Global consumption and international trade in deforestation-associated commodities could influence malaria risk

LSM Chaves, J Fry, A Malik, A Geschke… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Deforestation can increase the transmission of malaria. Here, we build upon the existing link
between malaria risk and deforestation by investigating how the global demand for …

[PDF][PDF] Preliminary study on mosquito repellent and mosquitocidal activities of Ocimum gratissimum (L.) grown in eastern Nigeria

ET Oparaocha, I Iwu, JE Ahanaku - Journal of Vector Borne …, 2010 - researchgate.net
Background & objectives: The study examined the mosquito-repellent and mosquitocidal
activities of the volatile oil of Ocimum gratissimum at three different locations (World Bank …

Landscape and Socioeconomic Factors Determine Malaria Incidence in Tropical Forest Countries

A Bailey, PR Prist - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Deforestation, landscape dynamics, and socioeconomic factors within the tropical Americas,
Africa, and Asia may have different impacts on malaria incidence. To evaluate how these …

Spatio-temporal analysis of environmental and climatic factors impacts on malaria morbidity in Ondo State, Nigeria

DE Ekpa, EA Salubi, JA Olusola, D Akintade - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This study examined the spatio-temporal dynamics of malaria epidemiological patterns
considering environmental (vegetation, water bodies, slope, elevation) and climatic factors …

[PDF][PDF] The Insecticidal Efficacy of the Extracts of Piper nigrum (Black Pepper) and Curcuma longa (Turmeric) in the Control of Anopheles gambiae Giles (Dip …

KA Kemabonta, OI Adediran… - Jordan Journal of …, 2018 - academia.edu
The use of botanicals as alternatives to synthetic insecticides offers a more environmentally
friendly method of insect control. The current study evaluated the toxic effects of the essential …

Spatial spillovers and the relationship between deforestation and malaria: evidence from the Peruvian Amazon

J Aguirre, P Rojas, TE Yu, J Yenerall - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Of all forest species that transmit disease to humans, mosquitoes are considered the most
responsive to ecosystem changes caused by deforestation. This study examines the …

[PDF][PDF] 52 Eco-psychiatry: Culture, Mental Health and Ecology with Special Reference to India.”

AN Chowdhury, S Jadhav - 2012 - researchgate.net
The term Ecopsychiatry was coined in the late 1970s by the American Psychiatric
Association. Conceptually it means the application of ecological construct in the study and …

[PDF][PDF] Ecto-and intestinal parasitic fauna of domestic dogs in two rural areas of Ebonyi State, Nigeria: Public Health Zoonotic Jeopardy

MO Elom, MN Alo, A Nworie, VU Usanga… - Journal of Entomology …, 2015 - academia.edu
Parasitic zoonoses are of public health importance and can be maintained in a community
through anthropozoonoses, zooanthroponoses and amphixenoses. A total of 100 domestic …

Improved infant hemoglobin (Hb) and blood glucose concentrations: The beneficial effect of maternal vitamin A supplementation of malaria-infected mothers in Ebonyi …

MO Elom, JE Eyo, FC Okafor, A Nworie… - … and Global Health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
One hundred and fifty-two malaria-infected pregnant women whose pregnancies had
advanced to the 6th month were randomised into two study groups–supplemented and …

[PDF][PDF] Vitamin A supplementation of malaria-infected pregnant women and infant birth weight outcomes a case study of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

MO Elom, FC Okafor, JE Eyo - 2014 - researchgate.net
A total of 152 malaria parasitaemic pregnant women of varying ages and gravidities, whose
pregnancies had advanced up to the 6th months and above, were enrolled in the study …