Malaria Control in Complex Emergencies: An inter-agency field handbook
WHO/HTM/MAL/2005.1107
WHO et al.
The new inter-agency handbook focuses on effective malaria control in complex emergencies, particularly during the acute phase when reliance on international humanitarian assistance is greatest.
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Rolling Back Malaria: The World Bank Global Strategy & Booster Program
ISBN-10: 0-8213-6199-6; ISBN-13: 978-0-8213-6199-3
WB
This report translates our corporate commitment into increased efforts to control malaria. It lays the basis for a Booster Program for Malaria Control, through which the Bank will make an important contribution to
malaria control.
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The Malawi ITN Delivery Model
Country Brief, April 2005
PSI
Delivering heavily subsidised Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) direct to pregnant women and children under five through antenatal clinics in Malawi has resulted in a dramatic increase in the coverage of malaria risk groups.
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SMARTNET: A Tanzanian Public/Private Partnership to Prevent Malaria
Country Brief, May 2005
PSI
SMARTNET is preventing malaria in Tanzania by buildinga sustainable market for Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) whilst ensuring equitable access for the most vulnerable.
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Protecting vulnerable groups in malaria-endemic areas in Africa through accelerated deployment of insecticide-treated nets
WHO UNICEF Joint Statement
Children aged under five years and pregnant women are the people most vulnerable to dying of malaria or suffering serious consequences of the disease, especially in regions where transmission is intense.
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International Travel and Health
WHO, 2005
ITH/WHO
Guidance on the full range of health risks likely to be encountered at specific destinations and associated with different types of travel. Chapter 7 specifically devoted to malaria.
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Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
ISBN 92-9224-001-3
WHO, UNAIDS, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria, USAID, US Department of State, US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, UNICEF and the World Bank
The toolkit presents a framework in which to present a selection of standard indicators, for the three diseases, and refers to a range of M&E guidelines and tools including additional indicators on specifi c program areas.
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Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance
0-309-09218-3
K J Arrow, C Panosian, H Gelband
NAP
The report examines the history of malaria treatments, provides an overview of the current drug crisis, and offers recommendations on maximizing access to and effectiveness of antimalarial drugs.
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10 Things You Need to Know about DDT Use under The Stockholm Convention
WHO/HTM/RBM/2004.55
WHO/RBM
The following will apply to all Parties when the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) comes into force.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on DDT use for disease vector control
WHO/HTM/RBM/2004.54
WHO/RBM
What is DDT? Why is DDT use for malaria vector control so controversial?
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WHO Position on DDT Use in Disease Vector Control under The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
WHO/HTM/RBM/2004.53
WHO/RBM
WHO urges that a premature shift to less effective or more costly alternatives to DDT, without adequate preparation of the capacity of Member States will negatively impact on disease burden in the endemic countries.
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Malaria Control and Immunization: a sound partnership with great potential
WHO/HTM/RBM/2004.52
WHO/INICEF
WHO and UNICEF are developing more integrated programming approaches, and this statement outlines potential areas for further collaboration.
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Improving Management of Childhood Malaria in Nigeria and Uganda by Improving Practices of Patent Medicine Vendors
BASICS II, USAID
G Greer, A Akinpelumi, L Madueke, B Plowman, B Fapohunda, Y Tawfik, R Holmes, J Owor, U Gilpin, C Clarence, B Lennox
A number of studies from Sub-Saharan African (SSA) have shown that between 15% and 82% of the population choose to first consult private drug shops and informal providers for advice about and assistance with treatment of childhood illnesses.
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Reducing Malaria's Burden
Evidence of Effectiveness for Decision Makers
GHC
The report seeks to highlight the best scientific evidence currently available to help decision makers in their efforts to alleviate malaria’s deadly toll.
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World Bank Financed Operations in Africa Region that Include Malaria Support or Have Potential for Malaria Support
World Bank, April 2003
A table of World Bank financed operations activities in the Africa Region in which there are either existing malaria control activities, or the potential for them to be supported by the credit.
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The Relationship between Socio-Economic Status and Malaria: a Review of the Literature
SES and Malaria, January 2003
E Worrall;S Basu;K Hanson
World Bank
This literature review was carried out to provide a background paper for the meeting "Ensuring that Malaria Control Interventions Reach the Poor" (5th-6th September 2002.
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Economic Analysis of Malaria Control in Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Forum for Health Research
C Goodman;P Coleman;A Mills
World Bank
A modelling approach used to provide a range of comparable estimates for the cost-effectiveness of the main prevention and treatment interventions in SSA, drawing on all available cost and effectiveness data.
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The Eonomic and Social Burden of Malaria
Nature 415, 680 - 685 (2002)
J Sach;P Malaney
Where malaria prospers most, human societies have prospered least. The global distribution of per-capita gross domestic product shows a striking correlation between malaria and poverty.
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Malaria Expenditure Analysis - Tanzania Case Study
Prepared for DFID - EA (Tanzania) and RBM
Matthew Jowett; Nigel Miller;Nainkwa Mnzava
This report presents findings of a mission to Tanzania to generate information on malaria expenditures.
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The Burden of Malaria
Economic Analyses
Professor Jeffrey Sachs
HU and LSHTM
Executive summary for Economics of Malaria Center for Development, Harvard University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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World Health Report 1999
Making a Difference
WHO
The World Health Report 1999 challenges the international community to examine the difference health can make in humanity's continuing progress and development.
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A Manual For Community Health Workers
Abridged web version
Dr R. L. Kouznetsov, Dr P. F. Beales
WHO
The manual provides a guide for the training of community health workers in malaria control. It may also be used by community health workers to support their day-to-day work.
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The Burden of Malaria
CTD/MAL/96.10
J.A.Najera;J.Hempel
WHO
Review of the biology, aetiology and pathogenesis of malaria; review of past attempts at measuring disease/injury burden.
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