Unpacking Pandora's box: understanding and categorising ecosystem disservices for environmental management and human wellbeing

CM Shackleton, S Ruwanza, GK Sinasson Sanni… - Ecosystems, 2016 - Springer
Research into the benefits that ecosystems contribute to human wellbeing has multiplied
over the last few years following from the seminal contributions of the international …

A critical review of the status of pesticide exposure management in Malawi

I Kosamu, C Kaonga, W Utembe - International Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pesticides pose a significant risk to humans and the environment. This paper analyzes the
measures used to manage pesticides in Malawi. Malawi's regulatory authority of pesticides …

[HTML][HTML] Urban malaria: understanding its epidemiology, ecology, and transmission across seven diverse ICEMR network sites

ML Wilson, DJ Krogstad, E Arinaitwe… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A major public health question is whether urbanization will transform malaria from a rural to
an urban disease. However, differences about definitions of urban settings, urban malaria …

Relative importance of climatic, geographic and socio-economic determinants of malaria in Malawi

R Lowe, J Chirombo, AM Tompkins - Malaria journal, 2013 - Springer
Background Malaria transmission is influenced by variations in meteorological conditions,
which impact the biology of the parasite and its vector, but also socio-economic conditions …

Cytolytic circumsporozoite-specific memory CD4+ T cell clones are expanded during Plasmodium falciparum infection

R Furtado, M Paul, J Zhang, J Sung, P Karell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Clinical immunity against Plasmodium falciparum infection develops in residents of malaria
endemic regions, manifesting in reduced clinical symptoms during infection and in …

High prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte infections in school-age children using molecular detection: patterns and predictors of risk from a cross …

JE Coalson, JA Walldorf, LM Cohee, MD Ismail… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Background In endemic areas, many people experience asymptomatic Plasmodium
infections, particularly older children and adults, but their transmission contribution is …

Socioeconomic disparities in Plasmodium falciparum infection risk in Southern Malawi: mediation analyses

ST Wafula, O Maiga-Ascofare, NS Struck… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study investigated the mediators of the association between socioeconomic position
(SEP) and Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) infection in Southern region of Malawi. We utilized …

Simulation models predict that school-age children are responsible for most human-to-mosquito Plasmodium falciparum transmission in southern Malawi

JE Coalson, LM Cohee, AG Buchwald, A Nyambalo… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Background Malaria persists in some high-transmission areas despite extensive control
efforts. Progress toward elimination may require effective targeting of specific human …

Bed net use among school-aged children after a universal bed net campaign in Malawi

AG Buchwald, JA Walldorf, LM Cohee, JE Coalson… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Recent data from Malawi suggest that school-aged children (SAC),
aged 5–15 years, have the highest prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection among …

Prevalence of and factors associated with malaria in children under five years of age in Malawi, using malaria indicator survey data

RT Gaston, S Ramroop - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Background Malaria remains a public health problem in developing countries and Malawi is
no different. Although there has been an improvement in reducing malaria in Malawi, it …