Diagnostic de malaria chez le praticien: comment gérer (Publications)
Malaria is the disease to exclude when dealing with a patient coming back from an endemic area with fever. We need reliable diagnostic tools with negative likelihood ratio (LR-) close to zero (-> high [...] 08 (estimated in a meta-analysis of RDT in non-immune travelers), the probability of falciparum malaria is 1% after a negative RDT. When the RDT is positive, the patient should always be treated with an
Meta-analysis: accuracy of rapid tests for malaria in travelers returning from endemic areas (Publications)
PURPOSE: To determine the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for ruling out malaria in nonimmune travelers returning from malaria-endemic areas. DATA SOURCES: The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CAB Health [...] diagnosis of P. malariae or P. ovale were close to 1.0 for both types of tests. In febrile travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa, the typical probability of P. falciparum malaria is estimated at [...] of rapid diagnostic tests improves outcomes in returning travelers with...
Only One Third of Children Receive Appropriate Malaria Care (News)
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in nine sub-Saharan countries. Major gaps in malaria care in children According to the clinical guidelines, all children with malaria should receive a malaria blood test as well as an appropriate antimalarial [...] (WHO) has called for a renewed focus on malaria ( World Malaria Report 2019 ), including improved and better-enforced guidelines for the clinical management of the disease. To gain more insights regarding [...] at a health facility for treatment. Although 80% of children diagnosed...
Improved Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Tanzania (News)
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more sustainable malaria interventions, both physically and economically. "More than 2 billion ITNs have been procured for public health. They are an incredibly important aspect of malaria control that have [...] Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) are the most widely adopted preventive measure against malaria. ITNs work by both preventing bites and killing mosquitoes that are searching for humans at night. ITNs [...] ITNs, and in particular long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), represent a...
Mathematical Modelling to Inform Next-Generation Malaria Interventions (News)
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With increasing threats of malaria drug and insecticide resistance, there is now a need for novel malaria interventions to improve public health. According to the study published in Communications Medicine [...] inform decision-making around malaria interventions, integrating modelling evidence is equally as important. “Modeling evidence can guide and accelerate development of new malaria vaccines, monoclonal antibodies [...] medical interventions for malaria prevention, guided by reference...
Field Malaria Courses in Tanzania and in Lao PDR | Swiss TPH (Page)
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Field Malaria Courses in Tanzania and in Lao PDR: Four-Week Postgraduate Courses on Malaria Prevention, Control & Elimination Course Description The objectives of the course are to build capacity by r [...] in the field of malaria and to improve skills in time management, presenting and writing research proposals. At the end of the course, the participants should be able to manage malaria issues more effectively [...] Group: Only applicants from African malaria affected-countries were considered...
Starting at the community: treatment seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda (Publications)
five years with suspected severe malaria. Methods: An observational study in Uganda enrolled children below five years presenting to CHWs with signs of severe malaria. Children were followed up 28 days [...] Introduction: Community health workers (CHW) usually refer children with suspected severe malaria to the nearest public health facility or a designated public referral health facility (RHF). Caregivers
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Page)
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achieved in the global fight against malaria. In the last decades, 7.6 million malaria deaths have been prevented and over 20 countries have been declared malaria-free . Furthermore, a new group of 26 [...] the potential to eliminate malaria by 2025. This shows that a world without malaria could become reality in just one generation. Meanwhile, progress in the fight against malaria has stagnated . To ensure [...] Corona virus on malaria control. Among other things, measures were taken to...
PATH Malaria Vaccine Modelling (Projects)
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RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) is the world’s first malaria vaccine shown to provide partial protection against malaria in young children. In October 2021, WHO recommended widespread use of RTS,S among children in [...] in regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. This recommendation is based on a Phase 3 trial completed in Africa in 2015 and the implementation programme in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi [...] we provided modelling evidence to support this recommendation and continued to...