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Adding content to contacts: measurement of high quality contacts for maternal and newborn health in Ethiopia, north east Nigeria, and Uttar Pradesh, India by Marchant, Tanya, Tilley-Gyado, Ritgak Dimka, Tessema, Tsegahun, Singh, Kultar, Gautham, Meenakshi, Umar, Nasir, Berhanu, Della, Cousens, Simon, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M

“…Families in high mortality settings need regular contact with high quality services, but existing population-based measurements of contacts do not reflect…”
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A large cross-sectional community-based study of newborn care practices in southern Tanzania by Penfold, Suzanne, Hill, Zelee, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Manzi, Fatuma, Tanner, Marcel, Mshinda, Hassan, Schellenberg, David, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M

“…Despite recent improvements in child survival in sub-Saharan Africa, neonatal mortality rates remain largely unchanged. This study aimed to determine the…”
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Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania by Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Manzi, Fatuma, Shirima, Kizito, Mbuya, Conrad, Mushi, Adiel K, Ketende, Sosthenes Charles, Alonso, Pedro L, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, David

“…With a view to developing health systems strategies to improve reach to high-risk groups, we present information on health and survival from household and…”
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Impact of malaria control on childhood anaemia in Africa – a quantitative review by Korenromp, Eline L., Armstrong‐Schellenberg, Joanna R. M., Williams, Brian G., Nahlen, Bernard L., Snow, Robert W.

“…Summary Objective  To review the impact of malaria control on haemoglobin (Hb) distributions and anaemia prevalences in children under 5 in malaria‐endemic…”
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Estimates of the burden of malaria morbidity in Africa in children under the age of 5 years by Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa, Carneiro, Ilona, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R.M

“…To estimate the direct burden of malaria among children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the year 2000, as part of a wider initiative on…”
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Community Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Infants (IPTi) in Rural Southern Tanzania by ARMSTRONG SCHELLENBERG, Joanna R. M, SHIRIMA, Kizito, MAOKOLA, Werner, MANZI, Fatuma, MRISHO, Mwifadhi, MUSHI, Adiel, MSHINDA, Hassan, ALONSO, Pedro, TANNER, Marcel, SCHELLENBERG, David M

“…Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine shows evidence of efficacy in individually randomized,…”
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Measuring implementation strength: lessons from the evaluation of public health strategies in low-and middle-income settings by Hargreaves, James R, Goodman, Catherine, Davey, Calum, Willey, Barbara A, Avan, Bilal Iqbal, Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong

“…Evaluation of strategies to ensure evidence-based, low-cost interventions reach those in need is critical. One approach is to measure the strength, or…”
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Effectiveness and cost of facility-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Tanzania by Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Adam, Taghreed, Mshinda, Hassan, Masanja, Honorati, Kabadi, Gregory, Mukasa, Oscar, John, Theopista, Charles, Sosthenes, Nathan, Rose, Wilczynska, Katarzyna, Mgalula, Leslie, Mbuya, Conrad, Mswia, Robert, Manzi, Fatuma, de Savigny, Don, Schellenberg, David, Victora, Cesar

“…The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy is designed to address major causes of child mortality at the levels of community, health…”
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Use and misuse of a discount voucher scheme as a subsidy for insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in southern Tanzania by Tami, Adriana, Mbati, Juliet, Nathan, Rose, Mponda, Haji, Lengeler, Christian, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna RM

“…Since 1997, discount vouchers for insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been used in two rural districts of southern Tanzania as a way to target subsidies to…”
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Major gaps in child survival by ethnic group by Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong, Berhanu, Della

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Cluster-randomized study of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants (IPTi) in southern Tanzania: evaluation of impact on survival by Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong, Maokola, Werner, Shirima, Kizito, Manzi, Fatuma, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Mushi, Adiel, Alonso, Pedro, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, David M

“…Intermittent Preventive Treatment for malaria control in infants (IPTi) consists of the administration of a treatment dose of an anti-malarial drug, usually…”
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Which delivery systems reach the poor? A review of equity of coverage of ever-treated nets, never-treated nets, and immunisation to reduce child mortality in Africa by Webster, Jayne, Lines, Jo, Bruce, Jane, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna Rm, Hanson, Kara

“…Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and childhood vaccination are two of the most powerful interventions available to prevent childhood mortality in Africa, but…”
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Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania by Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Abdulla, Salim, Nathan, Rose, Mukasa, Oscar, Marchant, Tanya J, Kikumbih, Nassor, Mushi, Adiel K, Mponda, Haji, Minja, Happiness, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Lengeler, Christian

“…Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However, the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for…”
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The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000 by Rowe, Alexander K, Rowe, Samantha Y, Snow, Robert W, Korenromp, Eline L, Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Stein, Claudia, Nahlen, Bernard L, Bryce, Jennifer, Black, Robert E, Steketee, Richard W

“…Background Although malaria is a leading cause of child deaths, few well-documented estimates of its direct and indirect burden exist. Our objective was to…”
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Risk factors for child mortality in rural Tanzania by Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R. M., Nathan, Rose, Abdulla, Salim, Mukasa, Oscar, Marchant, Tanya J., Tanner, Marcel, Lengeler, Christian

“…We conducted a community‐based nested case–control study of post‐neonatal deaths in children under 5 years, with frequency‐matched controls chosen from a full…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of IPTi on malaria using routine health information from sentinel health centres in southern Tanzania by Willey, Barbara A, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M, Maokola, Werner, Shirima, Kizito, Chemba, Mwajuma, Mshinda, Hassan, Alonso, Pedro, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, David

“…Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) consists of the administration of a treatment dose of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) at the…”
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Timeliness and completeness of vaccination and risk factors for low and late vaccine uptake in young children living in rural southern Tanzania by Le Polain de Waroux, Olivier, Schellenberg, Joanna R. Armstrong, Manzi, Fatuma, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Shirima, Kizito, Mshinda, Hassan, Alonso, Pedro, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, David M.

“…Background We studied coverage and timeliness of vaccination and risk factors for low and delayed vaccine uptake in children aged <2 years in rural Tanzania…”
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Modest global achievements in maternal survival: more focus on sub-Saharan Africa is needed by Hansen, Christian Holm, Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong

“…To these requirements, we would add an urgent need for more critical and in-depth case-studies from Rwanda and Cambodia, countries that have had great…”
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Targeted subsidy for malaria control with treated nets using a discount voucher system in Tanzania by Mushi, Adiel K, Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Mponda, Haji, Lengeler, Christian

“…During the last decade insecticide-treated nets have become a key strategy for malaria control. Social marketing is an appealing tool for getting such nets to…”
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The age patterns of severe malaria syndromes in sub-Saharan Africa across a range of transmission intensities and seasonality settings by Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa, Carneiro, Ilona, Smith, Lucy, Schellenberg, Joanna Rm Armstrong, Greenwood, Brian, Schellenberg, David

“…A greater understanding of the relationship between transmission intensity, seasonality and the age-pattern of malaria is needed to guide appropriate targeting…”
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