Tod am Kilombero : Tanners Kampf gegen Malaria [TV Broadcast] (Publications)
Afrika ein Kind an Malaria, weltweit sind es Jahr für Jahr bis zu drei Millionen Menschen. Der Kampf gegen den grössten Killer der dritten Welt scheint aussichtslos. Und doch hat die Malaria einen hartnäckigen [...] einer seiner Malaria-Missionen an den Kilombero begeleitet. Der Fluss im Südwesten Tansanias verwandelt nach jeder Regenzeit ein Gebiet, so gross wie die Westschweiz, in eine wahre Malaria-Hölle. Wer hier [...] hier (über-) lebt, muss jährlich weit über 1'000 Malaria-infizierte...
Marcel Tanner – Malaria jetzt ausrotten! [Radio Broadcast] (Publications)
Immer noch sterben jährlich 600'000 Menschen an Malaria. In den letzten Jahren sind aber die Fortschritte im Kampf gegen die Krankheit enorm. «Wir können die Krankheit ausrotten», sagt Marcel Tanner, Präsident
The impact of indoor residual spraying with malathion on malaria in refugee camps in eastern Sudan (Publications)
putative malaria patients were examined for parasites by PCR. Mortality rates in the 3 months following spraying were significantly lower in sprayed camps although differences in clinical malaria incidence
Opportunities and limiting factors of intensive vegetable farming in malaria endemic Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
14-15 days, with malaria accounting for 8-9 days (58%), confirming that malaria is the most important disease in this setting. There was a large heterogeneity among farmers, with malaria-related work losses [...] advance. The purpose of this study is to assess and quantify the effect of ill health, particularly malaria, on the performance of farm activity, with an emphasis on drip-irrigated vegetable farming in rural [...] revenues. During a single cabbage production cycle, those farmers who...
Low recovery rates stabilize malaria endemicity in areas of low transmission in coastal Kenya (Publications)
were commonplace and one of the major contributors for the stability of malaria in these sites. Using mechanistic models of malaria transmission, we found that the association of high prevalence and low [...] The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in African communities can be high and stable even in areas of relatively low transmission where people expose to only a few infectious bites per year. We [...] low transmission could be due to low recovery rates. Therefore, significant...