Understanding and improving access to prompt and effective malaria treatment and care in rural Tanzania: the ACCESS Programme
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* Corresponding author: Manuel W Hetzel manuel.hetzel@unibas.ch
Malaria Journal 2007, 6:83 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-83
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Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania Karin Gross, Sandra Alba, Tracy R Glass, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Brigit Obrist BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012, 12:16 (21 March 2012) |
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Karin Gross, Constanze Pfeiffer, Brigit Obrist BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:55 (8 March 2012) |
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James Kizito, Miriam Kayendeke, Christine Nabirye, Sarah G Staedke, Clare IR Chandler Malaria Journal 2012, 11:55 (23 February 2012) The paper addresses relevant questions for the study of access: what are the characteristics of providers that attract clients?The fact that the same few "attracting factors" have been identified across Africa shows what should be done: to provide services at lower cost, in closer proximity to patients, in a positive manner.
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Walter Flores, Jaime Chang, Edgar Barillas Malaria Journal 2011, 10:379 (20 December 2011) A case study proposing a framework for evaluating the performance of malaria control strategies. The malaria control strategies (indoor spraying, ITNs, diagnosis, and treatment) of five Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Equador, Peru) are assessed on the adequacy level with information and data from national health officials and PAHO reports. Results show heterogeneity with respect to the adequate implementation of control measures within and between the countries.
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Karin Gross, Sandra Alba, Joanna Schellenberg, Flora Kessy, Iddy Mayumana, Brigit Obrist Malaria Journal 2011, 10:140 (21 May 2011) An interesting analysis of the effects of timing of ANC attendance and policy weaknesses, in turn affecting provider practices, on the delivery/coverage of IPTp in a region of Tanzania.
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Sandra Alba, Manuel W Hetzel, Catherine Goodman, Angel Dillip, Jafari Liana, Hassan Mshinda, Christian Lengeler Malaria Journal 2010, 9:164 (15 June 2010) The public health and private retail sector are important complementary sources of treatment in rural Tanzania. Ensuring the availability of ACT in the private retail sector is important for its successful uptake.
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Sandra Alba, Angel Dillip, Manuel W Hetzel, Iddy Mayumana, Christopher Mshana, Ahmed Makemba, Mathew Alexander, Brigit Obrist, Alexander Schulze, Flora Kessy, Hassan Mshinda, Christian Lengeler Malaria Journal 2010, 9:163 (15 June 2010) The ACCESS programme implemented a social marketing campaign for improved treatment-seeking, including a new class of outlets known as accredited drug dispensing outlets.
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Alinafe I Chibwana, Don P Mathanga, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Carl H Campbell Malaria Journal 2009, 8:219 (24 September 2009) A description of treatment-seeking behaviour for fever/malaria in children under five, drawn from focus group discussions with parents of young children and health workers, and in depth interviews with two key informants.
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Angel Dillip, Manuel W Hetzel, Dominic Gosoniu, Flora Kessy, Christian Lengeler, Iddy Mayumana, Christopher Mshana, Hassan Mshinda, Alexander Schulze, Ahmed Makemba, Constanze Pfeiffer, Mitchell G Weiss, Brigit Obrist Malaria Journal 2009, 8:144 (29 June 2009) Interesting findings on factors influencing treatment-seeking behaviour for forms of severe malaria in Tanzanian children.
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Manuel W Hetzel, Brigit Obrist, Christian Lengeler, June J Msechu, Rose Nathan, Angel Dillip, Ahmed M Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Alexander Schulze, Hassan Mshinda BMC Public Health 2008, 8:317 (16 September 2008) |
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Malaria treatment in the retail sector: Knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania Manuel W Hetzel, Angel Dillip, Christian Lengeler, Brigit Obrist, June J Msechu, Ahmed M Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Alexander Schulze, Hassan Mshinda BMC Public Health 2008, 8:157 (9 May 2008) |
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Malaria risk and access to prevention and treatment in the paddies of the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania Manuel W Hetzel, Sandra Alba, Mariette Fankhauser, Iddy Mayumana, Christian Lengeler, Brigit Obrist, Rose Nathan, Ahmed M Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Alexander Schulze, Hassan Mshinda Malaria Journal 2008, 7:7 (9 January 2008) Paper describing malaria risk in a population subject to seasonal migration to farm lands away from home. The rate of net usage and promptness of treatment-seeking are high, probably reflecting the impact of malaria control programme and intensive social marketing of nets in the study area for many years.
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Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Edmund N Browne, Bertha Garshong, Fred Bateganya, Bidemi Yusuf, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Leticia Doamekpor, Andrew Balyeku, Kaendi Munguti, Simon Cousens, Franco Pagnoni Malaria Journal 2008, 7:6 (8 January 2008) The HMM strategy was developed using chloroquine, a drug, which has now been replaced by artemisinin-based combination therapy in health facility settings. Incorporation of ACT in HMM would greatly expand access to effective antimalarial therapy by populations living in underserved areas in malaria endemic countries. The study concludes that ACTs can be successfully integrated into the HMM strategy.
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Role of information and communication networks in malaria survival Pallab Mozumder, Achla Marathe Malaria Journal 2007, 6:136 (10 October 2007) The results suggest that information and communication networks can substantially scale up the effectiveness of the existing resources for malaria prevention.
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