72 Publications items related to 'NTDs'
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Malaria Consortium 2011
Malaria isn't just about severe attacks up to five times a year, leading to 2,000 deaths a day or 10,000 maternal deaths and the loss of 200,000 newborns or some of the poorest populations decimated…
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Disease Control: Malaria and NTDs - Malaria Consortium at 10
In February 2014, Malaria Consortium hosted a 10th anniversary symposium to celebrate a decade helping to manage communicable diseases and improve child health among the most vulnerable and…
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to dengue prevention in Cambodia, 2013-2014
2014 Malaria Consortium Progress Symposium, Phnom Penh Cambodia Despite real progress towards malaria elimination in this part of Asia, the Greater Mekong Sub-region continues to face the worrying…
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Community dialogues for prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases
This Project Brief describes a study that aims to assess the effectiveness of the community dialogues approach in enhancing community participation and improving knowledge and practices for the…
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Neglected tropical diseases: A holistic vision for disease elimination
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over 1.4 billion people worldwide and cause half a million deaths each year. They also cause chronic disability, stigma and ill health, disproportionally…
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Integrated lymphatic filariasis and malaria control
This brief describes a project is to help drive the finalisation, revision and implementation of guidelines to address vector control strategies, which are of benefit to both malaria and lymphatic…
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Regional Integrated Vector Management Project
An initiative to assess and strengthen the ability of the community and health systems to better prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases and to improve recognition of symptoms and identification…
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The cost of antibiotic mass drug administration for trachoma control in a remote area of South Sudan
To inform budgeting to scale up control of trachoma and other NTDs relying on large-scale mass drug administration, this study set out to determine the cost per person treated when antibiotics were…
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Prevalence of trachoma in Unity state, South Sudan: Results from a large-scale population-based survey and potential implications for further surveys
Abstract Large parts of South Sudan are thought to be trachoma endemic but baseline data, required to initiate interventions, are few. District-by-district surveys, currently recommended by the World…
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Plasmodium–helminth coinfection and its sources of heterogeneity across East Africa
Abstract Plasmodium–helminth coinfection can have a number of consequences for infected hosts, yet our knowledge of the epidemiology of coinfection across multiple settings is limited. This study…
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Integrated surveys of neglected tropical diseases in southern Sudan: How much do they cost and can they be refined?
Abstract Control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is suggested to be more cost-effective when drugs are co-administered through a single integrated delivery system rather than separate systems.…
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How to (or not to) integrate vertical programmes for the control of major neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Combining the delivery of multiple health interventions has the potential to minimize costs and expand intervention coverage. Integration of mass drug administration is therefore being…