Background Floods have affected 2.3 billion people worldwide in the last 20 years, and are
associated with a wide range of negative health outcomes. Climate change is projected to …

Summary Background Rice fields in Africa are major breeding sites for malaria vectors.
However, when reviewed in the 1990s, in settings where transmission was relatively …

School‐age children have attracted relatively little attention as a group in need of special
measures to protect them against malaria. However, increasing success in lowering the …

Background A clear understanding of the effects of housing structure, education, occupation,
income, and wealth on malaria can help to better design socioeconomic interventions to …

In Tanzania, the first cases of schistosomiasis were reported in the early 19th century. Since
then, various studies have reported prevalences of up to 100% in some areas. However, for …

The uptake and acceptance of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology has
increased since the early 1990s and public health applications are rapidly expanding. In this …

Background Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that continues to cause
morbidity and mortality in Sub Saharan Africa. Due to its endemicity, co-infection with …

Background Malaria and filariasis are significant vector-borne diseases that are co-endemic
in the same human populations. This study aims to collate the evidence, probability, and …

Background Current knowledge on the burden of, and interactions between malaria and
helminth co-infections, as well as the impact of the dual infections on anaemia, remains …

This study aimed to synthesize available evidence on the extent of malaria and soil-
transmitted intestinal helminth (STH) co-infections in people living in endemic countries and …