Social and cultural aspects of 'malaria' and its control in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A sound local understanding of preventive measures and health-seeking behaviour is important for the effective control of malaria. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, at
HIV infection disrupts the sympatric host-pathogen relationship in human tuberculosis (Publications)
The phylogeographic population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis suggests local adaptation to sympatric human populations. We hypothesized that HIV infection, which induces immunodeficiency, wil
Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: rationale for and challenges of guidance development (Publications)
In the first paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch and colleagues examine how guidance is currently formulated in low- and middle-income countries, and the ch
Reduction in the proportion of fevers associated with <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasitaemia in Africa: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is almost invariably ranked as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. There is growing evidence of a decline in malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality over
Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Successful malaria vector control depends on understanding behavioural interactions between mosquitoes and humans, which are highly setting-specific and may have characteristic features in
Bayesian geostatistical modeling of Malaria Indicator Survey data in Angola (Publications)
The 2006-2007 Angola Malaria Indicator Survey (AMIS) is the first nationally representative household survey in the country assessing coverage of the key malaria control interventions and measuring ma
