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Tag Archives: sub saharan africa
Interactions between Global Health Initiatives and Country Health Systems: The Case of a Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program in Mali
Author Summary Prevention of neglected tropical diseases was recently significantly scaled up in sub-Saharan Africa, protecting entire populations with mass distribution of drugs: five different diseases are now addressed simultaneously with a package of four drugs. Some argue however that, … Continue reading
Posted in Neglected tropical disease
Tagged Health, Health care, mali, Medicine, Neglected diseases, ntd, sub saharan africa, tropical disease
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?
In the first article in a series on maternal, newborn, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa, Joy Lawn and colleagues outline where and why deaths among mothers and children occur and what known interventions can be employed to prevent these … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Aid and Development, Business and Economy, Child Health, Economic Development, Health, Joy Lawn, sub saharan africa
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Poverty and fever vulnerability in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis
Background: Malaria remains a major public health problem in Sub Saharan Africa, where widespread poverty also contribute to the burden of the disease. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between the prevalence of childhood fever and socioeconomic factors … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria
Tagged Africa, Conditions and Diseases, Health, Infectious disease, Malaria, Poverty, Public health, sub saharan africa
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Reduction in the proportion of fevers associated with Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in Africa: a systematic review
Image via Wikipedia Background: Malaria is almost invariably ranked as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. There is growing evidence of a decline in malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality over the last decades, especially so in East … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria
Tagged Africa, Conditions and Diseases, east africa, Health, Infectious disease, Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, sub saharan africa
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Population genetic structure of the malaria vector Anopheles nili in sub-Saharan Africa
Background: Anopheles nili is a widespread efficient vector of human malaria parasites in the humid savannas and forested areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding An. nili population structure and gene flow patterns could be useful for the development of locally-adapted vector … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria
Tagged Africa, Biology, burkina faso, central africa, democratic republic of congo, Gene, Genetics, sub saharan africa
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Randomised Controlled Double-Blind Non-Inferiority Trial of Two Antivenoms for Saw-Scaled or Carpet Viper (Echis ocellatus) Envenoming in Nigeria
Image via Wikipedia Author Summary Snake bite threatens millions of poor rural folk throughout Africa. In Nigeria, as in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, it takes a terrible toll on human life and limb. Over the years, the news for … Continue reading
Posted in Neglected tropical disease
Tagged adverse reactions, Africa, african savannah, Antivenom, Blood, Business and Economy, carpet, consequence, Human, icp, inferiority, life and limb, marketing, morbidity and mortality, Nigeria, snake bite, Snakebite, sub saharan africa, wikipedia
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The majority of fevers in African children are not caused by malaria
In 2007, an estimated 656 million fevers occurred in African children aged 0-4 years, with 78 million children of the 183 million attending a public health care facility likely to have been infected with P. falciparum (range 60-103 million), the … Continue reading
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Tagged atlas project, childhood fevers, combination therapy, diagnostic testing, falciparum, fever, geographical information system, health care facility, international efforts, Malaria, modelling system, multinational team, parasite, prevalence, public clinics, public health care, public health sectors, sub saharan africa, system model, wellcome trust
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