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Promotion of malaria home-based treatment in Africa: the dangers of creating a second health system
Abstract: Many African countries have begun to scale-up home-based management of malaria (HMM) with artemisinin-based combination therapy. Evidence shows that this strategy gives efficient results in ...
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Agnès Aubouy
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219-220
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Ensuring tuberculosis infection control to support greater involvement of people living with HIV in health care
11 November 2011
Abstract: Health care workers (HCWs) in high TB burden countries bear significant risks of being infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and developing TB disease through their work. In recent years,...
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Masaya Kato,
Katsunori Osuga,
Masami Fujita,
Masamine Jimba
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221-225
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Outbreak response immunisation: the experience of Chad during recurrent measles epidemics in 2005 and 2010
11 November 2011
Abstract: Despite impressive gains in measles control globally, measles epidemics continue to occur in countries with insufficient vaccination coverage. WHO guidelines now recommend outbreak response ...
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G. Guerrier,
J. Guerra,
F. Fermon,
W.B. Talkibing,
J. Sekkenes,
R.F. Grais
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226-230
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Rabies control initiative in Tamil Nadu, India: a test case for the ‘One Health’ approach
11 November 2011
Abstract: Although India accounts for nearly 50% of the global rabies mortality, there is no organised national rabies control programme. Rabies control is generally confined to small urban pockets, w...
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Syed Shahid Abbas,
Vidya Venkataramanan,
Garima Pathak,
Manish Kakkar,
on behalf of the Roadmap to Combat Zoonoses in India (RCZI) Initiative
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231-239
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Integration of deworming into an existing immunisation and vitamin A supplementation campaign is a highly effective approach to maximise health benefits with minimal cost in Lao PDR
11 November 2011
Abstract: Infection with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is a major public health problem in many developing countries, with pregnant women and children particularly at risk. Preventive chemotherapy,...
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Giulia Boselli,
Aya Yajima,
Padmasiri Eswara Aratchige,
Keith Ernest Feldon,
Anonh Xeuatvongsa,
Kongxay Phounphenghak,
Khampiou Sihakhang,
Chanthavisouk Chitsavang,
Sylivanh Phengkeo,
Albis Francesco Gabrielli,
Claudio Politi,
Antonio Montresor
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240-245
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Why we need to rethink the strategy and time frame for achieving health-related Millennium Development Goals
11 November 2011
Abstract: Targets and interventions for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) related to reducing hunger (MDG 1) and child mortality (MDG 4) have ignored the role of intergenerational influences on h...
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Emre Özaltin,
S.V. Subramanian
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246-250
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Evaluation of household latrine coverage in Kewot woreda, Ethiopia, 3 years after implementing interventions to control blinding trachoma
Abstract: The SAFE strategy for trachoma control includes Surgery, Antibiotic distribution, Facial cleanliness and Environmental improvements, including promotion of latrine construction. In this stud...
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Rachael K. Ross,
Jonathan D. King,
Mesele Damte,
Firew Ayalew,
Teshome Gebre,
Elizabeth A. Cromwell,
Tesfaye Teferi,
Paul M. Emerson
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251-258
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Cost effectiveness of child pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in GAVI-eligible countries
11 November 2011
Abstract: Policy-makers increasingly rely on cost-effectiveness analysis, in addition to clinical effectiveness, when considering the introduction of new childhood vaccines. A previous analysis determ...
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Azadeh Tasslimi,
Mari M. Nakamura,
Orin Levine,
Maria D. Knoll,
Louise B. Russell,
Anushua Sinha
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259-269
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Cost effectiveness of child pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in middle-income countries
11 November 2011
Abstract: Policy-makers require information on the potential benefits of and economic case for pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in middle-income countries. We built decision analysis models to evalu...
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Mari M. Nakamura,
Azadeh Tasslimi,
Tracy A. Lieu,
Orin Levine,
Maria Deloria Knoll,
Louise B. Russell,
Anushua Sinha
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270-281
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Association of community antibiotic consumption with clinically active trachoma in rural Ethiopia
11 November 2011
Abstract: Community antibiotic utilization and its relationship with trachoma has been poorly characterized in areas with endemic trachoma. A survey of all drug-dispensing facilities in an area of rur...
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Berhan Ayele,
Tesfaye Belay,
Teshome Gebre,
Mulat Zerihun,
Abayneh Amere,
Yared Assefa,
Dereje Habte,
Allison R. Loh,
Nicole E. Stoller,
Jeremy D. Keenan
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282-288
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Bolivian migrants with Chagas disease in Barcelona, Spain: a qualitative study of dietary changes and digestive problems
11 November 2011
Summary: Due to international migration, Chagas disease, endemic in Latin America, has become more common in non-endemic areas. Chronic Chagas disease can cause damage to the digestive system leading ...
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Elizabeth Posada,
Christopher Pell,
Nataly Angulo,
María Jesús Pinazo,
Faust Gimeno,
Ignasi Elizalde,
Marjolein Gysels,
Jose Muñoz,
Robert Pool,
Joaquim Gascón
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289-294
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