The countries that are at high risk for malaria are Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Gui...
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To illustrate where these high and low pockets continue to be most pervasive and how their rates of change contribute to maintaining this relative status, we overlaid the highest and lowest deciles for prevalence (Fig. 1a,b) and AROCs (Fig. 1d) for overall anemia among WRA across LMICs to...
that target this early window include balanced supplementation with protein, iron and folic acid for pregnant women and women of child-bearing age, and intermittent preventive administration of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine to pregnant women in regions of Africa with high rates of malaria transmission56,...
Though some countries have entered the phase of malaria elimination, progress in malaria control has recently been stagnated due to limited resources [2]. Some countries and regions are still confronted with a high burden of malaria, mainly in Africa and South Asia. It is estimated that the ...
On the health front, South Sudan struggles with outbreaks of diseases like cholera, malaria, and measles. The healthcare system is under severe strain, and medical facilities are limited, adding more risk for travelers. With a weak central government and ineffective law enforcement, much of South...
It is important to note that although the GBD 2021 data used in this study employs different estimation methods compared to those of the WHO, the estimates are consistent [13]. The study found that young people in India, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are at a high risk of ...
At high altitudes During cooler seasons in some areas In deserts (excluding the oases) In some islands in the Pacific Ocean, which have no localAnophelesspecies capable of transmitting malaria In some countries where transmission has been interrupted through successful eradication. ...
Sunguya BF, Mlunde LB, Ayer R, Jimba M. Towards eliminating malaria in high endemic countries: the roles of community health workers and related cadres and their challenges in integrated community case man- agement for malaria: a systematic review. Malar J. 2017;16:10....
Since 1984, the DHS program has conducted nationally representative household surveys in LMICs, covering a wide range of topics such as family planning, maternal and child health, malaria, nutrition, and environmental health. In this study, we included the 141 surveys, conducted in 51 LMICs, ...