For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured
billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, these drugs no longer work against the …

In 1996, Social Science & Medicine published a review of treatment seeking for malaria
(McCombie, 1996). Since that time, a significant amount of socio-behavioral research on the …

Context Effective and affordable treatment is recommended for all cases of malaria within 24
h of the onset of illness. Most cases of" malaria"(ie, fever) are self-diagnosed and most …

Background No satisfactory strategy for reducing high child mortality from malaria has yet
been established in tropical Africa. We compared the effect on under-5 mortality of teaching …

Policy researchers have used various categories of variables to explain why policies
change, including those related to institutions, interests and ideas. Recent research has paid …

Background Pneumonia and malaria, two of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality
among children under five in Zambia, often have overlapping clinical manifestations. Zambia …

Background Information on the cost-effectiveness of malaria control is needed for the WHO
Roll Back Malaria campaign, but is sparse. We used mathematical models to calculate cost …

Background Routine health information systems (RHISs) support resource allocation and
management decisions at all levels of the health system, as well as strategy development …

Malaria is an increasing worldwide threat, with more than three hundred million infections
and one million deaths every year. The worlds poorest are the worst affected, and many treat …

Background Malaria is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in Nigeria. It is
not known how user fees introduced under the Bamako Initiative (BI) system affect …