Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

RGA Feachem, I Chen, O Akbari, A Bertozzi-Villa… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary 50 years after a noble but flawed attempt to eradicate malaria in the mid-
20th century, the global malaria community is once again seriously considering eradication …

Therapeutical utilization and repurposing of artemisinin and its derivatives: a narrative review

L Guan, H Wang, X Xu, H Fan - Advanced Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Artemisinin (ART) and its derivatives have great therapeutical utility as antimalarials and can
be repurposed for other indications, such as viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining a new model of acute stroke care: a mixed-method process evaluation of the Melbourne mobile stroke unit

KL Bagot, T Purvis, S Hancock, H Zhao… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-
hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are …

Mathematical modelling to guide drug development for malaria elimination

HC Slater, LC Okell, AC Ghani - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Mathematical models of the dynamics of a drug within the host are now frequently used to
guide drug development. These generally focus on assessing the efficacy and duration of …

Epidemics, Lockdown measures and vulnerable populations: a mixed-methods systematic review of the Evidence of Impacts on Mother and Child Health in Low-and …

G Russo, TS Jesus, K Deane… - … Journal of Health …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The aim of this research was to synthetise the existing evidence on the impact
of epidemic-related lockdown measures on women and children's health in low-and lower …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling in real time during the Ebola response

MI Meltzer - MMWR supplements, 2016 - cdc.gov
To aid decision-making during CDC's response to the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease
(Ebola) epidemic in West Africa, CDC activated a Modeling Task Force to generate …

Best practice assessment of disease modelling for infectious disease outbreaks

ZF Dembek, T Chekol, A Wu - Epidemiology & Infection, 2018 - cambridge.org
During emerging disease outbreaks, public health, emergency management officials and
decision-makers increasingly rely on epidemiological models to forecast outbreak …

[HTML][HTML] Economic evaluations of interventions against viral pandemics: a scoping review

MK Rasmussen, C Kronborg, I Fasterholdt, K Kidholm - Public Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has led to suggestions that cost-effectiveness analyses
should adopt a broader perspective when estimating costs. This review aims to provide an …

The contribution of biological, mathematical, clinical, engineering and social sciences to combatting the West African Ebola epidemic

CJM Whitty - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The tragic West African Ebola epidemic claimed many lives, but would have been worse still
if scientific insights from many disciplines had not been integrated to create a strong …

Costs and benefits of interventions aimed at major infectious disease threats: lessons from the literature

K Kellerborg, W Brouwer, P van Baal - The European Journal of Health …, 2020 - Springer
Pandemics and major outbreaks have the potential to cause large health losses and major
economic costs. To prioritize between preventive and responsive interventions, it is …