Routine data for malaria morbidity estimation in Africa: challenges and prospects

VA Alegana, EA Okiro, RW Snow - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background The burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa remains challenging to measure
relying on epidemiological modelling to evaluate the impact of investments and providing an …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in school-aged children and pregnant women in endemic settings of sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta …

G Makenga, S Menon, V Baraka, DTR Minja… - Parasite Epidemiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite increased malaria control efforts, school-aged children (5–14 years) have higher a
malaria prevalence compared to children under-five. In high-transmission settings, up to …

Sub-national stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania: a simplified assembly of survey and routine data

SG Thawer, F Chacky, M Runge, E Reaves, R Mandike… - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Recent malaria control efforts in mainland Tanzania have led to progressive
changes in the prevalence of malaria infection in children, from 18.1%(2008) to 7.3%(2017) …

Epidemiology of malaria among pregnant women during their first antenatal clinic visit in the middle belt of Ghana: a cross sectional study

DK Dosoo, D Chandramohan, D Atibilla, FB Oppong… - Malaria Journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Malaria during pregnancy may result in unfavourable outcomes in both mothers
and their foetuses. This study sought to document the current burden and factors associated …

Spatio-temporal modelling of routine health facility data for malaria risk micro-stratification in mainland Tanzania

SG Thawer, M Golumbeanu, S Lazaro, F Chacky… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
As malaria transmission declines, the need to monitor the heterogeneity of malaria risk at
finer scales becomes critical to guide community-based targeted interventions. Although …

Detecting temporal and spatial malaria patterns from first antenatal care visits

A Pujol, N Brokhattingen, G Matambisso… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pregnant women attending first antenatal care (ANC) visits represent a promising malaria
surveillance target in Sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the spatio-temporal relationship …

Using antenatal care as a platform for malaria surveillance data collection: study protocol

JR Gutman, JN Mwesigwa, K Arnett, C Kangale… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background While many malaria-endemic countries have health management information
systems that can measure and report malaria trends in a timely manner, these routine …

Women attending antenatal care as a sentinel surveillance population for malaria in Geita region, Tanzania: feasibility and acceptability to women and providers

C Emerson, S Ulimboka, R Lemwayi, A Kinyina… - Malaria journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Measurement of malaria prevalence is conventionally estimated through
infrequent cross-sectional household surveys that do not provide continuous information …

[HTML][HTML] Bayesian spatiotemporal modeling of routinely collected data to assess the effect of health programs in malaria incidence during pregnancy in Burkina Faso

T Rouamba, S Samadoulougou, H Tinto, VA Alegana… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Control of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) remains a major challenge in Burkina Faso.
Surveillance of the burden due to MiP based on routinely collected data at a fine-scale level …

Malaria prevalence in symptomatic and asymptomatic pregnant women in a high malaria-burden state in India

S Garg, M Dewangan, O Barman - Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Malaria in pregnancy ('MiP') poses risks to mother, foetus and newborn.
Studies from Africa and Asia have reported high prevalence of 'MiP'and recommended …