[HTML][HTML] Mass testing and treatment to accelerate malaria elimination: A systematic review and meta-analysis

B Bhamani, EM Coma-Cros, M Tusell… - The American Journal …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In regions where malaria transmission persists, the implementation of approaches aimed at
eliminating parasites from the population can effectively decrease both burden of disease …

Health care provider practices in diagnosis and treatment of malaria in rural communities in Kisumu County, Kenya

WO Otambo, JO Olumeh, KO Ochwedo, EO Magomere… - Malaria journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Accurate malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment at local health facilities
are critical to reducing morbidity and human reservoir of infectious gametocytes. The current …

Community engagement approaches for malaria prevention, control and elimination: a scoping review

KR Awasthi, J Jancey, ACA Clements, R Rai… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Globally malaria programmes have adopted approaches to community
engagement (ACE) to design and deliver malaria interventions. This scoping review aimed …

Diagnostic performance of loop-mediated isothermal amplification and ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic tests for malaria screening among pregnant women in Kenya

AM Samuels, O Towett, B Seda… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Screen-and-treat strategies with sensitive diagnostic tests may reduce malaria-
associated adverse pregnancy outcomes. We conducted a diagnostic accuracy study to …

Assessment of molecular markers of anti-malarial drug resistance among children participating in a therapeutic efficacy study in western Kenya

W Chebore, Z Zhou, N Westercamp, K Otieno, YP Shi… - Malaria Journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Anti-malarial drug resistance remains a major threat to global malaria control
efforts. In Africa, Plasmodium falciparum remains susceptible to artemisinin-based …

Evaluating the gap in rapid diagnostic testing: insights from subnational Kenyan routine health data

BN Robert, AK Moturi, F Bahati, PM Macharia… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Understanding diagnostic capacities is essential to addressing healthcare
provision and inequity, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. This study …

Implementation of community case management of malaria in malaria endemic counties of western Kenya: are community health volunteers up to the task in …

E Marita, B Langat, T Kinyari, P Igunza, D Apat… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Community case management of malaria (CCMm) is an equity-focused strategy
that complements and extends the reach of health services by providing timely and effective …

Novel application of one-step pooled molecular testing and maximum likelihood approaches to estimate the prevalence of malaria parasitaemia among rapid …

MP Shah, W Chebore, RH Lyles, K Otieno, Z Zhou… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Detection of malaria parasitaemia in samples that are negative by rapid
diagnostic tests (RDTs) requires resource-intensive molecular tools. While pooled testing …

Self-diagnosis and self-treatment of Plasmodium spp. infection by travellers (1989–2019): A systematic review and meta-analysis

KS Utzinger, U Held, T Hanscheid, N Gültekin… - Travel medicine and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Standby emergency self-treatment (SBET) is often recommended as an anti-
malaria strategy for travellers to low-risk endemic areas. This self-treatment enables …