Susana Vaz Nery, Amy J. Pickering, Ebba Abate, Abraham Asmare et al.
The transmission soil transmitted helminths (STH) occurs via ingestion of or contact with infective stages present in soil contaminated with human faeces. It follows therefore that efforts to reduce faecal contamination of the environment should help to reduce risk of parasite exposure and improveme...
Ubydul Haque, Hans J. Overgaard, Archie C. A. Clements, Douglas E. Norris et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is endemic in 13 of 64 districts in Bangladesh. About 14 million people are at risk. Some evidence suggests that the prevalence of malaria in Bangladesh has decreased since the the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria started to support the National Malaria Control...
Daniel Pfeffer, Benedikt Ley, Rosalind E. Howes, Patrick Adu et al.
BACKGROUND: The radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale requires treatment with primaquine or tafenoquine to clear dormant liver stages. Either drug can induce haemolysis in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, necessitating screening. The reference diagnostic ...
Heidi Reid, Ubydul Haque, Shyamal K. Roy, Nazrul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a significant health problem in Bangladesh affecting 13 of 64 districts. The risk of malaria is variable across the endemic areas and throughout the year. A better understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns in malaria risk and the determinants driving the variatio...
Heidi Reid, Ubydul Haque, Archie Clements, Andrew J. Tatem et al.
Background malaria-control programs are increasingly dependent on accurate risk maps to effectively guide the allocation of interventions and resources. Advances in model-based geostatistics and geographical information systems (GIS) have enabled researchers to better understand factors affecting ma...
Ubydul Haque, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães, Heidi Reid, Archie C. A. Clements et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a major public health burden in Southeastern Bangladesh, particularly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. Malaria is endemic in 13 districts of Bangladesh and the highest prevalence occurs in Khagrachari (15.47%). METHODS: A risk map was developed and geographic risk factors...
Susana Vaz Nery, Isaac Bennett, Naomi E. Clarke, Audrie Lin et al.
Environmental enteropathy (EE) is characterised by subclinical inflammation and hyperpermeability of the small intestine, hypothesised to be caused by recurrent ingestion of faecal bacteria. It has been suggested that EE may be a contributor to malnutrition and growth delays seen in children living ...
Callum Lowe, Matthew Kelly, Salvador Amaral, Novia Handayani et al.
Background Much work remains to achieve the sustainable development goals for improved sanitation access for all. Subsidised sanitation interventions are often criticised due to the possibility of the infrastructure being neglected or culturally inappropriate for target communities. The BALatrine in...
Darren J. Gray, Budi Laksono, Mary Lorraine Mationg, Salvador Amaral et al.