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What drives community adherence to indoor residual spraying (IRS) against malaria in Manhiça district, rural Mozambique: a qualitative study

Munguabe, khátia; Pool, robert; Montgomery, Catherine; Bavo, carlos; Nhocolo, ariel; Fosse, lina; Savour, charfutin; Nhalungo, delino; Mabunda, samuel; Macente, eusébio; Alonso, pedro.
Malar. j. (Online); (), 2011
Malaria control remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced the recommendation of indoor residual spraying (IRS) with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to reduce malaria transmission. The National Malaria Control Programme has been reporting high...
d0121110, d0036340, d0043280, Malaria/parasitology, Malaria/epidemiology, d0149440
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Malaria in pregnancy in rural Mozambique: the role of parity, submicroscopic and multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections

Saute, francisco; Menendez, clara; Mayor, alfredo; Aponte, john; Olive, xavier gomez; Dgedge, martinho; Alonso, pedro.
Trop. med. int. health; 7 (1), 2002
Background: Falciparum malaria affects pregnant women, especially primigravidae, but before malaria control programmes targeted to them can be designed, a description of the frequency and parity pattern of the infection is needed. There is little information on the frequency and effect of submicroscopic ...
Malaria, Falciparum, Mozambique, Plasmodium/isolation & purification, Plasmodium falciparum/genetics, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Plasmodium falciparum/isolation & purification, Malaria/epidemiology, Malaria/parasitology, Malaria/complications
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