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CSU 92/2010: REDUCING PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALAR ...

CSU 92/2010:  REDUCING PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN AFRICA: A MODEL-BASED EVALUATION OF INTERVENTION STRATEGIES   ‘Ghani and colleagues assess whether the malaria control tools currently available are capable of con ... read more

CSU 97/2010: COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT OF FEVER DU ...

This trial from Zambia shows, inter alia, that the use of rapid diagnostic tests has moved malaria diagnosis and treatment from the lab equipped hospital to the community level.  In terms of cost effective treatment of uncomplicated malaria, thi ... read more

CSU 107/2010: THREE ON EQUITY IN MALARIA

EQUITY 107/2010:   THREE ON EQUITY IN MALARIA 1)      IS THE SCALE UP OF MALARIA INTERVENTION COVERAGE ALSO ACHIEVING EQUITY? A review of the literature by Steketee and Eisele. For Internet users, the full text, with f ... read more

CSU 2010: GOOD NEWS IN MALARIA CONTROL

Readers of my last update, from *The Lancet*, may be interested in this article. Writing in the *American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene*, Richard Steketee looks at the successes of malaria control in insular Equatorial Guinea and considers ... read more

CSU 114/2010: KEVIN MARSH ON MALARIA

CSU 114/2010: KEVIN MARSH ON MALARIA If you have an hour to spend on malaria, why not spend it listening to Kevin Marsh, of KEMRI/Kilifi, on the BBC World Service at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2009/12/091201_exchang ... read more

CSU 115/2010: READER COMMENT/ WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUG ...

CSU 115/2010: READER COMMENT/ WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUG RESISTANCE WHEN CHLOROQUINE IS WITHDRAWN FROM USE? 1) READER COMMENT Reader Pat Fast comments on HIV serodiscordant couples in SubSaharan Africa. Hi, Bob and all It is worth reiterating that the ... read more

WHEN IS INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE A PROBLEM?

WHEN IS INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE A PROBLEM? Full text is at http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1001000 Good reading. BD   Public Library of Science/Pathogens, ‘Insecticide Control of Vecto ... read more

WHEN IS INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE A PROBLEM?

WHEN IS INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE A PROBLEM? Full text is at http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1001000 Good reading. BD   Public Library of Science/Pathogens, ‘Insecticide Control of Vecto ... read more

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