In this study group, four in 10 and one in 10 children were found stunted and underweight, respectively, in an area of low malaria transmission.
In this study, despite high a bed net coverage, over 25 % of members reported not to have slept under a bed net the night before the survey.
We observed transcriptional up-regulation in many pathways, including type I interferon, interferon γ, complement activation, and nitric oxide during malaria infection, which provide benchmarks of mild disease physiology.
HIV infected individuals in malaria endemic areas experience more frequent and severe malaria episodes compared to non HIV infected.
Overall, Ruhuha Sector can be classified as hypo-endemic, albeit with a particular ‘cell of villages’ posing a higher risk for malaria parasitaemia than others.
The developed composite index social vulnerability to malaria indicates which indicators need to be addressed and in which districts.
HIV-positive pregnant women would benefit from the scaling up of de-worming programs alongside health education and hygiene interventions.
HIV-positive pregnant women would benefit from the scaling up of de-worming programs alongside health education and hygiene interventions.
The impact of malaria on anemia and the interplay with helminths underline the importance of addressing the interactions between HIV/AIDS, malaria and intestinal helminth infections in pregnancy.
A greater than 50% decline in confirmed malaria cases, admissions and deaths at district hospitals in Rwanda since 2005 followed a marked increase in ITN coverage and use of ACT.
