Essays about: "malaria control"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words malaria control.

  1. 6. DDT: Misunderstood or Misrepresented? A critical discourse analysis of the competing claims on the safety and viability of DDT for combating malaria in Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Bianca Dunn-Rydh; [2017]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; malaria control; DDT; indoor residual spraying; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The symbolic elite discourse on the safety and viability of using the insecticide DDT for combating malaria in Africa is marked by extreme dissonance. While some positions within the debate on using DDT for malaria prevention are quite nuanced, others are more extreme if not one-dimensional. READ MORE

  3. 7. Individual and household-level determinants of malaria infection in under-5 children from north-west and southern Nigeria : A cross-sectional comparative study based on the 2015 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Gbemisola Allwell-Brown; [2017]
    Keywords : malaria; determinants; individual; household; children; Nigeria; Malaria Indicator Survey; microscopy; Rapid Diagnostic Testing; RDT; malaria diagnostic tools; household malaria clustering; HRP2;

    Abstract : Introduction Nigeria has the highest malaria burden worldwide. The 2010 and 2015 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Surveys (NMIS) suggest an improvement in malaria indicators, with the North West zone lagging behind. READ MORE

  4. 8. Effectiveness of mass drug administration for reducing seasonal malaria transmission towards its elimination in hotspot areas in Zanzibar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Hassina Abdullahi Hashi; [2017]
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    Abstract : Background: Following the increase of international funding for implementation of the combined effective malaria control strategies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment in the past decades, a significant reduction with 30% of malaria attributed morbidity and mortality has been achieved. At present, declining transmission intensities, in areas of successful malaria control, have resulted in a relative increase of asymptomatic low parasite density infections that fall below the detection level of rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy. READ MORE

  5. 9. Sugar host preferences in adult Anopheles coluzzii : dry season plant selection in Burkina Faso

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Louise Malmgren; [2015]
    Keywords : malaria; Burkina faso; dry season; Anopheles; Culex; Anopheles gambiae; Anopheles coluzzii; sugar source selection; preference; preference ranking; Delonix regia; Carica papaya; Mangifera indica; Thevetia neriifolia; Jatropha curcas; Azadirachta indica; Banana musa; probing; feeding; perching;

    Abstract : Human plasmodian species, transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, are still one of the leading causes of human mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. To supplement current vector control strategies, more knowledge about mosquito ecology is required. Central to studies is how malaria vectors relate to their blood hosts. READ MORE

  6. 10. Characteristics of managed and unmanaged water bodies influencing their suitability as mosquito breeding habitats in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Karolina Carlström; Elin Renstål; [2014]
    Keywords : Mosquitoes; breeding habitat; vector control; water characteristics; abiotic variable; biotic variable; Bahir Dar; Ethiopia; Mygg; mygglarvshabitat; vektorkontroll; vattenegenskaper; abiotisk variabel; biotisk variabel; Bahir Dar; Etiopien;

    Abstract : Mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and West Nile virus are serious problems in many parts of the world, especially in Africa, and partially in Ethiopia. Millions of people become infected and several hundred thousand people die worldwide from these diseases every year. READ MORE