Search Results - "Biemba, G."

Increasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi‐experimental study by Lori, JR, Munro‐Kramer, ML, Liu, H, McGlasson, KL, Zhang, X, Lee, H, Ngoma, T, Kaiser, JL, Bwalya, M, Musonda, G, Sakala, I, Perosky, JE, Fong, RM, Boyd, CJ, Chastain, P, Rockers, PC, Hamer, DH, Biemba, G, Vian, T, Bonawitz, R, Lockhart, N, Scott, NA

“…Objective To report on the effectiveness of a standardised core Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) model to increase facility deliveries among women living >10 km…”
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62: PHARMACY PERSONNEL BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS DEMAND FOR OVER THE COUNTER DISPENSING: A SIMULATION CLIENT CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY by Biemba, G., Chalwe, V., Chisanga, K., Chipwaila, C., Kapona, O., Simpemba, E., Mwansa, J.

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‘We are also dying like any other people, we are also people’: perceptions of the impact of HIV/AIDS on health workers in two districts in Zambia by Dieleman, Marjolein, Biemba, Godfrey, Mphuka, Simon, Sichinga-Sichali, Karen, Sissolak, Dagmar, van der Kwaak, Anke, van der Wilt, Gert-Jan

“…In countries with a high AIDS prevalence, the health workforce is affected by AIDS in several ways. In Zambia, which has a prevalence rate of 16.5%, a study…”
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Biopterin, Nitric Oxide Metabolites, and Immune Activation Markers and the Clinical Course of Human Cerebral Malaria by Weiss, Günter, Thuma, Philip E., Biemba, Godfrey, Mabeza, George, Werner, Ernst R., Gordeuk, Victor R.

“…Cerebrospinal fluid samples from 130 children who presented with cerebral malaria were investigated to elucidate the impact of biopterin production, NO…”
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A randomized controlled trial of artemotil (beta-arteether) in Zambian children with cerebral malaria by Thuma, P E, Bhat, G J, Mabeza, G F, Osborne, C, Biemba, G, Shakankale, G M, Peeters, P A, Oosterhuis, B, Lugt, C B, Gordeuk, V R

“…The efficacy and safety of intramuscular artemotil (ARTECEF) was compared to intravenous quinine in African children with cerebral malaria. This prospective…”
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Prolonged macrophage activation and persistent anaemia in children with complicated malaria by Biemba, G., Gordeuk, V. R., Thuma, P. E., Mabeza, G. F., Weiss, G.

“…objective    To determine if prolonged immune activation may be associated with the persistence of anaemia after treatment for severe malaria, we measured…”
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Transferrin Saturation and Recovery From Coma in Cerebral Malaria by Gordeuk, Victor R., Thuma, Philip E., McLaren, Christine E., Biemba, Godfrey, Zulu, Stenford, Poltera, Anton A., Askin, Jim E., Brittenham, Gary M.

“…To determine if the elevated transferrin saturations found in some patients with severe malaria are associated with an adverse outcome in cerebral malaria, we…”
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Out-of-pocket expenditure for home and facility-based delivery among rural women in Zambia: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study by Kaiser, Jeanette L, McGlasson, Kathleen L, Rockers, Peter C, Fong, Rachel M, Ngoma, Thandiwe, Hamer, Davidson H, Vian, Taryn, Biemba, Godfrey, Lori, Jody R, Scott, Nancy A

“…Out-of-pocket expenses associated with facility-based deliveries are a well-known barrier to health care access. However, there is extremely limited…”
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Iron chelation as a chemotherapeutic strategy for falciparum malaria by Gordeuk, V R, Thuma, P E, Brittenham, G M, Biemba, G, Zulu, S, Simwanza, G, Kalense, P, M'Hango, A, Parry, D, Poltera, A A

“…To examine the effect of iron chelation against human malaria, 37 Zambians with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections were randomly assigned to 72-hr…”
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The association of pallor with haemoglobin concentration and mortality in severe malaria by F. MABEZA G. BIEMBA A. G. BRENNAN V, G.

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Markers of inflammation in children with severe malarial anaemia by Biemba, G

“…objective To investigate if severe malarial anaemia is associated with a specific immune response pattern, we determined serum levels of neopterin (a marker of…”
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Markers of inflammation in children with severe malarial anaemia by Biemba, Godfrey, Gordeuk, Victor R., Thuma, Philip, Weiss, Günter

“…Summary OBJECTIVE   To investigate if severe malarial anaemia is associated with a specific immune response pattern, we determined serum levels of neopterin (a…”
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Effect of Iron Chelation Therapy on Recovery from Deep Coma in Children with Cerebral Malaria by Gordeuk, Victor, Thuma, Philip, Brittenham, Gary, McLaren, Christine, Parry, Dean, Backenstose, Anita, Biemba, Godfrey, Msiska, Roland, Holmes, Laura, McKinley, Elizabeth, Vargas, Linda, Gilkeson, Robert, Poltera, A.A

“…CEREBRAL malaria, one of the most severe complications of infection with Plasmodium falciparum, is especially common among young children. Despite therapy with…”
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Severe anaemia in Zambian children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria by Biemba, Godfrey, Dolmans, Dennis, Thuma, Philip E., Weiss, Günter, Gordeuk, Victor R.

“…Summary Background   Severe anaemia and cerebral malaria are highly prevalent complications of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among African children. The…”
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The association of pallor with haemoglobin concentration and mortality in severe malaria by Mabeza, G. F., Biemba, G., Brennan, A. G., Moyo, V. M., Thuma, P. E., Gordeuk, V. R.

“…To identify a marker associated with poor outcome in severe malaria that requires no technology, the relationship between the presence of pallor and mortality…”
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A prospective study of combination antimalarial therapy and of anaemia in Zambian children with cerebral malaria by Dolmans, D. E. J. G. J., Thuma, P. E., Mabeza, G. F., Biemba, G., Parry, D., Mclaren, C. E., Gordeuk, V. R.

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Predictors of severity of illness on presentation in children with cerebral malaria by Mabeza, G F, Moyo, V M, Thuma, P E, Biemba, G, Parry, D, Khumalo, H, Nyarugwe, P, Zulu, S, Gordeuk, V R

“…The presenting features of 195 children with cerebral malaria were analysed to determine which correlated with severity of coma and anaemia. The children, who…”
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Effect of iron chelation therapy on mortality in Zambian children with cerebral malaria by Thuma, Philip E., Mabeza, George F., Biemba, Godfrey, Bhat, G.J., McLaren, Christine E., Moyo, Victor M., Zulu, Stenford, Khumalo, Hlosukwazi, Mabeza, Patricia, M'Hango, Abraham, Parry, Dean, Poltera, Anton A., Brittenham, Gary M., Gordeuk, Victor R.

“…To examine the effect of iron chelation on mortality in cerebral malaria, we enrolled 352 children in a trial of deferoxamine in addition to standard quinine…”
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Assessment of the effect of the oral iron chelator deferiprone on asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in humans by Thuma, P E, Olivieri, N F, Mabeza, G F, Biemba, G, Parry, D, Zulu, S, Fassos, F F, McClelland, R A, Koren, G, Brittenham, G M, Gordeuk, V R

“…While the parenteral iron-chelating agent desferrioxamine B has anti-malarial activity in humans, the usefulness of an orally active chelator for this…”
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Clinical studies of iron chelators in malaria by Mabeza, G F, Biemba, G, Gordeuk, V R

“…In 75 Zambian and Thai subjects with mild to moderate infection with Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax, 3-day infusions of desferrioxamine B (100…”
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