Stratification of Khartoum urban area by the risk of malaria transmissionE M Malik
National Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Lieshmaniasis Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum State, Sudan
East Mediterr Health J 9:559-69. 2003
..21%, 0.17% and 0.97% respectively). Overall, people in Greater Bahry suffer a greater burden of malaria than those in Greater Khartoum or Greater Omdurman, with a seasonal pattern of transmission...
- Self-reported fever, treatment actions and malaria infection prevalence in the northern states of Sudan
Khalid A Elmardi
National Malaria Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, PO Box 1204 Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 10:128. 2011
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- Artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Sudan
Sakina B Elamin
National Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 4:41. 2005
..The few available drugs might be safeguarded if combined with artesunate. The addition of artesunate to a standard antimalarial treatment substantially reduces treatment failure, recrudescence and gametocyte carriage...
- Feasibility and acceptability of home-based management of malaria strategy adapted to Sudan's conditions using artemisinin-based combination therapy and rapid diagnostic test
Khalid A Elmardi
National Malaria Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 8:39. 2009
..This research aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of home-based management of malaria (HMM) strategy using artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for treatment and rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for diagnosis...
- Socio-economic inequity in demand for insecticide-treated nets, in-door residual house spraying, larviciding and fogging in Sudan
Obinna Onwujekwe
Department of Health Administration and Management, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria
Malar J 4:62. 2005
..In order to optimally prioritize and use public and private budgets for equitable malaria vector control, there is a need to determine the level and determinants of consumer demand for different vector control tools...
- Testing the sensitivity and specificity of the fluorescence microscope (Cyscope) for malaria diagnosis
Saad El Din H Hassan
Emergency and Humanitarian Action Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 9:88. 2010
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- The burden of malaria in Sudan: incidence, mortality and disability--adjusted life--years
Safa I Abdalla
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 6:97. 2007
..This study synthesized information from different sources to calculate malaria incidence, mortality and DALYs lost in Sudan in 2002...
- Retention and efficacy of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets distributed in eastern Sudan: a two-step community-based study
Saad El Din Hussein Hassan
Emergency and Humanitarian Action Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 7:85. 2008
..This is especially important in case of Sudan after emergence of resistance to pyrethroids in use...
- Fluorescence microscope (Cyscope) for malaria diagnosis in pregnant women in Medani Hospital, Sudan
Saad El Din H Hassan
Federal Ministry of Health, P O Box 325, Khartoum, Sudan
Diagn Pathol 6:88. 2011
..The area is characterized by unstable malaria transmission...
- From chloroquine to artemisinin-based combination therapy: the Sudanese experience
E M Malik
National Malaria Control Programme, Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 5:65. 2006
..Relevant published and unpublished documents were reviewed. Data and information obtained were compiled into a structured format...
- Treatment-seeking behaviour for malaria in children under five years of age: implication for home management in rural areas with high seasonal transmission in Sudan
Elfatih Mohamed Malik
National Malaria Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, P O Box 1204, Khartoum, Sudan
Malar J 5:60. 2006
..The aim of the study is to identify the basis on which fever was recognized and classified and exploring factors involved in selection of different treatment options...
- Clinical and laboratory aspects of malaria among children with fever in a low transmission area of Sudan
E M Malik
National Malaria Control Programme, Khartoum, Sudan
East Mediterr Health J 11:753-61. 2005
..Further investment is needed to improve microscopic diagnosis facilities in local hospitals to overcome the problem of over-diagnosis of malaria...
- Efficacies of artesunate plus either sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine or amodiaquine, for the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in eastern Sudan
A M Ibrahium
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, P O Box 102, Khartoum, Sudan
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 101:15-21. 2007
..It therefore appears that the AS-SP and AS-AQ combinations were both effective and safe for the treatment of uncomplicated, P. falciparum malaria in eastern Sudan...
- Malaria control in an urban area: a success story from Khartoum, 1995-2004
S M Elkhalifa
State Malaria Control Programme, Khartoum State, Khartoum, Sudan
East Mediterr Health J 14:206-15. 2008
..It is proposed information be collected on parity rates and that a sub-sample of the adult mosquito collections be subjected to ELISA or PCR for identification of malaria parasite infections in mosquitoes in areas showing active foci...
- Antimalarial prescribing and dispensing practices in health centres of Khartoum state, 2003-04
A A Mannan
National Malaria Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
East Mediterr Health J 15:122-8. 2009
..5%. There was a high rate of prescribing antimalarial injections. Only half the patients had adequate knowledge of their treatment...
- Malaria preventive measures, health care seeking behaviour and malaria burden in different epidemiological settings in Sudan
H S Mustafa
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Trop Med Int Health 14:1488-95. 2009
..To provide information about preventive measures and treatment seeking behaviour as well as an estimate of the malaria burden in different epidemiological settings for effective monitoring and evaluation of the ongoing efforts...
- Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus artemether-lumefantrine, in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in central Sudan
I Adam
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 104:319-26. 2010
..Thus, both treatments appeared effective and safe for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in central Sudan, although treatment with DHA-P (which requires a simpler dosing regimen) might be preferred to treatment with AL...
- A comparison of the efficacy of artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine with that of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine alone, in the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in eastern Sudan
I Adam
New Halfa Teaching Hospital, Sudan
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 99:449-55. 2005
..Thus, although the problems posed by adverse effects were similar in the two treatment arms, ASP appeared markedly better, in terms of fever- and parasite-clearance times and the prevalence of post-treatment gametocytaemia, than SP alone...
- The efficacies of artesunate-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, in an area of low transmission in central Sudan
A O Mohamed
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of El Imam El Mahdi, P O Box 209, Kosti, Sudan
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 100:5-10. 2006
..No moderate or severe adverse side-effects, clinical failures or parasitological failures were observed among these 137 patients. ACT therefore appear both efficacious and safe for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in central Sudan...
