BACKGROUND Malaria during pregnancy remains a serious public health problem. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and possible risk factors for malaria in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at two primary health facilities in Bobo-Dioulasso. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional study from September to December 2010 in two primary health facilities located in the peri...

Contents Introduction: knowledge and new governance in global public health The knowledge systems approach This study: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Challenges in bridging the know-do gap Challenge 1: Reconciling country ownership with best practice Challenge 2: Integrating different kinds of knowledge Challenge 3: Balancing science and politics Challenge 4: Decisions ...

Evaluation of a malaria screening program was carried out in two screened Afghan refugee camps in Bardsir and Rafsanjan and compared to non-screened Afghan refugees within Kerman, as well as refugees with malaria diagnosed by Communicable Disease Control (CDC) Laboratories in Kennan and Rafsanjan, by parasitological blood examinations. The study involved 456 residents of two refugee camps ...

Placing scientific knowledge onto a visual grid through malaria maps became a way of re-envisioning the landscape of Palestine during the period of British rule. Malaria maps were not only used by scientists to effect practical results in swamp drainage and in other efforts to decrease malaria morbidity, but they were also co-opted by political organizations and the Palestine Government as tool...

BACKGROUND Understanding the interactions between malaria and agriculture in Tanzania is of particular significance when considering that they are the major sources of illness and livelihoods. The objective of this study was to determine knowledge, perceptions and practices as regards to malaria, climate change, livelihoods and food insecurity in a rural farming community in central Tanzania. ...

the rational use of insecticides largely depends on a broad knowledge of the susceptibility and irritability levels of malaria vectors to currently used insecticides especially pyrethroids. in this study the susceptibility and irritability levels of anopheles stephensi and an.culicifacies to ddt 4%,malathion 5%, propoxur 0.1%, deltamethrin 0.025%, lambdacyhalothrin 0.1%, cyfluthrin 0.1% and per...

we aimed to evaluate the timeliness of reporting of malaria surveillance system and understanding the existing problems.the timeliness of malaria surveillance system of iran was evaluated in four provinces of iran including sistan & baluchistan, hormozgan, kerman (as provinces with local malaria transmission) and khuzestan (without local malaria transmission). in this descriptive-analytic cross...

background : anopheles stephensi is a sub-tropical species and has been considered as one of the most important vector of human malaria throughout the middle east and south asian region including the malarious areas of southern iran. current reports confirmed an. stephensi resistance to temephos in oman and india. however, there is no comprehensive research on mechanisms of temephos resistance ...

malaria remains a complex problem during the pregnancy, which threatens > 35 millions pregnant women every year. malaria pathogenesis in pregnancy results in accumulation of infected rbcs in the intervillous spaces causing severe alterations leading to the reduced materno-foetal exchanges. in this article we have revisited the current evidences of clinical implications and overall burden of mal...