ReviewActa tropica2012
Malaria in Uganda: challenges to control on the long road to elimination: I. Epidemiology and current control efforts.
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147 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 222 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meta-Analysis of Human Antibodies AgainstFrontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of the Introduction of a Package of Diagnostic Tools, Diagnostic Algorithm, and Training and Communication on Outpatient Acute Fever Case Management at 3 Diverse Sites in Uganda: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023Trial
- Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Chemoprevention and Malaria Incidence After Severe Flooding: Evaluation of a Pragmatic Intervention in Rural Uganda.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Trial
- Permethrin-treated baby wraps for the prevention of malaria: results of a randomized controlled pilot study in rural Uganda.Malaria journal · 2022Trial
- Delayed iron improves iron status without altering malaria risk in severe malarial anemia.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Trial
- Comparative Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Ugandan Children.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- Intravenous artesunate plus Artemisnin based Combination Therapy (ACT) or intravenous quinine plus ACT for treatment of severe malaria in Ugandan children: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Trial
- Effect of antiretroviral therapy on malaria incidence in HIV-infected Ugandan adults.AIDS (London, England) · 2017Trial
- Incidence of malaria by cotrimoxazole use in HIV-infected Ugandan adults on antiretroviral therapy: a randomised, placebo-controlled study.AIDS (London, England) · 2016Trial
- Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Response Are Minimally Altered in Pregnant Ugandan Women Treated for Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2015Trial
- Protective efficacy and safety of three antimalarial regimens for the prevention of malaria in young Ugandan children: a randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2014Trial
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- The PRIME trial protocol: evaluating the impact of an intervention implemented in public health centres on management of malaria and health outcomes of children using a cluster-randomised design in Tororo, Uganda.Implementation science : IS · 2013Trial
- Phase 1b randomized trial and follow-up study in Uganda of the blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate BK-SE36.PloS one · 2013Trial
- Assessing the Effect of Malaria Exposure History on Tetanus Antibody Waning Rates Among Children in Jinja and Tororo Districts, Uganda.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Integration of VectorCam, an AI-Enabled Mosquito Surveillance Tool, Into Uganda's National Malaria Elimination Program: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Hybrid Type III Implementation Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Malaria Morbidity and Its Association With Indoor Residual Spraying in Amolatar District, Uganda: A Retrospective Ecological Study Using Routine DHIS2 Data.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Estimating Causal Effects of Malaria Infection on Anaemia Among Children Under Five Years in Uganda: Evidence From a Cross-Sectional Malaria Indicator Survey.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Non-linear age dynamics of malaria infection and fine-scale environmental exposure in rural Uganda.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Differentiated effects of sources of malaria messages on mosquito bed net use among women of reproductive age in Uganda: a propensity score matched analysis.Malaria journal · 2026Article
87 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Malaria remains one of the leading health problems of the developing world, and Uganda bears a particularly large burden from the disease. Our understanding is limited by a lack of reliable data, but it is clear that the prevalence of malaria infection, incidence of disease, and mortality from severe malaria all remain very high. Uganda has made progress in implementing key malaria control measures, in particular distribution of insecticide-impregnated bednets, indoor residual spraying of insecticides, utilization of artemisinin-based combination therapy to treat uncomplicated malaria, and provision of intermittent preventive therapy for pregnant women. However, despite enthusiasm regarding the potential for the elimination of malaria in other areas, there is no convincing evidence that the burden of malaria has decreased in Uganda in recent years. Major challenges to malaria control in Uganda include very high malaria transmission intensity, inadequate health care resources, a weak health system, inadequate understanding of malaria epidemiology and the impact of control interventions, increasing resistance of parasites to drugs and of mosquitoes to insecticides, inappropriate case management, inadequate utilization of drugs to prevent malaria, and inadequate epidemic preparedness and response. Despite these challenges, prospects for the control of malaria have improved, and with attention to underlying challenges, progress toward the control of malaria in Uganda can be expected.
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