Search Results - "Ladda Kajeechiwa"
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Outdoor residual spraying for malaria vector-control in Kayin (Karen) state, Myanmar: A cluster randomized controlled trial
Published in PloS one (09-09-2022)“…Outdoor and early biting by mosquitoes challenge the efficacy of bed nets and indoor residual spraying against malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion. The…”
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Contribution of Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections to the Transmission of Malaria in Kayin State, Myanmar
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (16-04-2019)“…Abstract Background The objective of mass antimalarial drug administration (MDA) is to eliminate malaria rapidly by eliminating the asymptomatic malaria…”
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Outdoor residual spraying for malaria vector-control in Kayin (Karen) state, Myanmar: A cluster randomized controlled trial
Published in PloS one (09-09-2022)“…Outdoor and early biting by mosquitoes challenge the efficacy of bed nets and indoor residual spraying against malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion. The…”
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Community engagement, social context and coverage of mass anti-malarial administration: Comparative findings from multi-site research in the Greater Mekong sub-Region
Published in PloS one (25-03-2019)“…Between 2013 and 2017, targeted malaria elimination (TME), a package of interventions that includes mass drug administration (MDA)-was piloted in communities…”
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Single Low Dose Primaquine (0.25 mg/kg) Does Not Cause Clinically Significant Haemolysis in G6PD Deficient Subjects
Published in PloS one (24-03-2016)“…Primaquine is the only drug consistently effective against mature gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum. The transmission blocking dose of primaquine previously…”
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Distance matters: barriers to antenatal care and safe childbirth in a migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border from 2007 to 2015, a pregnancy cohort study
Published in BMC pregnancy and childbirth (02-12-2021)“…Antenatal care and skilled childbirth services are important interventions to improve maternal health and lower the risk of poor pregnancy outcomes and…”
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Potential herd protection against Plasmodium falciparum infections conferred by mass antimalarial drug administrations
Published in eLife (16-04-2019)“…The global malaria burden has decreased over the last decade and many nations are attempting elimination. Asymptomatic malaria infections are not normally…”
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Longitudinal trends in malaria testing rates in the face of elimination in eastern Myanmar: a 7-year observational study
Published in BMC public health (22-09-2021)“…Abstract Background Providing at-risk communities with uninterrupted access to early diagnosis and treatment is a key component in reducing malaria…”
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Accelerated Training of Skilled Birth Attendants in a Marginalized Population on the Thai-Myanmar Border: A Multiple Methods Program Evaluation
Published in PloS one (06-10-2016)“…To evaluate a skilled birth attendant (SBA) training program in a neglected population on the Thai-Myanmar border, we used multiple methods to show that…”
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Impact of outdoor residual spraying on the biting rate of malaria vectors: A pilot study in four villages in Kayin state, Myanmar
Published in PloS one (29-10-2020)“…Outdoor and early mosquito biters challenge the efficacy of bed-nets and indoor residual spraying on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Outdoor residual spraying is…”
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Clustering of malaria in households in the Greater Mekong Subregion: operational implications for reactive case detection
Published in Malaria journal (26-08-2021)“…Abstract Background Malaria reactive case detection is the testing and, if positive, treatment of close contacts of index cases. It is included in national…”
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The acceptability of mass administrations of anti-malarial drugs as part of targeted malaria elimination in villages along the Thai-Myanmar border
Published in Malaria journal (27-09-2016)“…A targeted malaria elimination project, including mass drug administrations (MDA) of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine plus a single low dose primaquine is…”
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Surveillance to achieve malaria elimination in eastern Myanmar: a 7-year observational study
Published in Malaria journal (07-06-2022)“…The collection and utilization of surveillance data is essential in monitoring progress towards achieving malaria elimination, in the timely response to…”
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Community engagement to develop a dialogue-drama on adolescent pregnancy in a marginalised migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border: an ethnographic approach to participatory action research
Published in Global health action (31-12-2024)“…Communities in which adolescent pregnancy and safe abortion care are taboo may benefit from culturally appropriate information, education, and…”
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The role of monitoring and evaluation to ensure functional access to community-based early diagnosis and treatment in a malaria elimination programme in Eastern Myanmar
Published in Malaria journal (22-02-2019)“…Improving access to early diagnosis and treatment (EDT) has increasingly proven to be a major contributor to decreasing malaria incidence in low-transmission…”
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Safety and effectiveness of mass drug administration to accelerate elimination of artemisinin-resistant falciparum malaria: A pilot trial in four villages of Eastern Myanmar
Published in Wellcome open research (2017)“…Artemisinin and partner drug-resistant falciparum malaria is expanding over the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). Eliminating falciparum malaria in the GMS…”
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Community engagement for the rapid elimination of malaria: the case of Kayin State, Myanmar
Published in Wellcome open research (2017)“… Currently, malaria elimination efforts are ongoing in several locations across Southeast Asia, including in Kayin State (also known as Karen State), Myanmar…”
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Community engagement for malaria elimination in contested areas of the Karen/Kayin State, Myanmar: A case study on the Malaria Elimination Task Force
Published in Wellcome open research (2018)“…Background: This study evinces how the community engagement (CE) approach of the Malaria Elimination Task Force (METF) in the Karen/Kayin State of southeast…”
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“Nine Dimensions”: A multidisciplinary approach for community engagement in a complex postwar border region as part of the targeted malaria elimination in Karen/Kayin State, Myanmar
Published in Wellcome open research (21-02-2019)“…Background: In light of growing antimalarial drug resistance in Southeast Asia, control programmes have become increasingly focused on malaria elimination,…”
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Detection of diverse Wolbachia 16S rRNA sequences at low titers from malaria vectors in Kayin state, Myanmar
Published in Wellcome open research (05-11-2019)“…Natural infections in malaria mosquitoes were recently reported in Africa, and negatively correlated with the development of in the vectors. The occurrence and…”
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