Dillip, Angel, Hetzel, Manuel W, Gosoniu, Dominic, Kessy, Flora, Lengeler, Christian, Mayumana, Iddy, ...
Abstract Background Convulsions is one of the key signs of severe malaria among children under five years of age, potentially leading to serious complications or death. Several studies of...
Pluess, Bianca, Mueller, Ivo, Levi, Damien, King, Graham, Smith, Thomas A, Lengeler, Christian
Abstract Background For companies operating in malaria endemic countries, malaria represents a substantial risk to workers and their dependants, and can lead to significantly reduced worker...
Costs and cost-effectiveness of vector control in Eritrea using insecticide-treated bed nets (2009)
Yukich, Joshua O, Zerom, Mehari, Ghebremeskel, Tewolde, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Lengeler, Christian
Abstract Background While insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a recognized effective method for preventing malaria, there has been an extensive debate in recent years about the best large-scale...
Valérie D'Acremont, Christian Lengeler, Hassan Mshinda, Deo Mtasiwa, Marcel Tanner, Blaise Genton
Background to the debate: Current guidelines recommend that all fever episodes in African children be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs. But declining malarial transmission in parts of...
Costs and consequences of large-scale vector control for malaria (2008)
Yukich, Joshua O, Lengeler, Christian, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Brown, Nick, Mulligan, Jo-Ann, Chavasse, Des, ...
Abstract Background Five large insecticide-treated net (ITN) programmes and two indoor residual spraying (IRS) programmes were compared using a standardized costing methodology. Methods Costs were...
Bovet, Pascal, Gervasoni, Jean-Pierre, Mkamba, Mashombo, Balampama, Marianna, Lengeler, Christian, Paccaud, Fred
Abstract Background Drug therapy in high-risk individuals has been advocated as an important strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease in low income countries. We determined, in a low-income urban...
Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality (2008)
Gosoniu, Laura, Vounatsou, Penelope, Tami, Adriana, Nathan, Rose, Grundmann, Hajo, Lengeler, Christian
Abstract Background Insecticide treated nets (ITN) have been proven to be an effective tool in reducing the burden of malaria. Few randomized clinical trials examined the spatial effect of ITNs on...
Hetzel, Manuel W, Obrist, Brigit, Lengeler, Christian, Msechu, June J, Nathan, Rose, Dillip, Angel, ...
Abstract Background Malaria is still a leading child killer in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, access to prompt and effective malaria treatment, a mainstay of any malaria control strategy, is sub-optimal in...
Hetzel, Manuel W, Dillip, Angel, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, Msechu, June J, Makemba, Ahmed M, ...
Abstract Background Throughout Africa, the private retail sector has been recognised as an important source of antimalarial treatment, complementing formal health services. However, the quality of...
Hetzel, Manuel W, Alba, Sandra, Fankhauser, Mariette, Mayumana, Iddy, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, ...
Abstract Background The Kilombero Valley is a highly malaria-endemic agricultural area in south-eastern Tanzania. Seasonal flooding of the valley is favourable to malaria transmission. During the...
Gerry F. Killeen, Tom A. Smith, Heather M. Ferguson, Hassan Mshinda, Salim Abdulla, Christian Lengeler, ...
BackgroundMalaria prevention in Africa merits particular attention as the world strives toward a better life for the poorest. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) represent a practical means to prevent...
Hetzel, Manuel W, Iteba, Nelly, Makemba, Ahmed, Mshana, Christopher, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, ...
Abstract Background Prompt access to effective treatment is central in the fight against malaria. However, a variety of interlinked factors at household and health system level influence access to...
Hetzel, Manuel W, Msechu, June J, Goodman, Catherine, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, Kachur, S Patrick, ...
Abstract Background Malaria control strategies emphasize the need for prompt and effective treatment of malaria episodes. To increase treatment efficacy, Tanzania changed its first-line treatment...
Killeen, Gerry F, Kihonda, Japhet, Lyimo, Edith, Oketch, Fred R, Kotas, Maya E, Mathenge, Evan, ...
Abstract Background African malaria vectors bite predominantly indoors at night so sleeping under an Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) can greatly reduce malaria risk. Behavioural adaptation by...
Rapid Urban Malaria Appraisal (RUMA) IV: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Cotonou (Benin) (2006)
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Akogbeto, Martin, Tanner, Marcel
Abstract Background An estimated 40 % of the population in Benin lives in urban areas. The purpose of the study was to estimate malaria endemicity and the fraction of malaria-attributable fevers in...
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Cissé, Guéladio, Tanner, Marcel
Abstract Background Currently, there is a significant lack of knowledge concerning urban malaria patterns in general and in Abidjan in particular. The prevalence of malaria, its distribution in the...
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Mtasiwa, Deodatus, Mshana, Thomas, Manane, Lusinge, Maro, Godson, ...
Abstract Background The thinking behind malaria research and control strategies stems largely from experience gained in rural areas and needs to be adapted to the urban environment. Methods A rapid...
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 children under 5 years and pregnant women....
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) I: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Ouagadougou (2005)
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Diadie, Diallo A, Pritroipa, Xavier, ...
Abstract Background Rapid urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa has a major impact on malaria epidemiology. While much is known about malaria in rural areas in Burkina Faso, the urban situation is less...
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) in sub-Saharan Africa (2005)
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Cissé, Guéladio, Diallo, Diadie A, ...
Abstract Background The rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) methodology aims to provide a cost-effective tool to conduct rapid assessments of the malaria situation in urban sub-Saharan Africa and to...
Magesa, Stephen M, Lengeler, Christian, DeSavigny, Don, Miller, Jane E, Njau, Ritha JA, Kramer, Karen, ...
Abstract Introduction Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to...
Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa (2005)
Donnelly, Martin J, McCall, PJ, Lengeler, Christian, Bates, Imelda, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Barnish, Guy, ...
Abstract There are already 40 cities in Africa with over 1 million inhabitants and the United Nations Environmental Programme estimates that by 2025 over 800 million people will live in urban areas....
Sattler, Michael A, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Premji, Zul, Tanner, Marcel, Killeen, Gerry F, ...
Abstract Introduction By 2030, more than 50% of the African population will live in urban areas. Controlling malaria reduces the disease burden and further improves economic development. As a...
Tami, Adriana, Mbati, Juliet, Nathan, Rose, Mponda, Haji, Lengeler, Christian
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 children under 5 years and pregnant women....
Evaluation of Olyset™ insecticide-treated nets distributed seven years previously in Tanzania (2004)
Tami, Adriana, Mubyazi, Godfrey, Talbert, Alison, Mshinda, Hassan, Duchon, Stéphane, Lengeler, Christian
Abstract Background Insecticide-treated nets represent currently a key malaria control strategy, but low insecticide re-treatment rates remain problematic. Olyset™ nets are currently one of two...
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 poor rural African communities who are...
Jennifer Keiser, Eliézer K. N'Goran, Mahamadou Traoré, Kouassi L. Lohourignon, Burton H. Singer, Christian Lengeler, ...
Single species infections with schistosomes, geohelminths, and intestinal protozoans are common over large parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and it is expected that polyparasitism affects a considerable...
Bovet, Pascal, Ross, Allen G, Gervasoni, Jean-Pierre, Mkamba, Mashombo, Mtasiwa, Deo M, Lengeler, Christian, ...
Objective To estimate the distribution of blood pressure (BP), body mass index (BMI), smoking habits and their associations with socioeconomic status (SES) in an urban population in early...
Controlling schistosomiasis: the cost-effectiveness of alternative delivery strategies (1994)
GUYATT, HELEN, EVANS, DAVID, LENGELER, CHRISTIAN, TANNER, MARCEL
Sustainable schistosomiasis control cannot be based on large-scale vertical treatment strategies in most endemic countries, yet little is known about the costs and effectiveness of more affordable...
LENGELER, CHRISTIAN, SALA-DIAKANDA, DANIEL M, TANNER, MARCEL
This paper reviews recent developments in the field of health interview procedures, and their contribution to decentralized health planning. Their importance is reflected in the growing awareness...
LENGELER, CHRISTIAN, SAVIGNY, DONALD DE, MSHINDA, HASSAN, MAYOMBANA, CHARLES, TAYARI, SEVERINO, HATZ, CHRISTOPH, ...
Self-administered questionnaries, distributed by existing administrative channels to village party chairman, head-teachers and schoolchildren, showed good diegnostic perfomance for the qualitative...
Abdulla, Salim, Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong, Nathan, Rose, Mukasa, Oscar, Marchant, Tanya, Smith, Tom, ...
Evaluation of Olyset™ insecticide-treated nets distributed seven years previously in Tanzania
Tami, Adriana, Mubyazi, Godfrey, Talbert, Alison, Mshinda, Hassan, Duchon, Stéphane, Lengeler, Christian
Sattler, Michael A, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Premji, Zul, Tanner, Marcel, Killeen, Gerry F, ...
Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa
Donnelly, Martin J, McCall, PJ, Lengeler, Christian, Bates, Imelda, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Barnish, Guy, ...
There are already 40 cities in Africa with over 1 million inhabitants and the United Nations Environmental Programme estimates that by 2025 over 800 million people will live in urban areas....
Magesa, Stephen M, Lengeler, Christian, DeSavigny, Don, Miller, Jane E, Njau, Ritha JA, Kramer, Karen, ...
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) in sub-Saharan Africa
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Cissé, Guéladio, Diallo, Diadie A, ...
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) I: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Ouagadougou
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Diadie, Diallo A, Pritroipa, Xavier, ...
Rapid Urban Malaria Appraisal (RUMA) II: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Mtasiwa, Deodatus, Mshana, Thomas, Manane, Lusinge, Maro, Godson, ...
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Cissé, Guéladio, Tanner, Marcel
Rapid Urban Malaria Appraisal (RUMA) IV: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Cotonou (Benin)
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Akogbeto, Martin, Tanner, Marcel
Hetzel, Manuel W, Msechu, June J, Goodman, Catherine, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, Kachur, S Patrick, ...
Abdulla, Salim, Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong, Nathan, Rose, Mukasa, Oscar, Marchant, Tanya, Smith, Tom, ...
Evaluation of Olyset™ insecticide-treated nets distributed seven years previously in Tanzania
Tami, Adriana, Mubyazi, Godfrey, Talbert, Alison, Mshinda, Hassan, Duchon, Stéphane, Lengeler, Christian
Sattler, Michael A, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Premji, Zul, Tanner, Marcel, Killeen, Gerry F, ...
Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa
Donnelly, Martin J, McCall, PJ, Lengeler, Christian, Bates, Imelda, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Barnish, Guy, ...
There are already 40 cities in Africa with over 1 million inhabitants and the United Nations Environmental Programme estimates that by 2025 over 800 million people will live in urban areas....
Magesa, Stephen M, Lengeler, Christian, DeSavigny, Don, Miller, Jane E, Njau, Ritha JA, Kramer, Karen, ...
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) in sub-Saharan Africa
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Cissé, Guéladio, Diallo, Diadie A, ...
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) I: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Ouagadougou
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Diadie, Diallo A, Pritroipa, Xavier, ...
Rapid Urban Malaria Appraisal (RUMA) II: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Mtasiwa, Deodatus, Mshana, Thomas, Manane, Lusinge, Maro, Godson, ...
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Cissé, Guéladio, Tanner, Marcel
Rapid Urban Malaria Appraisal (RUMA) IV: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Cotonou (Benin)
Wang, Shr-Jie, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Vounatsou, Penelope, Akogbeto, Martin, Tanner, Marcel
Hetzel, Manuel W, Msechu, June J, Goodman, Catherine, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, Kachur, S Patrick, ...
Hetzel, Manuel W, Iteba, Nelly, Makemba, Ahmed, Mshana, Christopher, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, ...
Killeen, Gerry F, Smith, Tom A, Ferguson, Heather M, Mshinda, Hassan, Abdulla, Salim, Lengeler, Christian, ...
Based on malaria transmission models, Gerry Killeen and colleagues suggest that, while coverage of pregnant women and children should still be prioritized, wide-scale communal use of...
Access to Health Care in Contexts of Livelihood Insecurity: A Framework for Analysis and Action
Obrist, Brigit, Iteba, Nelly, Lengeler, Christian, Makemba, Ahmed, Mshana, Christopher, Nathan, Rose, ...
The authors present a framework for analysis and action to explore and improve access to health care in resource-poor countries, especially in Africa.
Malaria risk and access to prevention and treatment in the paddies of the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
Hetzel, Manuel W, Alba, Sandra, Fankhauser, Mariette, Mayumana, Iddy, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, ...
Malaria treatment in the retail sector: Knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania
Hetzel, Manuel W, Dillip, Angel, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, Msechu, June J, Makemba, Ahmed M, ...
Hetzel, Manuel W, Obrist, Brigit, Lengeler, Christian, Msechu, June J, Nathan, Rose, Dillip, Angel, ...
Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality
Gosoniu, Laura, Vounatsou, Penelope, Tami, Adriana, Nathan, Rose, Grundmann, Hajo, Lengeler, Christian
Bovet, Pascal, Gervasoni, Jean-Pierre, Mkamba, Mashombo, Balampama, Marianna, Lengeler, Christian, Paccaud, Fred
Costs and consequences of large-scale vector control for malaria
Yukich, Joshua O, Lengeler, Christian, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Brown, Nick, Mulligan, Jo-Ann, Chavasse, Des, ...
D'Acremont, Valérie, Lengeler, Christian, Mshinda, Hassan, Mtasiwa, Deo, Tanner, Marcel, Genton, Blaise
Background to the debate: Current guidelines recommend that all fever episodes in African children be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs. But declining malarial transmission in parts of...
Costs and cost-effectiveness of vector control in Eritrea using insecticide-treated bed nets
Yukich, Joshua O, Zerom, Mehari, Ghebremeskel, Tewolde, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Lengeler, Christian
Malaria – a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea
Pluess, Bianca, Mueller, Ivo, Levi, Damien, King, Graham, Smith, Thomas A, Lengeler, Christian
Questionnaires for rapid screening of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Lengeler, Christian, Utzinger, Jürg, Tanner, Marcel
New initiatives are aiming to reduce the global burden of schistosomiasis, mainly through the large-scale application of chemotherapy. To target chemotherapy effectively, rapid assessment procedures...
Hanson, Kara, Kikumbih, Nassor, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna, Mponda, Haji, Nathan, Rose, Lake, Sally, ...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the costs and consequences of a social marketing approach to malaria control in children by means of insecticide-treated nets in two rural districts of the United Republic of...