Simple plots of data show that malaria has a negative correlation with national income per capita, whether looking … equilibrium characterized by low income and high malaria, to a new equilibrium with higher income and lower rates of malaria. This … chains: (a) the ability for decreases in malaria to increase income, (b) the ability for increases in income to reduce …

models of malaria elimination through this internet platform will maximize its potential as an educational and public health …Background: Unprecedented efforts are underway to eliminate malaria. Mathematical modelling can help to determine the … optical strategies for malaria elimination in different epidemiological settings. This is necessary as there is limited scope …

Background: Most Ministries of Health across Africa invest substantial resouces in some form of health management … health facilities nationwide. Despite the expense of these systems, poor data coverage means they are rarely, if ever, used … evaluated. Here, we present a new approach that, for the first time, allows national changes in health service use during a time …

retail sector', Malaria Journal, 4: 36. [This article is available from: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/4 …

Background: Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) provide real hope for the reduction of the malaria burden across Africa … net use in rural Kenya', Malaria Journal, 5: 5. [This article is available from: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/5 …

Background: As international efforts to increase the coverage of artemisinin-based combination therapy in public health … number of fevers likely to present to public health facilities in Africa and the estimated number of these fevers likely to … be infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites.Methods and findings: We assembled first administrative …

Risk maps estimating the spatial distribution of infectious diseases are required to guide public health policy from … falciparum malaria prevalence and populations at risk via efficient space-time geostatistical joint simulation', PLoS Comput Biol …

Background: The efficient allocation of financial resources for malaria control using appropriate combinations of … interventions requires accurate information on the geographic distribution of malaria risk. An evidence-based description of the … global range of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and its endemicity has not been assembled in almost 40 y. This paper aims to …

malaria risks, and mass indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides that had been done there by government-sponsored health … controlling and eliminating malaria from the planet. This renewed emphasis on elimination is reminiscent of a previous worldwide … campaign to eradicate malaria in the 1960s, a campaign which ultimately failed. To avoid a repeat of the past, mechanisms must …

The United States Agency of International Development (USAID) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have relied … heavily on the distribution of bednets to curb malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, WHO has recently recommended a … have negative impacts on both the environment and human health. This master’s project addresses two issues of concern for …