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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Sahel, savana, riverine and urban malaria in West Africa: Similar control policies with different outcomes
Acta Tropica, Volume 121, No. 3, Year 2012
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Description
The study sites for the West African ICEMR are in three countries (The Gambia, Senegal, Mali) and are located within 750. km of each other. In addition, the National Malaria Control Programmes of these countries have virtually identical policies: (1) Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACTs) for the treatment of symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection, (2) Long-Lasting Insecticide-treated bed Nets (LLINs) to reduce the Entomololgic Inoculation Rate (EIR), and (3) sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp). However, the prevalence of P. falciparum malaria and the status of malaria control vary markedly across the four sites with differences in the duration of the transmission season (from 4-5 to 10-11 months), the intensity of transmission (with EIRs from unmeasurably low to 4-5 per person per month), multiplicity of infection (from a mean of 1.0 to means of 2-5) and the status of malaria control (from areas which have virtually no control to areas that are at the threshold of malaria elimination). The most important priority is the need to obtain comparable data on the population-based prevalence, incidence and transmission of malaria before new candidate interventions or combinations of interventions are introduced for malaria control. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ceesay, Serign Jawo
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Bojang, Kalifa A.
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Nwakanma, Davis C.
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Conway, David J.
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Koita, Oushmane A.
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Doumbia, Seydou O.
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Ndiaye, Daouda F.
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Coulibaly, T.
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Diakité, Mahamadou L.
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Traoré, Sékou Fantamady
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Coulibaly, Mamadou B.
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Ndiaye, Jean Louis Abdourahim
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Sarr, Ousmane
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Gaye, Oumar H.
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Konaté, Lassana
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Sy, Ngayo
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Faye, Babacar Félix
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Faye, Ousmane C.
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Sogoba, Nafomon
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Jawara, Musa
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Dao, Adama
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Poudiougou, Belco
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Diawara, Sory Ibrahim
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Okebe, Joseph U.
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Sangaré, Lansana
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Abubakar, Ismaela
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Sissako, Aliou
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Diarra, Ayouba
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Keïta, Moussa A.
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Kandeh, Balla
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Long, Carole A.
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Fairhurst, Rick M.
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Duraisingh, Manoj Theodore
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Perry, Robert Tyrrell
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Muskavitch, Marc A.T.
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Valim, Clarissa
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Volkman, Sarah K.
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Wirth, Dyann F.
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Krogstad, Donald J.
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Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 39
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.11.005
ISSN:
0001706X
e-ISSN:
18736254
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Gambia
Mali
Senegal