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Defining the malaria burden in Nchelenge District, northern Zambia using the World Health Organization malaria indicators survey.


ABSTRACT: Malaria is considered as one of the major public health problems and among the diseases of poverty. In areas of stable and relatively high transmission, pregnant women and their newborn babies are among the higher risk groups. A multicentre trial on the safety and efficacy of several formulations of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) during pregnancy is currently on-going in four African countries, including Zambia, whose study site is in Nchelenge district. As the study outcomes may be influenced by the local malaria endemicity, this needs to be characterized. A cross-sectional survey to determine the prevalence and intensity of infection among <10 years old was carried out in March-April 2012 in Nchelenge district.The sampling unit was the household where all children?

SUBMITTER: Nambozi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4067379 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Defining the malaria burden in Nchelenge District, northern Zambia using the World Health Organization malaria indicators survey.

Nambozi Michael M   Malunga Phidelis P   Mulenga Modest M   Van Geertruyden Jean-Pierre JP   D'Alessandro Umberto U  

Malaria journal 20140605


<h4>Background</h4>Malaria is considered as one of the major public health problems and among the diseases of poverty. In areas of stable and relatively high transmission, pregnant women and their newborn babies are among the higher risk groups. A multicentre trial on the safety and efficacy of several formulations of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) during pregnancy is currently on-going in four African countries, including Zambia, whose study site is in Nchelenge district. As the st  ...[more]

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