The burden of malaria in countries in sub-Saharan Africa has declined with scaling up of
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. To assess the contribution of specific malaria …

Background Approaches in malaria risk mapping continue to advance in scope with the
advent of geostatistical techniques spanning both the spatial and temporal domains. A …

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …

Background Infectious diseases often demonstrate heterogeneity of transmission among
host populations. This heterogeneity reduces the efficacy of control strategies, but also …

Background Documentation of the species composition of Anopheles mosquitoes and
characterization of larval breeding sites is of major importance for the implementation of …

Background Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. It is one of
the leading causes of illness and death in the world. It is a major public health problem in …

Background Malaria still remains a public health problem in some districts of Bhutan despite
marked reduction of cases in last few years. To strengthen the country's prevention and …

Gender norms, roles and relations serve as both protective and risk factors for health among
groups of women and men. However, women's disadvantaged social, economic and …

Background Since malaria is one of the foremost public health problems in Ethiopia,
assessment of situation of the disease, and communities' knowledge and perceptions about …

Background Malaria is widespread in Ethiopia and has been a major cause of illness and
death in that country. Therefore, Ethiopia has been exerting enormous efforts towards …