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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 and Hassan Mshinda

Malaria Journal 2008, 7:7 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-7

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Verbal autopsy completion rate and factors associated with undetermined cause of death in a rural resource-poor setting of Tanzania

Mathew A Mwanyangala, Honorathy M Urassa, Jensen C Rutashobya, Chrisostom C Mahutanga, Angelina M Lutambi, Deodatus V Maliti, Honorati M Masanja, Salim K Abdulla, Rose N Lema Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:41 (5 August 2011)

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Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania following community, retail sector and health facility interventions -- a user perspective

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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Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in Kenya

Jane Chuma, Vincent Okungu, Catherine Molyneux Malaria Journal 2010, 9:144 (27 May 2010)

Evidence suggests that the poorest populations benefit less from malaria control interventions, and are less likely to seek prompt and effective treatment.

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Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania

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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History of malaria control in Tajikistan and rapid malaria appraisal in an agro-ecological setting

Barbara Matthys, Tohir Sherkanov, Saifudin S Karimov, Zamonidin Khabirov, Till Mostowlansky, Jürg Utzinger, Kaspar Wyss Malaria Journal 2008, 7:217 (26 October 2008)

This paper has a dual interest, firstly because it reports on a ‘rapid malaria appraisal’ approach in an endemic setting of Central Asia; secondly, because malaria information from these areas is scanty, and both past and current situations are presented here in exhaustive manner.

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Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania

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)