Abdisalan M Noor

Summary

Affiliation: Kenya Medical Research Institute
Country: Kenya

Publications

  1. ncbi Clinical epidemiology of malaria in the highlands of western Kenya
    Simon I Hay
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    Emerg Infect Dis 8:543-8. 2002
  2. ncbi Using remotely sensed night-time light as a proxy for poverty in Africa
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds behind NASCOP, P, O, Box 43640 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
    Popul Health Metr 6:5. 2008
  3. ncbi 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
  4. ncbi Assembling a global database of malaria parasite prevalence for the Malaria Atlas Project
    Carlos A Guerra
    Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
    Malar J 6:17. 2007
  5. ncbi Human population, urban settlement patterns and their impact on Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity
    Andrew J Tatem
    Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
    Malar J 7:218. 2008
  6. ncbi A high resolution spatial population database of Somalia for disease risk mapping
    Catherine Linard
    Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 9:45. 2010
  7. ncbi The cost of uncomplicated childhood fevers to Kenyan households: implications for reaching international access targets
    Bruce A Larson
    Center for International Health and Development, Boston University, 85 East Concord Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    BMC Public Health 6:314. 2006
  8. ncbi Geographic access to care is not a determinant of child mortality in a rural Kenyan setting with high health facility density
    Jennifer C Moïsi
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Public Health 10:142. 2010
  9. ncbi Information for decision making from imperfect national data: tracking major changes in health care use in Kenya using geostatistics
    Peter W Gething
    School of Geography, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
    BMC Med 5:37. 2007
  10. ncbi The use of mosquito nets and the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rural South Central Somalia
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS ONE 3:e2081. 2008

Detail Information

Publications55

  1. ncbi Clinical epidemiology of malaria in the highlands of western Kenya
    Simon I Hay
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    Emerg Infect Dis 8:543-8. 2002
    ..The malaria of the region is best described as seasonal and meso-endemic. We discuss the implications for malaria control options in the Kenyan highlands...
  2. ncbi Using remotely sensed night-time light as a proxy for poverty in Africa
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds behind NASCOP, P, O, Box 43640 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
    Popul Health Metr 6:5. 2008
    ..Remotely sensed data on artificial night time lights (NTL) have been shown to correlate with gross domestic product in developed countries...
  3. ncbi 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
    ....
  4. ncbi Assembling a global database of malaria parasite prevalence for the Malaria Atlas Project
    Carlos A Guerra
    Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
    Malar J 6:17. 2007
    ..Open source models for outputs of scientific research funded by tax-payers and charities are becoming the norm. This has yet to be extended to malaria epidemiology and control...
  5. ncbi Human population, urban settlement patterns and their impact on Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity
    Andrew J Tatem
    Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
    Malar J 7:218. 2008
    ....
  6. ncbi A high resolution spatial population database of Somalia for disease risk mapping
    Catherine Linard
    Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 9:45. 2010
    ..In a low-income country such as Somalia, population data are lacking, are of poor quality, or become outdated rapidly. Modelling methods are therefore needed for the production of contemporary and spatially detailed population data...
  7. ncbi The cost of uncomplicated childhood fevers to Kenyan households: implications for reaching international access targets
    Bruce A Larson
    Center for International Health and Development, Boston University, 85 East Concord Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    BMC Public Health 6:314. 2006
    ..A neglected concern is how communities will access these new medicines promptly and the costs to poor households when they are located in rural areas distant to health services...
  8. ncbi Geographic access to care is not a determinant of child mortality in a rural Kenyan setting with high health facility density
    Jennifer C Moïsi
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Public Health 10:142. 2010
    ..Distance to health facilities is a known determinant of health care utilization and may drive inequalities in health outcomes; we aimed to investigate its effects on childhood mortality...
  9. ncbi Information for decision making from imperfect national data: tracking major changes in health care use in Kenya using geostatistics
    Peter W Gething
    School of Geography, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
    BMC Med 5:37. 2007
    ..Here, we present a new approach that, for the first time, allows national changes in health service use during a time of major health policy change to be tracked reliably using imperfect data from a national HMIS...
  10. ncbi The use of mosquito nets and the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rural South Central Somalia
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS ONE 3:e2081. 2008
    ..Little is known, however, on the effectiveness of ITN in areas of Africa that support low transmission. This hinders the accurate estimation of impact of ITN use on disease burden and its cost-effectiveness in low transmission settings...
  11. ncbi Spatial prediction of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in Somalia
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P O Box 43640, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 7:159. 2008
    ..There is a lack of reliable contemporary malaria maps in endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This problem is particularly acute in low malaria transmission countries such as those located in the horn of Africa...
  12. ncbi The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI University of Oxford, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Infect Dis 9:180. 2009
    ..Here we present a new map of malaria risk for Kenya in 2009...
  13. ncbi A spatial national health facility database for public health sector planning in Kenya in 2008
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI, University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds behind NASCOP, Nairobi, Kenya
    Int J Health Geogr 8:13. 2009
    ..The spatial referencing of service providers to allow their representation in a geographic information system is vital if the full planning potential of such data is to be realized...
  14. ncbi The use of insecticide treated nets by age: implications for universal coverage in Africa
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 9:369. 2009
    ..Here we examine the age pattern of use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) in Africa in relation to biological vulnerabilities and the implications for future prospects for universal coverage...
  15. ncbi Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS Med 4:e255. 2007
    ..In this study, we present repeat observations of ITN coverage among rural Kenyan homesteads exposed at different times to a range of delivery models, and assess changes in coverage across socioeconomic groups...
  16. ncbi Health service providers in Somalia: their readiness to provide malaria case-management
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 8:100. 2009
    ..The readiness of the public health sector to provide malaria case-management in Somalia, a country where there has been no functioning central government for almost two decades, was investigated...
  17. ncbi Predicting the unmet need for biologically targeted coverage of insecticide-treated nets in Kenya
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:854-60. 2010
    ..4 to 18.1 million nets if not restricted to areas of greatest malaria risk. In Kenya, this evidence-based approach could save the national program at least 55 million US dollars...
  18. ncbi Establishing the extent of malaria transmission and challenges facing pre-elimination in the Republic of Djibouti
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P O Box 43640, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Infect Dis 11:121. 2011
    ....
  19. ncbi The impact of retail-sector delivery of artemether-lumefantrine on malaria treatment of children under five in Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial
    Beth P Kangwana
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya
    PLoS Med 8:e1000437. 2011
    ..This study in western Kenya aimed to evaluate the impact of providing subsidized artemether-lumefantrine (AL) through retail providers on the coverage of prompt, effective antimalarial treatment for febrile children aged 3-59 months...
  20. ncbi The spatial-temporal clustering of Plasmodium falciparum infection over eleven years in Gezira State, The Sudan
    Samia E Mirghani
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:172. 2010
    ..Here, the space-time clustering of Plasmodium falciparum infections using data from repeat cross-sectional surveys in Gezira State, a low transmission area in northern Sudan, is investigated...
  21. ncbi A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007
    Simon I Hay
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute University of Oxford Wellcome TrustCollaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS Med 6:e1000048. 2009
    ..It is exactly 40 y since the last global map of malaria endemicity was published. This paper describes the generation of a new world map of Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity for the year 2007...
  22. ncbi Wealth, mother's education and physical access as determinants of retail sector net use in rural Kenya
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 43640, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 5:5. 2006
    ..The influence of homestead wealth on use of nets purchased from the retail sector is well documented, however, the competing influence of mother's education and physical access to net providers is less well understood...
  23. ncbi Spatial modelling of healthcare utilisation for treatment of fever in Namibia
    Victor A Alegana
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, PO Box 43640, 00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya
    Int J Health Geogr 11:6. 2012
    ..Here, empirical household survey data on treatment seeking for fever were used to model the utilisation of public health facilities and define their catchment areas and populations in northern Namibia...
  24. ncbi Access and barriers to measures targeted to prevent malaria in pregnancy in rural Kenya
    Priscilla W Gikandi
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 13:208-17. 2008
    ....
  25. ncbi Progress towards implementation of ACT malaria case-management in public health facilities in the Republic of Sudan: a cluster-sample survey
    Tarig M Abdelgader
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 12:11. 2012
    ..Three years after the launch of the strategy a health facility survey was undertaken to evaluate case-management practices and readiness of the health facilities and health workers to implement a new malaria case-management strategy...
  26. ncbi Stable and unstable malaria hotspots in longitudinal cohort studies in Kenya
    Philip Bejon
    Kilifi KEMRI Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
    PLoS Med 7:e1000304. 2010
    ..This heterogeneity reduces the efficacy of control strategies, but also implies that focusing control strategies on "hotspots" of transmission could be highly effective...
  27. ncbi The changing limits and incidence of malaria in Africa: 1939-2009
    Robert W Snow
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Adv Parasitol 78:169-262. 2012
    ..One result is a more informed mapped definition of the changing margins of transmission in 1939, 1959, 1979, 1999 and 2009...
  28. ncbi Malaria paediatric hospitalization between 1999 and 2008 across Kenya
    Emelda A Okiro
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P O Box 43640, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Med 7:75. 2009
    ..Here we present a nationwide assessment of changes over 10 years in paediatric malaria hospitalization across Kenya...
  29. ncbi The use of artemether-lumefantrine by febrile children following national implementation of a revised drug policy in Kenya
    Caroline W Gitonga
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 13:487-94. 2008
    ..To examine access to, timing and use of artemisinin-based combination therapy among rural Kenyan febrile children before and following the introduction of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as first-line antimalarial drug policy...
  30. ncbi Plasmodium infection, anaemia and mosquito net use among school children across different settings in Kenya
    Caroline W Gitonga
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 17:858-70. 2012
    ..To investigate risk factors, including reported net use, for Plasmodium infection and anaemia among school children and to explore variations in effects across different malaria ecologies occurring in Kenya...
  31. ncbi Modelling distances travelled to government health services in Kenya
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 11:188-96. 2006
    ..To systematically evaluate descriptive measures of spatial access to medical treatment, as part of the millennium development goals to reduce the burden of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria...
  32. ncbi The clinical burden of malaria in Nairobi: a historical review and contemporary audit
    Sandra A Mudhune
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, PO Box 43640, 00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 10:138. 2011
    ..This paper presents a combined historical and contemporary review of the clinical burden of malaria within one of Africa's largest urban settlements, Nairobi, Kenya...
  33. ncbi Insecticide-treated net coverage in Africa: mapping progress in 2000-07
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Lancet 373:58-67. 2009
    ..We gathered subnational ITN coverage sample survey data from 40 malaria-endemic countries in Africa between 2000 and 2007...
  34. ncbi The effect of an anti-malarial subsidy programme on the quality of service provision of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Kenya: a cluster-randomized, controlled trial
    Beth P Kangwana
    Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 12:81. 2013
    ....
  35. ncbi The limits and intensity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: implications for malaria control and elimination worldwide
    Carlos A Guerra
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenyan Medical Research Institute University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS Med 5:e38. 2008
    ..This paper aims to define the global geographic distribution of P. falciparum malaria in 2007 and to provide a preliminary description of its transmission intensity within this range...
  36. ncbi Changing malaria intervention coverage, transmission and hospitalization in Kenya
    Emelda A Okiro
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:285. 2010
    ..Whether this transition is directly related to the scaling of intervention coverage remains a moot point...
  37. ncbi Implementing school malaria surveys in Kenya: towards a national surveillance system
    Caroline W Gitonga
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:306. 2010
    ..To design and implement surveys of malaria infection and coverage of malaria control interventions among school children in Kenya in order to contribute towards a nationwide assessment of malaria...
  38. ncbi Effect of expanded insecticide-treated bednet coverage on child survival in rural Kenya: a longitudinal study
    Greg W Fegan
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Lancet 370:1035-9. 2007
    ..ITN coverage has increased rapidly in Kenya from 7% in 2004 to 67% in 2006. We aimed to assess the extent to which this investment has led to improvements in child survival...
  39. ncbi Use of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria school surveys in Kenya: does their under-performance matter for planning malaria control?
    Caroline W Gitonga
    Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 87:1004-11. 2012
    ..Use of polymerase chain reaction-corrected RDT results is recommended in school malaria surveys, especially in settings with low-to-moderate malaria transmission...
  40. ncbi Malaria risk mapping for control in the republic of Sudan
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health Cluster, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI University of Oxford Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 87:1012-21. 2012
    ..About 80% of Sudan's population in 2011 was in the areas in the desert, urban centers, or where risk was < 1% PfPR(2-10). Aggregated data suggest reducing risks in some high transmission areas since the 1960s...
  41. ncbi The use of schools for malaria surveillance and programme evaluation in Africa
    Simon Brooker
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 8:231. 2009
    ..Finally, areas requiring further investigation are highlighted...
  42. ncbi The use of formal and informal curative services in the management of paediatric fevers in four districts in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 8:1143-52. 2003
    ..To assess the sources, costs, timing and types of treatment for fevers among children under 5 years of age in four ecologically distinct districts of Kenya...
  43. ncbi The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya
    Emelda A Okiro
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P, O, Box 43640, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 6:151. 2007
    ..There is only limited information on the health impact of expanded coverage of malaria control and preventative strategies in Africa...
  44. ncbi Evaluating different dimensions of programme effectiveness for private medicine retailer malaria control interventions in Kenya
    Timothy O Abuya
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
    PLoS ONE 5:e8937. 2010
    ..Key components of this evaluation were measurement of program performance, including coverage, PMR knowledge, practices, and utilization based on spatial analysis...
  45. ncbi Childhood Malaria Admission Rates to Four Hospitals in Malawi between 2000 and 2010
    Emelda A Okiro
    Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust University of Oxford Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 8:e62214. 2013
    ..However, there is only limited country-specific information on the health impact of expanded coverage of these interventions...
  46. ncbi Mosquito nets in a rural area of Western Kenya: ownership, use and quality
    Sophia Githinji
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds P, O, Box 43640 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:250. 2010
    ..Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are regarded as one of the most effective strategies to prevent malaria in Africa. This study analyses the use and quality of nets owned by households in an area of high net coverage...
  47. ncbi The Malaria Transition on the Arabian Peninsula: Progress toward a Malaria-Free Region between 1960-2010
    Robert W Snow
    Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust University of Oxford Programme, GPO, Nairobi, Kenya Center for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    Adv Parasitol 82:205-51. 2013
    ..This initiative led a further shrinking of the malaria risk map and today locally acquired clinical cases of malaria are reported only in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with the latter contributing to over 98% of the clinical burden...
  48. ncbi How well are malaria maps used to design and finance malaria control in Africa?
    Judy A Omumbo
    Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute Oxford University Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS ONE 8:e53198. 2013
    ..The use of cartography in planning malaria control has never been methodically reviewed...
  49. ncbi Performance of forecasting, warning and detection of malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya
    Simon Hay
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
    Trends Parasitol 19:394-9. 2003
    ..What was conspicuous by its absence was any obvious effort to predict the epidemics in advance of press coverage...
  50. ncbi Forecasting, warning, and detection of malaria epidemics: a case study
    Simon I Hay
    TALA Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3PS, Oxford, UK
    Lancet 361:1705-6. 2003
    ..Management of malaria in the highlands, including improved planning for the annual resurgent outbreak, augmented by simple central nationwide early warning, represents a feasible strategy for increasing epidemic preparedness in Kenya...
  51. ncbi Defining and detecting malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya
    Simon I Hay
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Emerg Infect Dis 8:555-62. 2002
    ..The performance of these methods is discussed and comments made about their appropriateness for the highlands of western Kenya...
  52. ncbi The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future
    Simon I Hay
    TALA Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    Lancet Infect Dis 4:327-36. 2004
    ....
  53. ncbi Empirical modelling of government health service use by children with fevers in Kenya
    Peter W Gething
    School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, SO17 1BJ, UK
    Acta Trop 91:227-37. 2004
    ..Utilization rate was found to exhibit a slight but steady decrease with distance up to 6 km from a facility. The accuracy of the future modelling of unsampled facility catchments can be increased by the incorporation of these trends...
  54. ncbi Improving imperfect data from health management information systems in Africa using space-time geostatistics
    Peter W Gething
    School of Geography, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
    PLoS Med 3:e271. 2006
    ..Faced with this inadequacy, vital public health decisions often rely on crudely adjusted regional and national estimates of treatment burdens...
  55. ncbi The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
    Robert W Snow
    Public Health Group, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories PO Box 43640, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
    Nature 434:214-7. 2005
    ..Without an informed understanding of the cartography of malaria risk, the global extent of clinical disease caused by P. falciparum will continue to be underestimated...