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'It puts life in us and we feel big': shifts in the local health care system during the introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into drug shops in Uganda

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A Cluster Randomised Trial Introducing Rapid Diagnostic Tests into Registered Drug Shops in Uganda: Impact on Appropriate Treatment of Malaria ⬇️

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A Non-Inferiority, Individually Randomized Trial of Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment in the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

A community-based delivery system of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy and its effect on use of essential maternity care at health units in Uganda

scientific article (publication date: November 2007)

A comparative study of different albendazole and mebendazole regimens for the treatment of intestinal infections in school children of Usigu Division, western Kenya.

scientific article published in April 2001

A new strategy and its effect on adherence to intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Uganda

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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with diethylcarbamazine for the treatment of hydrocoele in an area of Tanzania endemic for lymphatic filariasis.

scientific article published in September 2001

A retrospective audit of antibiotic prescriptions in primary health-care facilities in Eastern Region, Ghana

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

A school-based approach to the control of urinary schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infections in children in Matuga, Kenya: impact of a two-year chemotherapy programme on prevalence and intensity of infections

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

A very high infection intensity of Schistosoma mansoni in a Ugandan Lake Victoria Fishing Community is required for association with highly prevalent organ related morbidity

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Acceptability by community health workers in Senegal of combining community case management of malaria and seasonal malaria chemoprevention

scientific article published on 30 December 2013

Acute- phase response and iron status markers among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

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Antibiotic use among patients with febrile illness in a low malaria endemicity setting in Uganda

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

Appropriate targeting of artemisinin-based combination therapy by community health workers using malaria rapid diagnostic tests: findings from randomized trials in two contrasting areas of high and low malaria transmission in south-western Uganda

scientific article published on 05 July 2016

Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres?

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Are we ready for Taenia solium cysticercosis elimination in sub-Saharan Africa?

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

Assessing the potential of rural and urban private facilities in implementing child health interventions in Mukono district, central Uganda-a cross sectional study

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Assessment of the societal cost of Taenia solium in Angónia district, Mozambique

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Associations between maternal helminth and malaria infections in pregnancy and clinical malaria in the offspring: a birth cohort in entebbe, Uganda

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

Barriers to contraception among HIV-positive women in a periurban district of Uganda.

scientific article published on September 2012

Barriers to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Uganda

scientific article published on 9 November 2009

Body composition of HIV-positive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

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Can coverage of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis control programmes targeting school-aged children be improved? New approaches

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Caregivers' compliance with referral advice: evidence from two studies introducing mRDTs into community case management of malaria in Uganda.

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Challenges to implementation of artemisinin combination therapy policy in Uganda

scientific article published on December 2010

Changes in Morbidity, Physical Fitness, and Perceived Quality of Life among Schoolchildren following Four Years of Different Mass Drug Administration Strategies against Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Mwanza Region, Northwestern Tanzania

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Community health workers adherence to referral guidelines: evidence from studies introducing RDTs in two malaria transmission settings in Uganda

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Community perceptions on the community-directed treatment and school-based approaches for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-age children in Lushoto District, Tanzania

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Comparative efficacy of one versus two doses of praziquantel on cure rate of Schistosoma mansoni infection and re-infection in Mayuge District, Uganda

scientific article published on 17 April 2013

Comparative feasibility of implementing rapid diagnostic test and microscopy for parasitological diagnosis of malaria in Uganda

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

Comparison of the Impact of Different Mass Drug Administration Strategies on Infection with in Mwanza Region, Tanzania-A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Comparison of the capacity between public and private health facilities to manage under-five children with febrile illnesses in Uganda

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Control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: The best way forward for sub-Saharan Africa?

scientific article published on 29 April 2016

Cost effectiveness of intermittent screening followed by treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy in West Africa: analysis and modelling of results from a non-inferiority trial

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Cost-effectiveness analysis of introducing malaria diagnostic testing in drug shops: A cluster-randomised trial in Uganda

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria rapid diagnostic tests for appropriate treatment of malaria at the community level in Uganda

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of three health interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in an area of low transmission in Uganda

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Cost-effectiveness of malaria microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests versus presumptive diagnosis: implications for malaria control in Uganda

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

CystiSim - An Agent-Based Model for Taenia solium Transmission and Control

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Defining Persistent Hotspots: Areas That Fail to Decrease Meaningfully in Prevalence after Multiple Years of Mass Drug Administration with Praziquantel for Control of Schistosomiasis.

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Diagnosis and treatment of malaria in peripheral health facilities in Uganda: findings from an area of low transmission in south-western Uganda

scientific article published on 2 April 2007

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus artesunate-amodiaquine for treatment of malaria infection in pregnancy in Ghana: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

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Distribution and clustering of Oesophagostomum bifurcum and hookworm infections in northern Ghana.

scientific article published on 3 January 2006

Effect of National Schistosomiasis Control Programme on Taenia solium taeniosis and porcine cysticercosis in rural communities of Tanzania

scientific article published on September 2016

Effect of a community-based delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy on treatment seeking for malaria at health units in Uganda.

scientific article published on 20 March 2008

Effect of repeated mass drug administration with praziquantel and track and treat of taeniosis cases on the prevalence of taeniosis in Taenia solium endemic rural communities of Tanzania

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

Effect on treatment coverage of adding community-directed treatment to the health facility-based approach of delivering anthelminthic drugs to under-five children during child health week in Mazabuka District, Zambia

scientific article published on December 2010

Efficacy of chloroquine, amodiaquine, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and combination therapy with artesunate in Mozambican children with non-complicated malaria.

scientific article published on February 2004

Efficacy of malaria prevention during pregnancy in an area of low and unstable transmission: an individually-randomised placebo-controlled trial using intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide-treated nets in the Kabale Highlands, southweste

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Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Factors Perceived by Caretakers as Barriers to Health Care for Under-Five Children in Mazabuka District, Zambia

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Feasibility and coverage of implementing intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnant women contacting private or public clinics in Tanzania: experience-based viewpoints of health managers in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts

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Feasibility, safety and effectiveness of combining home based malaria management and seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children less than 10 years in Senegal: a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on December 2013

Feedstuff and poor latrines may put pigs at risk of cysticercosis--A case-control study

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Five-Year Impact of Different Multi-Year Mass Drug Administration Strategies on Childhood Schistosoma mansoni-Associated Morbidity: A Combined Analysis from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Cohort Studies in the

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Gaining and sustaining schistosomiasis control: study protocol and baseline data prior to different treatment strategies in five African countries

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Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) eradication: update on progress and endgame challenges

scientific article published on 02 April 2014

Health Facility Utilisation Changes during the Introduction of Community Case Management of Malaria in South Western Uganda: An Interrupted Time Series Approach

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

Health facility-based data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Tanzania: lessons to learn from a cross-sectional survey in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts and other national survey reports

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Health system, socio-cultural, economic, environmental and individual factors influencing bed net use in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in two Ghanaian regions

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Human schistosomiasis in Ngamiland, Botswana.

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Hypovitaminosis D is common among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tanzania but is not explained by the acute phase response

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Impact of Different Mass Drug Administration Strategies for Gaining and Sustaining Control of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium Infection in Africa

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Impact of Schistosoma haematobium infection on urinary tract pathology, nutritional status and anaemia in school-aged children in two different endemic areas of the Niger River Basin, Mali

scientific article published on 30 December 2010

Impact of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance on Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Malaria in Pregnancy at Clearing Infections and Preventing Low Birth Weight

scientific article published on 20 October 2015

Impact of combined intermittent preventive treatment of malaria and helminths on anaemia, sustained attention, and recall in Northern Ghanaian schoolchildren

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Impact of combining intermittent preventive treatment with home management of malaria in children less than 10 years in a rural area of Senegal: a cluster randomized trial

scientific article published on 13 December 2011

Impact of community-directed treatment on soil transmitted helminth infections in children aged 12 to 59 months in Mazabuka District, Zambia

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

Impact of introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on antibiotic prescribing: analysis of observational and randomised studies in public and private healthcare settings

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Impact of repeated mass treatment on human Oesophagostomum and hookworm infections in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Implementing Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy: Review of Prospects, Achievements, Challenges and Agenda for Research

scientific article published on January 2008

Improving prescribing practices with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs): synthesis of 10 studies to explore reasons for variation in malaria RDT uptake and adherence

scientific article published on 08 March 2017

In vivo sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among schoolchildren in rural Uganda: a comparison between 1995 and 1998.

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In vivo sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in school children in Hoima district, Western Uganda ⬇️

scientific article published on September 10, 1997

Increasing access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services through the private sector in Uganda

scientific article published on 24 August 2009

Infection with Schistosoma mansoni has an Effect on Quality of Life, but not on Physical Fitness in Schoolchildren in Mwanza Region, North-Western Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Influence of candidate susceptibility genes on tuberculosis in a high endemic region

scientific article published on 6 December 2006

Integration of malaria and HIV/AIDS prevention services through the private sector in Uganda

scientific article published on March 2010

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a community-based delivery system and its effect on parasitemia, anemia and low birth weight in Uganda

scientific article published on 29 May 2007

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a new delivery system and its effect on maternal health and pregnancy outcomes in Uganda.

scientific article published on February 2008

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: evaluation of a new delivery approach and the policy implications for malaria control in Uganda

scientific article published on 28 July 2006

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: the effect of new delivery approaches on access and compliance rates in Uganda

scientific article published on April 2007

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: the incremental cost-effectiveness of a new delivery system in Uganda.

scientific article published on 29 May 2008

Intraobserver and interobserver variation of ultrasound diagnosis of Oesophagostomum bifurcum colon lesions.

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Introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into drug shops in Uganda: design and implementation of a cluster randomized trial

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Introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into registered drug shops in Uganda: lessons learned and policy implications

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Introducing rapid tests for malaria into the retail sector: what are the unintended consequences?

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Lack of effect of ivermectin on prepatent guinea-worm: a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article published in May 1994

Lessons Learned in Conducting Mass Drug Administration for Schistosomiasis Control and Measuring Coverage in an Operational Research Setting

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Malaria and helminth co-infections in school and preschool children: a cross-sectional study in Magu district, north-western Tanzania

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Malaria and hookworm infections in relation to haemoglobin and serum ferritin levels in pregnancy in Masindi district, western Uganda

scientific article published on 9 November 2007

Malaria in pregnancy, risk perceptions and care seeking practices among adolescents in Mukono district Uganda.

scientific article published on October 2006

Malaria morbidity, mortality and pregnancy outcome in areas with different levels of malaria transmission in Uganda: a hospital record-based study.

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Malaria treatment-seeking behaviour and drug prescription practices in an area of low transmission in Uganda: implications for prevention and control

scientific article published on 6 September 2006

Mass treatment with albendazole reduces the prevalence and severity of Oesophagostomum-induced nodular pathology in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 30 May 2006

Micronutrient status indicators in individuals single- or double-infected with HIV and Wuchereria bancrofti before and after DEC treatment

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Molecular Markers of Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance in Parasitemic Pregnant Women in the Middle Forest Belt of Ghana

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Neurocysticercosis in a rural population with extensive pig production in Angónia district, Tete Province, Mozambique

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

Non-falciparum malaria infections in pregnant women in West Africa

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

Oesophagostomum bifurcum-induced nodular pathology in a highly endemic area of Northern Ghana.

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POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF ADULT POPULATIONS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTIONS IN THE SIAVONGA AND MAZABUKA DISTRICTS OF ZAMBIA.

scientific article published on 16 May 2016

Parasite clearance following treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment in Burkina-Faso and Mali: 42-day in vivo follow-up study

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Parasitic Infections among Children under Five Years in Senegal: Prevalence and Effect on Anaemia and Nutritional Status

scientific article published on 26 December 2013

Persistent Hotspots in Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Studies for Gaining and Sustaining Control of Schistosomiasis after Four Years of Mass Drug Administration of Praziquantel

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Predictors of body composition changes during tuberculosis treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article published on April 2015

Predictors of serum ferritin and haemoglobin during pregnancy, in a malaria-endemic area of western Kenya

scientific article published in June 2008

Prescription for antibiotics at drug shops and strategies to improve quality of care and patient safety: a cross-sectional survey in the private sector in Uganda

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Prescription patterns and drug use among pregnant women with febrile Illnesses in Uganda: a survey in out-patient clinics

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Prevalence and morbidity of urinary schistosomiasis among schoolchildren in the Mwera division of Pangani district, Tanzania, 30 months after the last round of annual, selective treatments.

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Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance markers to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women receiving intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in Uganda

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Preventing malaria in pregnancy: a study of perceptions and policy implications in Mukono district, Uganda.

scientific article published on 29 November 2005

Prevention and treatment practices and implications for malaria control in Mukono District Uganda.

scientific article published on 30 August 2007

Prevention of anaemia in pregnancy using insecticide-treated bednets and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in a highly malarious area of Kenya: a randomized controlled trial.

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Prospects, achievements, challenges and opportunities for scaling-up malaria chemoprevention in pregnancy in Tanzania: the perspective of national level officers

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Protocol and baseline data for a multi-year cohort study of the effects of different mass drug treatment approaches on functional morbidities from schistosomiasis in four African countries

scientific article published on 29 September 2017

Randomised controlled trial of two sequential artemisinin-based combination therapy regimens to treat uncomplicated falciparum malaria in African children: a protocol to investigate safety, efficacy and adherence.

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Rapid clearance of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigen after treatment shown by urine strip tests in a Ugandan fishing community - Relevance for monitoring treatment efficacy and re-infection

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Rapid increase of Plasmodium falciparum dhfr/dhps resistant haplotypes, after the adoption of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine as first line treatment in 2002, in southern Mozambique

scientific article published on July 2008

Re-assessing community-directed treatment: evidence from Mazabuka District, Zambia

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Referral Patterns of Community Health Workers Diagnosing and Treating Malaria: Cluster-Randomized Trials in Two Areas of High- and Low-Malaria Transmission in Southwestern Uganda

scientific article published on 31 October 2016

Referral of children seeking care at private health facilities in Uganda

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Reply to comment on: Co-infection with subclinical HIV and Wuchereria bancrofti, and the role of malaria and hookworms, in adult Tanzanians: infection intensities, CD4/CD8 counts and cytokine responses

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Risk Factors for Smear Negative And Culture Positive Results Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Mwanza, Tanzania

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Schistosoma mansoni infection along the coast of Lake Victoria in Mwanza region, Tanzania

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Schistosoma mansoni morbidity among adults in two villages along Lake Victoria shores in Mwanza District, Tanzania

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School children as health change agents in Magu, Tanzania: a feasibility study.

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Sex, smoking, and socioeconomic status are associated with body composition among tuberculosis patients in a deuterium dilution cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Socio-demographic factors associated with treatment against soil-transmitted helminth infections in children aged 12-59 months using the health facility approach alone or combined with a community-directed approach in a rural area of Zambia

scientific article published on 7 June 2012

Stepwise approach for the control and eventual elimination of Taenia solium as a public health problem

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Strongyloidiasis--the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases?

scientific article published on 27 March 2009

Supply-related drivers of staff motivation for providing intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in Tanzania: evidence from two rural districts

scientific article published on 18 February 2012

Supporting capacity for research on malaria in Africa.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Temporal fluctuations in the sero-prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs in Mbeya Region, Tanzania.

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The Impact of Introducing Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests on Fever Case Management: A Synthesis of Ten Studies from the ACT Consortium

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

The Performance of a Rapid Diagnostic Test in Detecting Malaria Infection in Pregnant Women and the Impact of Missed Infections

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

The Rise and Fall of Human Oesophagostomiasis

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The Vicious Worm: a computer-based Taenia solium education tool

The amount and value of work time of community medicine distributors in community case management of malaria among children under five years in the Ejisu-Juaben District of Ghana

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The association between malaria parasitaemia, erythrocyte polymorphisms, malnutrition and anaemia in children less than 10 years in Senegal: a case control study

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

The combined effect of the Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme and the Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis Control Programme on soil-transmitted helminthiasis in schoolchildren in Tanzania

scientific article published on 3 September 2008

The effect of antibiotic- and hydrocortisone-containing ointments in preventing secondary infections in guinea worm disease.

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The effect of energy-protein supplementation on weight, body composition and handgrip strength among pulmonary tuberculosis HIV-co-infected patients: randomised controlled trial in Mwanza, Tanzania

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The effect of single dose versus two doses of praziquantel on Schistosoma haematobium infection and pathology among school-aged children in Mali

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

The effect of temperature and time on the viability of Taenia solium metacestodes in pork

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

The effect of the community-directed treatment approach versus the school-based treatment approach on the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among schoolchildren in Tanzania

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The effects of maternal and infant vitamin A supplementation on vitamin A status: a randomised trial in Kenya.

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The feasibility of introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in drug shops in Uganda

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The impact of anthelmintic treatment intervention on malaria infection and anaemia in school and preschool children in Magu district, Tanzania: an open label randomised intervention trial

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The influence of transmission season on parasitological cure rates and intensity of infection after praziquantel treatment of Schistosoma haematobium-infected schoolchildren in Mozambique.

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Therapeutic efficacy of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in pregnancy in Burkina Faso.

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Timing of malaria messages for target audience on radio airwaves

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Translating health research evidence into policy and practice in Uganda

scientific article published on 05 August 2013

Treatment and prevention of malaria in pregnancy in the private health sector in Uganda: implications for patient safety

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Treatment and re-treatment strategies for schistosomiasis control in different epidemiological settings: a review of 10 years’ experiences ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Treatment of Sick Children Seeking Care in the Private Health Sector in Uganda: A Cluster Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Treatment of fevers prior to introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in registered drug shops in Uganda

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

Treatment practices of households and antibiotic dispensing in medicine outlets in developing countries: The case of Ghana

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Treatment-seeking practices for malaria in pregnancy among rural women in Mukono district, Uganda.

scientific article published on March 2006

Ultrasound appearance of preclinical Oesophagostomum bifurcum induced colonic pathology

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Ultrasound diagnosis of oesophagostomiasis

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Weight, body composition and handgrip strength among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a matched cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

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Willingness-to-pay for a rapid malaria diagnostic test and artemisinin-based combination therapy from private drug shops in Mukono District, Uganda

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Women's experiences and views about costs of seeking malaria chemoprevention and other antenatal services: a qualitative study from two districts in rural Tanzania

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[The clinical consequence of blood culture results]

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

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