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Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania Institute of Tropical Medicine
Nathanael Sirili, Ramanya Kaushik, Andrea B Pembe, Jose L Peñalvo, Lenka Benova
Accountability and Collective Action in Urban India: How are Socially Marginalized Adolescent Girls and Young Women organized to Negotiate Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)? Institute of Tropical Medicine
Ana Lorena Ruano, Devaki Nambiar, Sara Van Belle, Bruno Marchal
Control of urban malaria transmitted by Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia: development of context sensitive vector control interventions for use in houses Institute of Tropical Medicine
David Weetman, Anne L Wilson, Koen Peeters
Rapid urbanisation presents new risks for transmission of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue in towns and cities worldwide. Africa has the highest rate of increase in urbanisation of any continent and the UN estimates that 58% of the population will live in urban areas by 2050 [1]. Anopheles stephensi is an urban-adapted Asian malaria vector which is invasive to and spreading across the Horn of Africa, having been identified ...
Impact evaluation of interventions, addressing spatiotemporal transmission heterogeneity and human mobility, to control arboviruses. Institute of Tropical Medicine
Toledo M. E. Romani, Jan Baetens, Bernard De Baets, Veerle Vanlerberghe, Marianne van der Sande
Introduction: In Cuba, dengue has become one of the major mosquito-borne diseases, with a considerable public health impact. Zika and Chikungunya were recently introduced, the former causing a large outbreak. Empirical evidence point out that the most effective mechanism to reduce these infections is to combat the disease-carrying vectors: A. aegypti and A. albopictus. Although these species are being targeted with control methods for many ...
Statistical methods for estimating age and time-dependent epidemiological malaria parameters and the analysis of social network data as a new approach to the development of malaria elimination strategies Institute of Tropical Medicine
Niel Hens, Steven Abrams, Koen Peeters
Malaria is a potentially life-threatening mosquito-borne disease causing a wide variety of symptoms such as high fever, chills, headache, and vomiting among others [1]. Of the five-known species of Plasmodium parasites [2], P. falciparum is responsible for the majority of malaria deaths globally as the most severe and prevalent species in Sub-Saharan Africa [3]. Despite increased efforts to eradicate malaria worldwide with a reduced ...
L’intégration des soins en santé mentale dans les centres de santé permet-elle d’améliorer la qualité globale des soins de première ligne ? Institute of Tropical Medicine
Diallo Mamadou Pathé, Myriam de Spiegelaere, Bart Criel
Paving the way forward: Using implementation science to understand barriers and facilitators of uptake for Intravenous iron in the Management of Anaemia in Pregnancy for Resource-Limited Settings: IVON Nigeria Trial Institute of Tropical Medicine
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Bosede Afolabi, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Lenka Benova
Anaemia in pregnancy is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a haemoglobin concentration of less than 11 g/dl at any stage of pregnancy.(*1) It is defined as <11g/dl in the first trimester and <10.5 g/dl in the second or third trimester per guidance from the United Kingdom and the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.(*2,3) A survey by the WHO estimate the global prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women as ...
Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose and oral ferrous sulphate in a low-middle income country Institute of Tropical Medicine
Bosede Bukola Afolabi, Claudia Hanson, Elin Larson, Lenka Benova
Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is a public health burden especially in African countries where a larger proportion of women are of lower socioeconomic status with resultant nutritional deficiencies. This is further worsened by the increased demand and physiological changes that occur in pregnancy. Iron deficiency is the commonest nutritional deficiency with a higher incidence in the rural regions compared to the urban regions in Nigeria (1). ...
Clinical care and sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Indonesia Institute of Tropical Medicine
Rudi Wisaksana, Reinout van Crevel, André van der Ven, Koen Peeters
Background: Understanding the pathways that expose women to HIV transmission are vital in improving HIV prevention, especially among a ‘hidden’ group of women without pre-established known risk for HIV.
Methods: We investigated the pathways which place certain women at greater risk for HIV in a qualitative exploratory study with theoretical sampling using an emergent theory study design in an urban setting in Indonesia.
Results: We ...
Methods: We investigated the pathways which place certain women at greater risk for HIV in a qualitative exploratory study with theoretical sampling using an emergent theory study design in an urban setting in Indonesia.
Results: We ...