ArticleBMJ global health2021
Geographical and temporal variation in reduction of malaria infection among children under 5 years of age throughout Nigeria.
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- Characterisation of between-cluster heterogeneity in malaria cluster randomised trials to inform future sample size calculations.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
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- Co-morbidity of malaria and soil-transmitted helminths in Nigeria: a joint Bayesian modelling approach.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Economic empowerment and various preventive strategies play a role in reducing asymptomatic malaria towards the end of the rainy season.Open research Africa · 2025Article
- The role of immune-inflammatory markers in children with complicated and uncomplicated malaria in Enugu, Nigeria.BMC immunology · 2024Article
- GIS-based spatiotemporal mapping of malaria prevalence and exploration of environmental inequalities.Parasitology research · 2024Article
- A Bayesian spatio-temporal framework to assess the effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on children under 5 years in Cameroon from 2016 to 2021 using routine data.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Malaria parasite density and detailed qualitative microscopy enhances large-scale profiling of infection endemicity in Nigeria.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Lessons from Nigeria's Adaptation of Global Health Initiatives during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Review
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introductionGlobal progress in reducing malaria has stalled since 2015. Analysis of the situation is particularly needed in Nigeria, the country with by far the largest share of the burden, where approximately a quarter of all cases in the world are estimated to occur.
methodsWe analysed data from three nationwide surveys (Malaria Indicator Surveys in 2010 and 2015 and a National Demographic and Health Survey in 2018), with malaria parasite prevalence in children under 5 years of age determined by sampling from all 36 states of Nigeria, and blood slide microscopy performed in the same accredited laboratory for all samples. Changes over time were evaluated by calculating prevalence ratio (PR) values with 95% CIs for each state, together with Mantel-Haenszel-adjusted PRs (PR
resultsBetween 2010 and 2018, there were significant reductions in parasite prevalence in 25 states, but not in the remaining 11 states. Prevalence decreased most in southern zones of the country (South West PR
conclusionReductions in malaria infection in children under 5 have occurred in most individual states in Nigeria since 2010, but substantial geographical variation in the timing and extent indicate challenges to be overcome to enable global malaria reduction.
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