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ReviewCurrent tropical medicine reports2018

Prevention Efforts for Malaria.

Tinashe A Tizifa, Alinune N Kabaghe, Robert S McCann, Henk van den Berg, Michele Van Vugt, Kamija S Phiri

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Review in Current tropical medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tinashe A Tizifa1Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE), Public Health Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
Alinune N Kabaghe1Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE), Public Health Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
Robert S McCann1Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE), Public Health Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
Henk van den Berg3Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Michele Van Vugt2Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Kamija S Phiri1Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE), Public Health Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewMalaria remains a global burden contributing to morbidity and mortality especially in children under 5 years of age. Despite the progress achieved towards malaria burden reduction, achieving elimination in more countries remains a challenge. This article aims to review the prevention and control strategies for malaria, to assess their impact towards reducing the disease burden and to highlight the best practices observed. RECENT

findingsUse of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying has resulted a decline in the incidence and prevalence of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Other strategies such as larval source management have been shown to reduce mosquito density but require further evaluation. New methods under development such as house improvement have demonstrated to minimize disease burden but require further evidence on efficacy. Development of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine that provides protection in under-five children has provided further progress in efforts of malaria control. SUMMARY: There has been a tremendous reduction in malaria burden in the past decade; however, more work is required to fill the necessary gaps to eliminate malaria.

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Community mobilizationMalariaMethods under developmentPrevention in high-risk populationsSub-Saharan AfricaVector control

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PMID29629252
PMCPMC5879044

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