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Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu District, Kenya
(2008-05-23)
Abstract
Background
Ethnobotanical pharmacopoeia is confidently used in disease intervention and there is need for documentation ...
A qualitative study of the feasibility and community perception on the effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine use in the context of home management of malaria in south-west Nigeria
(2008-06-01)
Abstract
Background
In Nigeria ACT use at the community level has not been evaluated and the use of antimalarial drugs (commonly ...
The content of African diets is adequate to achieve optimal efficacy with fixed-dose artemether-lumefantrine: a review of the evidence
(2008-11-25)
Abstract
A fixed-dose combination of artemether-lumefantrine (AL, Artemas®) has shown high efficacy, good tolerability and cost-effectiveness in adults and children with uncomplicated malaria caused by Plasmodium ...
Host choice and multiple blood feeding behaviour of malaria vectors and other anophelines in Mwea rice scheme, Kenya
(2008-02-29)
BACKGROUND:
Studies were conducted between April 2004 and February 2006 to determine the blood-feeding pattern of Anopheles mosquitoes in Mwea Kenya.
METHODS:
Samples were collected indoors by pyrethrum spay catch ...
Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax malaria in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
(2008-10-29)
Abstract
Background
Plasmodium vivax accounts for about 40% of all malaria infection in Ethiopia. Chloroquine (CQ) is the ...
Costs and cost-effectiveness of delivering intermittent preventive treatment for malaria through schools in western Kenya
(2008-09-30)
Abstract
Background
Awareness of the potential impact of malaria among school-age children has stimulated investigation into malaria interventions that can be delivered ...
Malaria vector control practices in an irrigated rice agro-ecosystem in central Kenya and implications for malaria control
(2008-07-31)
Abstract
Background
Malaria transmission in most agricultural ecosystems is complex and hence the need for developing a holistic ...
A strategy to improve skills in pharmaceutical supply management in East Africa: the Regional Technical Resource Collaboration for Pharmaceutical Management
(2008-12-23)
Abstract
Background
International initiatives such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the President's ...
Feasibility and acceptability of artemisinin-based combination therapy for the home management of malaria in four African sites
(2008-01-08)
Abstract
Background
The Home Management of Malaria (HMM) strategy was developed using chloroquine, a now obsolete drug, which has ...