Search Results - "Schellenberg, J. M."

Enhancing the routine health information system in rural southern Tanzania: successes, challenges and lessons learned by Maokola, W., Willey, B. A., Shirima, K., Chemba, M., Armstrong Schellenberg, J. R. M., Mshinda, H., Alonso, P., Tanner, M., Schellenberg, D.

“…Summary Objective  To describe and evaluate the use of handheld computers for the management of Health Management Information System data. Methods  Electronic…”
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The silent burden of anaemia in Tanzanian children: a community-based study by SCHELLENBERG, D, ARMSTRONG SCHELLENBERG, J. R. M, MUSHI, A, DE SAVIGNY, D, MGALULA, L, MBUYA, C, VICTORA, C. G

“…To document the prevalence, age-distribution, and risk factors for anaemia in Tanzanian children less than 5 years old, thereby assisting in the development of…”
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CAD models for suspended and inverted microstrip by Schellenberg, J.M.

“…The accuracies of CAD models for suspended and inverted microstrip are examined, and new models are proposed. The models are compared over the range of 0.1/spl…”
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Spatial effects of the social marketing of insecticide‐treated nets on malaria morbidity by Abdulla, S., Gemperli, A., Mukasa, O., Armstrong Schellenberg, J. R. M., Lengeler, C., Vounatsou, P., Smith, T.

“…Summary Randomized controlled trials have shown that insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) have an impact on both malaria morbidity and mortality. Uniformly high…”
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Planning a Family: Priorities and Concerns in Rural Tanzania by T Marchant, AK Mushi, R Nathan, O Mukasa, S Abdulla and C Lengeler and JRM Armstrong Schellenberg

“…A fertility survey using qualitative and quantitative techniques described a high fertility setting (TFR 5.8) in southern Tanzania where family planning use…”
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Randomised trial of efficacy of SPf66 vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in southern Tanzania by Alonso, P L, Smith, T, Schellenberg, J R, Masanja, H, Mwankusye, S, Urassa, H, Bastos de Azevedo, I, Chongela, J, Kobero, S, Menendez, C

“…Effective, safe antimalarial vaccines have proved elusive. The synthetic polypeptide SPf66 vaccine is based on preerythrocytic and asexual blood-stage proteins…”
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KINET: a social marketing programme of treated nets and net treatment for malaria control in Tanzania, with evaluation of child health and long-term survival by Schellenberg, J.R.M.Armstrong, Abdulla, S., Minja, H., Nathan, R., Mukasa, O., Marchant, T., Mponda, H., Kikumbih, N., Lyimo, E., Manchester, T., Tanner, M., Lengeler, C.

“…We present a large-scale social marketing programme of insecticide-treated nets in 2 rural districts in south-western Tanzania (population 350 000) and…”
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Evaluation of the SPf66 vaccine for malaria control when delivered through the EPI scheme in Tanzania by Acosta, C. J., Galindo, C. M., Schellenberg, D., Aponte, J. J., Kahigwa, E., Urassa, H., Schellenberg, J. R. M. Armstrong, Masanja, H., Hayes, R., Kitua, A. Y., Lwilla, F., Mshinda, H., Menendez, C., Tanner, M., Alonso, P. L.

“…Summary background Malaria control programmes need to protect young children, who bear the brunt of malaria disease and death in Africa. The development of a…”
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Algorithms for verbal autopsies : a validation study in Kenyan children by QUIGLEY, M. A, SCHELLENBERG, J. R. M. A, SNOW, R. W

“…The verbal autopsy (VA) questionnaire is a widely used method for collecting information on cause-specific mortality where the medical certification of deaths…”
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Risk factors for mortality from acute lower respiratory tract infections in young Gambian children by de Francisco, A, Morris, J, Hall, A J, Armstrong Schellenberg, J R, Greenwood, B M

“…A case-control study has been undertaken in a rural area of The Gambia to evaluate risk factors for death from acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI)…”
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Anaemia during pregnancy in southern Tanzania by Marchant, T., Armstrong Schellenberg, J. R. M., Edgar, T., Ronsmans, C., Nathan, R., Abdulla, S., Mukasa, O., Urassa, H., Lengeler, C.

“…Anaemia in pregnancy is associated with maternal morbidity and mortality and is a risk factor for low birth-weight. Of 507 pregnant women recruited in a…”
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Duration of Protection and Age-Dependence of the Effects of the SPf66 Malaria Vaccine in African Children Exposed to Intense Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum by Alonso, Pedro L., Smith, Tom A., Armstrong-Schellenberg, Joanna R. M., Kitua, Andrew Y., Masanja, Honorathi, Hayes, Richard, Hurt, Nicole, Font, Fidel, Menendez, Clara, Kilama, Wencislaus L., Tanner, Marcel

“…The SPf66 synthetic vaccine is safe and partly efficacious against Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children 1–5 years old. The estimated vaccine efficacy…”
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Factors influencing admission to hospital during terminal childhood illnesses in Kenya by Snow, R W, Schellenberg, J R, Forster, D, Mung'ala, V O, Marsh, K

“…Access to essential clinical services offered by district hospitals or health centres forms an important component of primary health care activities in the…”
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Pre-mRNA splicing: a complex picture in higher definition by Schellenberg, Matthew J., Ritchie, Dustin B., MacMillan, Andrew M.

“…Intron excision from pre-mRNAs of higher eukaryotes requires a transition from splice-site recognition across short exons to organization of the spliceosome…”
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Safety in infants of SPf66, a synthetic malaria vaccine, delivered alongside the EPI by Schellenberg, D. M., Acosta, C. J., Galindo, C. M., Kahigwa, E., Urassa, H., Masanja, H., Aponte, J. J., Schellenberg, J. R. M. Armstrong, Fraser‐Hurt, N., Lwilla, F., Menendez, C., Mshinda, H., Tanner, M., Alonso, P. L.

“…Summary The most likely mechanism to deliver a malaria vaccine in African countries is through the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI). So far only SPf66, a…”
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60-GHz power performance on ion-implanted InxGa(1-x)As/GaAs MESFET's by FENG, M, LAU, C. L, LEPKOWSKI, T. R, BRUSENBACK, P, SCHELLENBERG, J. M

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A 0.8-watt Ka-band power amplifier by Schellenberg, J.M., Tan, K.L., Chan, R.W., Chen, C.H., Lin, T.S., Streit, D.C., Liu, P.H.

“…A hybrid, 2-stage, high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) power amplifier is reported operating over the 32-35-GHz band with a minimum output power of 28…”
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VA-2 optimization of ion implanted GaAs low noise FET by Feng, M., Kanber, H., Eu, V.K., Hackett, L.H., Yamasaki, H., Watkin, E.T., Schellenberg, J.M.

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Bone mass in First Nations, Asian and white newborn infants by Weiler, Hope A, Fitzpatrick-Wong, Shirley C, Schellenberg, Jeannine M

“…To compare bone mass in newborn infants of First Nations, white and Asian mothers while accounting for vitamin D status. Fifty infants born healthy at term age…”
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Crystal Structure of a Core Spliceosomal Protein Interface by Schellenberg, Matthew J., Edwards, Ross A., Ritchie, Dustin B., Kent, Oliver A., Golas, Monika M., Stark, Holger, Lührmann, Reinhard, Glover, J. N. Mark, MacMillan, Andrew M.

“…The precise excision of introns from precursor mRNAs (pre-mRNAs) in eukaryotes is accomplished by the spliceosome, a complex assembly containing five small…”
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