This study assessed the burden of malaria infection among individuals with varying blood groups seeking treatment at selected hospitals in Kenya. Methods:A total of 366 samples from an ongoing malaria surveillance study were diagnosed for malaria by microscopy and further typed for blood group using ...
Effect of antenatal iron on maternal malaria burden in Kenya Journal Reactions Weekly Volume 1570, Issue 1 , p 9 Cover Date 2015-09 DOI 10.1007/s40278-015-5581-8 Print ISSN 0114-9954 Online ISSN 1179-2051 Publisher Springer International Publishing Additional Links Register for Journal Updates...
We would like to point out that there has been a widespread fall in malaria transmission across the African continent, documented in a number of countries including Kenya2, Tanzania3 4, Mozambique5, Swaziland5, South Africa5, Guinea Bissau6 and Eritrea7. This trend is probably due to multitud...
NAIROBI, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday unveiled a new malaria vaccine called RTS,S that will be piloted in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi next year to gauge its efficacy and safety. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in Nairobi, WHO Regional Director for Afric...
they have produced a wealth of new observations about the basic biology of malaria parasites, and it is likely that these will eventually lead to new therapeutic approaches. This review will focus on the basic research discoveries that have depended, in part, on the availability of thePlasmodium...
Last year, the Kenyan government launched a mass net distribution campaign in 27 counties with the highest burden of malaria, and gave out 16 million "long lasting treated nets" to households in May-December, Kagwe said. Malaria remains a major cause of sickness and death in Kenya and is th...
Log in Learn about institutional subscriptions Read our FAQs Contact customer support Data availability All data are available in the main text or in theSupplementary Information. Primary individual-level de-identified data for the Kilifi, Kenya; Entebbe, Uganda; Banfora, Burkina Faso; and West Ki...
Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of Bangladesh p pBackground/p pMalaria is a major public health burden in Southeastern Bangladesh, particularly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. Malaria is endemic ... U Haque,RJS Magalhães,HL Reid,... - 《Malaria Journal》 被...
Waqo said total malaria funding in Kenya averages 270 million U.S. dollars for a three-year period and with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria being a significant donor. He said that reliance on foreign donors to fight malaria could reverse the gains already achieved. ...
provide a market for them from a combined population of more than 260 million people. According to Kagwe, the EAC countries -- Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania -- contribute a significant proportion of the malaria burden worldwide....