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Use of over-the-counter malaria medicines in children and adults in three districts in Kenya: implications for private medicine retailer interventions by Abuya, Timothy O, Mutemi, Wilfred, Karisa, Baya, Ochola, Sam A, Fegan, Greg, Marsh, Vicki

“…Global malaria control strategies highlight the need to increase early uptake of effective antimalarials for childhood fevers in endemic settings, based on a…”
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The clinical burden of malaria in Nairobi: a historical review and contemporary audit by Mudhune, Sandra A, Okiro, Emelda A, Noor, Abdisalan M, Zurovac, Dejan, Juma, Elizabeth, Ochola, Sam A, Snow, Robert W

“…Widespread urbanization over the next 20 years has the potential to drastically change the risk of malaria within Africa. The burden of the disease, its…”
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Clinical epidemiology of malaria in the highlands of western Kenya by Hay, Simon I, Noor, Abdisalan M, Simba, Milka, Busolo, Millie, Guyatt, Helen L, Ochola, Sam A, Snow, Robert W

“…Malaria in the highlands of Kenya is traditionally regarded as unstable and limited by low temperature. Brief warm periods may facilitate malaria transmission…”
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Defining and detecting malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya by Hay, Simon I, Simba, Milka, Busolo, Millie, Noor, Abdisalan M, Guyatt, Helen L, Ochola, Sam A, Snow, Robert W

“…Epidemic detection algorithms are being increasingly recommended for malaria surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa. We present the results of applying three…”
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Forecasting, warning, and detection of malaria epidemics: a case study by Hay, Simon I, Were, Eric C, Renshaw, Melanie, Noor, Abdisalan M, Ochola, Sam A, Olusanmi, Iyabode, Alipui, Nicholas, Snow, Robert W

“…Our aim was to assess whether a combination of seasonal climate forecasts, monitoring of meteorological conditions, and early detection of cases could have…”
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The use of formal and informal curative services in the management of paediatric fevers in four districts in Kenya by Amin, Abdinasir A., Marsh, Vicki, Noor, Abdisalan M., Ochola, Sam A., Snow, Robert W.

“…Summary Objective  To assess the sources, costs, timing and types of treatment for fevers among children under 5 years of age in four ecologically distinct…”
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Too poor to pay: charging for insecticide‐treated bednets in highland Kenya by Guyatt, Helen L., Ochola, Sam A., Snow, Robert W.

“…Summary WHO has proposed malaria control as a means to alleviate poverty. One of its targets includes a 30‐fold increase in insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) in…”
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Free bednets to pregnant women through antenatal clinics in Kenya: a cheap, simple and equitable approach to delivery by Guyatt, Helen L., Gotink, Marinus H., Ochola, Sam A., Snow, Robert W.

“…Kenya's National Malaria Strategy states that insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) would be considered as a free service to pregnant women assuming sufficient…”
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Malaria prevention in highland Kenya: indoor residual house‐spraying vs. insecticide‐treated bednets by Guyatt, Helen L., Corlett, Sarah K., Robinson, Timothy P., Ochola, Sam A., Snow, Robert W.

“…This study compares the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of indoor residual house‐spraying (IRS) and insecticide‐treated bednets (ITNs) against infection…”
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Performance of forecasting, warning and detection of malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya by Hay, Simon, Renshaw, Melanie, Ochola, Sam A., Noor, Abdisalan M., Snow, Robert W.

“…On the 4th July 2002 a leading national newspaper in Kenya, the Daily Nation, ran the headline ‘ Minister sounds alert on malaria’ in an article declaring the…”
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The difference between effectiveness and efficacy of antimalarial drugs in Kenya by Amin, Abdinasir A., Hughes, Dyfrig A., Marsh, Vicki, Abuya, Timothy O., Kokwaro, Gilbert O., Winstanley, Peter A., Ochola, Sam A., Snow, Robert W.

“…Summary Objective  To demonstrate the difference between effectiveness and efficacy of antimalarial (AM) drugs in Kenya. Methods  We undertook a series of…”
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