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Impact of polyparasitic infections on anemia and undernutrition among Kenyan children living in a Schistosoma haematobium-endemic area
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)
We measured prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium, Wuchereria bancrofti,Plasmodium falciparum, hookworm, and other geohelminths among school-aged children in four endemic villages in Kwale County, Kenya and explored the ...
Birthweight in offspring of mothers with high prevalence of helminth and malaria infection in coastal Kenya
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)
Results of studies on the associations of maternal helminth infection and malaria-helminth co-infection on birth outcomes have been mixed. A group of 696 pregnant women from the Kwale district in Kenya were recruited and ...
Potential for autoimmune pathogenesis of Rift Valley Fever virus retinitis
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a significant threat to human health because it can progress to retinitis, encephalitis, and
hemorrhagic fever. The timing of onset of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) retinitis suggests an ...
Rift Valley Fever Seroprevalence in Coastal Kenya
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes severe disease in both animals and humans, resulting in significant economic and public health damages. The objective of this study was to measure RVFV seroprevalence in six coastal ...
Monitoring malaria vector control interventions: effectiveness of five different adult mosquito sampling methods
(Oxford University Press, 2013)
Long-term success of ongoing malaria control efforts based on mosquito bed nets (long-lasting insecticidal net) and indoor residual spraying is dependent on continuous monitoring of mosquito vectors, and thus on effective ...
Effect of antenatal parasitic infections on anti-vaccine IgG levels in children: a prospective birth cohort study in Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
Parasitic infections are prevalent among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated whether prenatal exposure to malaria and/or helminths affects the pattern of infant immune responses to standard vaccinations ...
National health financing policy in Eritrea: a survey of preliminary considerations
(BioMed Central, 2012)
The 58th World Health Assembly and 56th WHO Regional Committee for Africa adopted resolutions urging Member States to ensure that health financing systems included a method for prepayment to foster financial risk sharing ...
ORIGINAL RESEARCH Open Access Health financing in the African Region: 2000 – 2009 data analysis
(International Archives of Medicine, 2014)
In order to raise African countries probability of achieving the United Nations Millennium. Development Goals by 2015, there is need to increase and more efficiently use domestic and external funding to strengthen health ...
Parasitism in children aged three years and under: relationship between infection and growth in rural coastal Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
Parasitic infections, which are among the most common infections worldwide, dispropor-tionately affect children; however, little is known about the impact of parasitic disease on growth in very early childhood. Our objective ...
Swaziland National Health Research Agenda: The Formulation Process
(International Medical Society, 2017)
The objectives of this article are to describe the process followed in development of the Swaziland’s national health research agenda (NHRA); and to provide an overview of the health research priorities that ...