Despite these encouraging statistics, the burden of malaria in Africa remains high. One area of malaria control which has been neglected is malaria transmission through blood transfusion. In sub-Saharan African (SSA), little is known about the burden of transfusion transmitted malaria (TTM) and ...
1 Malaria, a Pending Problem in Sub-Saharan Africa Omolade O. Okwa Department of Zoology, Parasitology Unit, Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos, Nigeria 1. Introduction Human Malaria is still a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa and the risk exists throughout the region. It is a real...
The Potential Impact of Health Service Disruptions on the Burden of Malaria: A Modelling Analysis for Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa 1–44 (WHO, 2020); https://www.who.int/publications-detail/the-potential-impact-of-health-service-disruptions-on-the-burden-of-malaria Hogan, A. B. et al...
the declared goal of halving the global malaria burden, there was much talk that was eventually (by ~2005) followed by resources and country-led action in scale up of malaria control, notably in sub-Saharan African countries, that has achieved the anticipated burden reduction in many nations. ...
Reducing the burden of malaria in pregnancy by preventive strategies Summary Malaria is one of the most common and preventable causes of adverse birth outcomes. In Africa, important progress has been made in the past decade ... Clara,Menéndez,and,... - 《Lancet Infectious Diseases》 被引量:...
The burden of malaria is increasing, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, because of drug and insecticide resistance and social and environmental changes. Thus, there is an urgent need for vaccines, new drugs and insecticides. Parasite, mosquito and human genome projects are helping in the search for...
The recently reported declining burden of malaria in some African countries has been attributed to scaling-up of different interventions although in some areas, these changes started before implementation of major interventions. This study assessed the l
The present and future global burden of the inherited disorders of hemoglobin. Hematol. Oncol. Clin. North Am. 30, 327–341 (2016). PubMed Google Scholar Elguero, E. et al. Malaria continues to select for sickle cell trait in Central Africa. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 112, 7051–...
In 2013, the FDA announced it had developed ahandheld device to screen counterfeit malaria pillsthat it would test in Africa, in the hopes it could have more widespread use. The global disease burden and problems with existing drugs have in part led to ramped-up efforts to find an effective...
Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Their Prevalence, Distribution, and Disease Burden The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common conditions affecting the poorest 500 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and toge... PJ Hotez,A Kamath,M ...