Is Nigeria winning the battle against malaria? Prevalence, risk factors and KAP assessment among Hausa communities in Kano State

S Dawaki, HM Al-Mekhlafi, I Ithoi, J Ibrahim… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Background Malaria is one of the most severe global public health problems worldwide,
particularly in Africa, where Nigeria has the greatest number of malaria cases. This …

Malaria rapid diagnostic tests and malaria microscopy for guiding malaria treatment of uncomplicated fevers in Nigeria and prereferral cases in 3 African countries

CO Falade, IOO Ajayi, J Nsungwa-Sabiiti… - Clinical infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background The World Health Organization recommends that malaria treatment be based
on demonstration of the infecting Plasmodium parasite specie. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests …

[HTML][HTML] Severe malaria in Cameroon: Pattern of disease in children at the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric hospital

A Chiabi, ANM Djimafo, S Nguefack, E Mah… - Journal of infection and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and objective Malaria is the most widely spread parasitic disease in the world,
especially in the tropics affecting mostly children and pregnant women. In children, mostly …

Status of the use and compliance with malaria rapid diagnostic tests in formal private health facilities in Nigeria

OA Mokuolu, GN Ntadom, OO Ajumobi, RA Alero… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Background Nigeria has the largest number of malaria-related deaths, accounting for a third
of global malaria deaths. It is important that the country attains universal coverage of key …

[HTML][HTML] High value of rapid diagnostic tests to diagnose malaria within children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

W Zhu, XX Ling, W Shang, Y Du, J Liu… - Journal of Global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
High value of rapid diagnostic tests to diagnose malaria within children: A systematic review
and meta-analysis - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo Access keys NCBI …

Global emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2015

TK Becker, B Hansoti, S Bartels… - Academic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives The Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) conducts
an annual search of peer‐reviewed and gray literature relevant to global emergency …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative assessment of microscopy and rapid diagnostic test (RDT) as malaria diagnostic tools

OT Oyeyemi, AF Ogunlade… - Research Journal of …, 2015 - academia.edu
Management of malaria requires prompt diagnosis of malaria by microscopy, Rapid
Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), or other available tools. The aim of this study was to compare the …

Asymptomatic malaria infections and Pfmdr1 mutations in an endemic area of Nigeria

TM Dokunmu, CU Adjekukor, OF Yakubu, AO Bello… - Malaria Journal, 2019 - Springer
Background Malaria eradication globally is yet to be achieved and transmission is sustained
in many endemic countries. Plasmodium falciparum continues to develop resistance to …

Evaluation of four malaria rapid diagnostic test kits used at the Enyiresi Government Hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana

SA Domfeh, BY Darkwa, RK Gablah… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microscopic identification of Plasmodium spp. is the gold standard for malaria diagnosis.
However, malaria rapid diagnostic test kits are also available for prompt diagnosis. This …

Compliance with malaria rapid diagnostic testing by community health workers in 3 malaria-endemic countries of sub-Saharan Africa: an observational study

J Singlovic, IOO Ajayi, J Nsungwa-Sabiiti… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background The World Health Organization recommends that all malaria management be
based on parasitological identification. We monitored performance of trained community …