Economic considerations are often cited as important determinants of health-seeking
behavior. This paper describes a situation in peri-urban Tanzania where user fees do not …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine,
amodiaquine, and the sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-amodiaquine combination for the …

Objective. To assess the quality of antenatal care with respect to anaemia, a common health
problem, in a developing country. Design. Cross-sectional study. Setting. Rufiji rural district …

As part of a study to assess the infectivity of gametocytes after treatment with four
antimalarial regimens, the efficacy of each treatment was also determined. From September …

Malaria is the cause of more mortality and morbidity in Tanzania than any other disease, in
large part due to growing resistance to anti‐malarial drugs. This study estimates that over …

Progression of HIV disease is often accompanied by weight loss and wasting. Gestational
weight gain is a strong determinant of maternal and neonatal outcomes; however, the …

Monitoring antimalarial drug resistance is a useful epidemiologic tool and provides early
detection of resistance foci. Using DNA extracted from the head/thorax of wild mosquitoes …

While resistance to older antimalarials is increasingly common, newer antimalarials are still
not widely available or affordable in much of Africa. Older antimalarials used in combination …

Malaria infection during pregnancy increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes among HIV-
infected women. The role of umbilical cord parasitemia is not well characterized. We …

With the increasing resistance to commonly used antimalarial drugs, different untested
'local'treatment regimens for malaria will arise. We compared commonly used treatment …