interventions to prevent malaria, but it has seen little application in Africa. Consequently, the …

Abstract Background The Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus mosquito species
complexes are the primary vectors of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa …

Background Successful malaria vector control depends on understanding behavioural
interactions between mosquitoes and humans, which are highly setting-specific and may …

Background Capacity strengthening of rural communities, and the various actors that
support them, is needed to enable them to lead their own malaria control programmes. Here …