1Centre for Science and Technology, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan. 2Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Juba, Juba, Sudan. ABSTRACT To find the determinants of malaria mortality among displaced people, a cross-sectional descriptive study using verbal autopsy was carried out in 2 camps in Khartoum state, Sudan. The heads of 856 households...

BACKGROUND Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda particularly among children under 5 years of age. OBJECTIVES The study assessed the knowledge and practices on malaria prevention in 2 rural communities in Wakiso District, Uganda with emphasis on the various prevention methods. METHODS The study was a cross-sectional survey carried out among 376 households using b...

Background: Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in Equatorial Guinea, despite the control efforts made since 1990s. Upcoming control interventions should incorporate the behavioral and social aspects of malaria, for which is essential to have base-line and context-specific information. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out to analyze the major outcomes of three cross-...

Limited health research capacity in one of the factors that prevents developing countries from attaining optimal health outcomes and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. We report here, the details of a workshop on pragmatic knowledge translation trials for Cameroonian researchers, the material covered and additional resources to support capacity development. At the end of this workshop,...

OBJECTIVE To describe a participatory educational program for building up knowledge on malaria among primary school teachers in a highly endemic city. METHODS An observational study was conducted. A 40-hour course with a multidisciplinary and problematizing approach was held in 2008, including 46 teachers mainly from rural areas of the city of Barcelos, Northern Brazil. The participatory educ...

background: evaluating the malaria status of the economic cooperation organization (eco) member countries relation to goal 6 of 3rd millennium development goals (mdgs) which includes have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria. methods: by 2009, we reviewed the mdgs reports, extracted the data from surveillance system, published, and unpublished data. the main stakeholders...

background: one of the most important enzymatic disorders that interact with malaria is deficiency of g6pd (gloucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase). this enzyme protects red blood cells from hydrogen peroxide and other oxidative damages. distribution of this enzyme deficiency usually accompanies with low level distribution of malaria disease in most malarious areas. so this hypothesis may be consid...