Improving socioeconomic status may reduce the burden of malaria in sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Degarege, K Fennie, D Degarege, S Chennupati… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background A clear understanding of the effects of housing structure, education, occupation,
income, and wealth on malaria can help to better design socioeconomic interventions to …

Effectiveness of health education interventions to improve malaria knowledge and insecticide-treated nets usage among populations of sub-Saharan Africa …

OM Onyinyechi, AIN Mohd Nazan… - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Malaria health education intervention is a community-directed approach that
has long been considered important in preventing malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. However …

Malaria infection among children under-five: the use of large-scale interventions in Ghana

C Afoakwah, X Deng, I Onur - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite the significant investments to control malaria infection rates over the
past years, infection rates remain significant in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigates …

Determinants of Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices among Schoolgirls: A Cross‐Sectional Study in the Savannah Region of Ghana

MN Asumah, A Abubakari… - Infectious diseases in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Menstruation is crucial in the reproductive lives of all women. The advent of
menses in most settings is accompanied by physical and psychological health, religious …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in school-aged children and pregnant women in endemic settings of sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta …

G Makenga, S Menon, V Baraka, DTR Minja… - Parasite Epidemiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite increased malaria control efforts, school-aged children (5–14 years) have higher a
malaria prevalence compared to children under-five. In high-transmission settings, up to …

Reimagining malaria: five reasons to strengthen community engagement in the lead up to malaria elimination

M Whittaker, C Smith - Malaria Journal, 2015 - Springer
Although community engagement has been recognized as an important element of public
health since the Alma Ata declaration, in practice community engagement has played a …

[HTML][HTML] Seroepidemiological and biomolecular survey on Toxoplasma gondii in Sardinian wild boar (Sus scrofa)

MF Sini, M Manconi, A Varcasia, G Massei… - Food and waterborne …, 2024 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite able of infecting all warm-blooded animals.
Toxoplasmosis is one of the major foodborne diseases globally. The consumption of wild …

An innovative ecohealth intervention for Chagas disease vector control in Yucatan, Mexico

E Waleckx, J Camara-Mejia… - Transactions of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Non-domiciliated (intrusive) triatomine vectors remain a challenge for the
sustainability of Chagas disease vector control as these triatomines are able to transiently …

[PDF][PDF] A qualitative study on status of implementation of school health programme in South Western Nigeria: implications for healthy living of school age children in …

OM Ademokun, KO Osungbade, TA Obembe - Am J Educ Res, 2014 - Citeseer
Over the past decade, effective school health programme has attracted much attention in
addressing various issues pertaining to school age children. This study assessed the …

Leveraging mobile phones to improve malaria healthcare service delivery in Buhera rural communities: implications for practice and policy

E Mbunge, RC Millham, MN Sibiya… - Behaviour & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria remains a public health burden in many sub-Saharan African countries. Integrating
mobile phones to reduce the burden is inevitable as they assist in reporting malaria …