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| Gijs WalravenSummaryAffiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratories Country: The Gambia Publications
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Maternal mortality in rural Gambia: levels, causes and contributing factorsG Walraven
Farafenni Field Station, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia
Bull World Health Organ 78:603-13. 2000....
The burden of reproductive-organ disease in rural women in The Gambia, West AfricaG Walraven
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Farafenni Field Station, PO Box 273, The, Banjul, Gambia
Lancet 357:1161-7. 2001..This study aimed to find out the prevalence of reproductive-organ disease in a sample of rural Gambian women...- Commentary: involving traditional birth attendants in prevention of HIV transmission needs careful considerationGijs Walraven
Farafenni Field Station, Medical Research Council Laboratories, PO Box 273, Banjul, Gambia
BMJ 324:224-5. 2002 - Menstrual disorders in rural GambiaGijs Walraven
Farafenni Field Station, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Post Office Box 273, Banjul, The Gambia
Stud Fam Plann 33:261-8. 2002..Information, education, and support combined with clinical management of menstrual problems should be core elements of reproductive health programs... - A randomised, double-blind, controlled vaccine efficacy trial of DNA/MVA ME-TRAP against malaria infection in Gambian adultsVasee S Moorthy
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, Gambia
PLoS Med 1:e33. 2004.... - Lack of inhibition of the anti-malarial action of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine by folic acid supplementation when used for intermittent preventive treatment in Gambian primigravidaeAmadou Mbaye
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:960-4. 2006..01-0.27 g/dL). The results of this study suggest that in an area of low SP resistance, administration of folic acid to pregnant women in a dose of 500-1,500 mug/day will not interfere with the protective effect of SP when used for IPTp... - Misoprostol in the management of the third stage of labour in the home delivery setting in rural Gambia: a randomised controlled trialGijs Walraven
Farafenni Field Station, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Farafenni, Gambia
BJOG 112:1277-83. 2005..Only transient side effects were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Six hundred micrograms of oral misoprostol is a promising drug to prevent life-threatening PPH in this setting... - The effect of mass administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine combined with artesunate on malaria incidence: a double-blind, community-randomized, placebo-controlled trial in The GambiaLorenz von Seidlein
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:217-25. 2003..The reason for the absence of an impact on malaria transmission is probably the very high basic reproductive number of malaria, and the persistence of mature gametocytes, which are not affected by AS treatment... - The treatment gap and primary health care for people with epilepsy in rural GambiaRosalind Coleman
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia
Bull World Health Organ 80:378-83. 2002..To study primary-level management for people with epilepsy in rural Gambia by means of community surveys... - Phase 1 evaluation of 3 highly immunogenic prime-boost regimens, including a 12-month reboosting vaccination, for malaria vaccination in Gambian menVasee S Moorthy
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, Gambia
J Infect Dis 189:2213-9. 2004..These results highlight optimized combination regimens with general relevance to the development of vaccines targeting intracellular pathogens... - Women's reproductive health and depression: a community survey in the Gambia, West AfricaRosalind Coleman
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Farafenni Field Station, Banjul, The Gambia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:720-7. 2006..It could provide an initial focus for the management of women with depression as well as directing future research in reproductive health and psychiatry... - Reporting of fertility events by men and women in rural GambiaAmy A Ratcliffe
Medical Research Council Laboratories, P O Box 273, Banjul
Demography 39:573-86. 2002..Modeling of discordant reports indicates that fertility reports are more likely to be underestimated by both men and women for their earliest marriages. Reliable fertility data can be collected from men in this population... - Treatment uptake by individuals infected with Plasmodium falciparum in rural Gambia, West AfricaLorenz von Seidlein
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Gambia
Bull World Health Organ 80:790-6. 2002..It is likely that not all untreated infections were asymptomatic. Qualitative research should explore barriers to treatment uptake, to allow educational interventions to be planned... - Rural AfricaGijs Walraven
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Farafenni Field Station, Farafenni, The Gambia
Lancet 359:401. 2002 - Herpes simplex 2 risk among women in a polygynous setting in rural West AfricaKate Halton
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Farafenni and Fajara, The Gambia and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
AIDS 17:97-103. 2003..High levels of transmission within marriage may undermine the impact of sexual behaviour change programmes aiming to reduce HSV2 and HIV incidence and complicate their evaluation... - Knowledge, attitudes and practices of trained traditional birth attendants in the Gambia in the prevention, recognition and management of postpartum haemorrhageAnnelies bij de Vaate
Nijmegen Institute for International Health, 6500 HB, The Netherlands
Midwifery 18:3-11. 2002..Linking together and maximising the skills of all health workers is important to reduce PPH mortality in home births in this setting... - The use of audit to identify maternal mortality in different settings: is it just a difference between the rich and the poor?Jeroen van Dillen
Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital, Namibia
Healthc Q 10:131-7. 2007.... - Carriage of chloroquine-resistant parasites and delay of effective treatment increase the risk of severe malaria in Gambian childrenLarissa Meerman
Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
J Infect Dis 192:1651-7. 2005..We conclude that, in this setting, poor access to the hospital and a high prevalence of chloroquine-resistant parasites lead to a delay of adequate treatment for young children with malaria, who may then develop SMA... - The silent burden of gynaecological disease in low income countriesGijs Walraven
, Aiglemont, France
BJOG 112:1177-9. 2005 - Editorial: integrating continuous support of the traditional birth attendant into obstetric care by skilled midwives and doctors: a cost-effective strategy to reduce perinatal mortality and unnecessary obstetric interventionsJos van Roosmalen
Trop Med Int Health 10:393-4. 2005 - Epidemiology of pelvic organ prolapse in rural Gambia, West AfricaCaroline Scherf
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
BJOG 109:431-6. 2002..Parity was confirmed to be the strongest risk factor followed by age and anaemia. Ethnic origin was a previously unknown risk factor suggesting possible genetic factors in the pathogenesis of prolapse... - Is G6PD A- deficiency associated with recurrent stillbirths in The Gambia?Giorgio Sirugo
Am J Med Genet A 128:104-5. 2004 - Addition of artesunate to chloroquine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Gambian children causes a significant but short-lived reduction in infectiousness for mosquitoesChristopher J Drakeley
Joint Malaria Programme, Moshi, Tanzania
Trop Med Int Health 9:53-61. 2004..We assessed the effect on Plasmodium falciparum transmissibility of the addition of AS to chloroquine (CQ) in an area of The Gambia where resistance to CQ is increasing... - The addition of artesunate to chloroquine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Gambian children delays, but does not prevent treatment failureColin J Sutherland
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:19-25. 2003..Chloroquine plus artesunate is not sufficiently efficacious to justify its introduction as a replacement for chloroquine monotherapy in The Gambia... - Plasma carotenoid and vitamin E concentrations in women living in a rural west African (Gambian) communityChristopher J Bates
Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK
Int J Vitam Nutr Res 72:133-41. 2002..The observed patterns confirm that there are important seasonal, physiological, possibly genetic, and sociodemographic determinants of these nutrients in blood plasma, which may have significance for health and longevity... - Traditional birth attendants in rural Gambia: beyond health to social cohesionStella Nyanzi
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Afr J Reprod Health 11:43-56. 2007..TBAs are important for social cohesion and welfare; not mere health practitioners. Reflections about TBAs open a window into understanding the wider rural Gambian society...