Poor infrastructure, health, and pervasive corruption constitute key constraints on African development. This dissertation includes three chapters devoted to these issues. The first chapter estimates the effects of infrastructure on neo-natal health in Tanzania. Relying on 350 h…
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Past studies of the variable (ING) have demonstrated regular and stable social and stylistic conditions across English speech communities around the world, factors which shape the patterns of variation between the /n/ and /ng/ variants of (ING). This dissertation is an inquiry i…
Purpose. A randomized trial was conducted to assess the effect of teaching mothers to treat their under-five children for malaria at home with chloroquine in rural Tigray, Ethiopia. Mother coordinators (MCs) were trained to teach neighborhood mothers to do so. Methods. 24 tabias…
The resurgence of malaria and the spread of drug-resistant parasites of the genus Plasmodium have reintensified the search for new chemotherapeutic agents. Development of novel drugs requires a detailed understanding of the mechanisms underlying successful malaria chemotherapy. …
Iron deficiency anaemia is associated with several ill-health effects. Its treatment and/or control with iron preparations in malaria endemic areas has, however, been implicated to increase host susceptibility to malaria infection. Scientific evidence accumulated to date remains…
A cohort of 418 United States Air Force (USAF) personnel from over 15 different bases deployed to Morocco in 1994. This was the first study of its kind and was designed with two primary goals: to determine if the USAF was medically prepared to deploy with its changing mission in…
As a socio-cultural history of disease in Palestine, this dissertation examines the problem of malaria during the period of British rule, focusing specifically on the place of Zionist anti-malaria campaigns in the processes of Zionist nation-building and in the transformation of…
Malaria is a preventable parasitic infection that kills over 2 million people each year. The morbidity and mortality attributed to this disease is worsening as a result of the spread of drug resistance within the most lethal species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum . D…
Introduction WHO malaria elimination targets require sustained and robust surveillance systems to identify difficult-to-diagnose, low-density malaria infections which threaten control efforts. The WHO 'T3: Test, Treat and Track' initiative further reinforces the importance of th…
In Plasmodium falciparum -infected children, the relationships between blood cell histopathology, blood plasma components, development of immunocompetence, and disease severity remain poorly understood. This investigation relates levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IFN-γ, I…
The research examines malaria etiology, prevention, and treatment in a village in The Gambia. It is argued that malaria associated beliefs and practices in the village manifest themselves in the context of global, national, and local processes. The primary global processes assoc…
This practical book covers all aspects of the biology of malaria vectors, with notes on the vectors of dengue. It is the first work in this field to concentrate on mosquitoes, rather than covering all disease vectors. Authored by renowned field entomologist Jacques Derek Charlwo…
This practical book covers all aspects of the biology of malaria vectors, with notes on the vectors of dengue. It is the first work in this field to concentrate on mosquitoes, rather than covering all disease vectors. Authored by renowned field entomologist Jacques Derek Charlwo…
This practical book covers all aspects of the biology of malaria vectors, with notes on the vectors of dengue. It is the first work in this field to concentrate on mosquitoes, rather than covering all disease vectors. Authored by renowned field entomologist Jacques Derek Charlwo…
