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OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH: PUBLISHERS ARE ACTING UP

 While in Europe the European ‘s Commission Digital Agenda is paving the way for Open Access to publicly funded research data (Data Access ) and Publications (

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Malaria in Turkey: Successful control and strategies for achieving elimination

Author(s): 
Ahmet Özbilgin, Seher Topluoglu, Saffet Es, Elif Islek, Salih Mollahaliloglu, Yasin Erkoc
Reference: 
Acta Tropica, Volume 120, Issues 1-2, October-November 2011, Pages 15-23
Contact email: 
a.ozbilgin@yahoo.com

Turkey is located in the middle of Asia, Africa and Europe, close to Caucasia, Balkans and Middle East in subtropical climate zone.

Open Access | Seasonal and geographic differences in treatment-seeking and household cost of febrile illness among children in Malawi

Author(s): 
Ewing VL, Lalloo DG, Phiri KS, Roca-Feltrer A, Mangham LJ, SanJoaquin MA
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:32 (8 February 2011)
Contact email: 
vewing@liv.ac.uk

Those living in hard-to-reach areas were less likely to attend a health facility for a childhood febrile event and experienced greater associated household costs.

My introduction

My name is Ron Marchand (1951), Dutch, biologist by training and I started to work in malaria entomology in 1978 with studies on the mating behaviour and biochemical identification of sibling species of the An. gambiae Group in Tanzania.

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Open Access | Experience of safety monitoring in the context of a prospective observational study of artemether-lumefantrine in rural Tanzania: lessons learned for pharmacovigilance reporting

Author(s): 
Kabanywanyi AM, Mulure N, Migoha C, Malila A, Lengeler C, Schlienger R, Genton B
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2010, 9:205 (14 July 2010)
Contact email: 
amulokozi@ihi.or.tz

Experience gained in this setting could help to improve spontaneous reporting of AEs and SAEs to health authorities or marketing authorization holders.

E-interview with Dr. Gunilla Priebe: Should more malaria research be based in Africa?

Dr. Gunilla Priebe recently graduated from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) on a most interesting topic. She advocates further Africanisation of malaria research based on her study of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria. Some questions for Gunilla... 
 
 Question/Bart: If you argue for more research in the South, then what should the role of scientists in the North be(come)?...

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Open Access | Conflict-affected displaced persons need to benefit more from HIV and malaria national strategic plans and Global Fund grants

Author(s): 
Spiegel PB, Hering H, Paik E, Schilperoord M
Reference: 
Conflict and Health 2010, 4:2 (29 January 2010)
Contact email: 
spiegel@unhcr.org

Access to HIV and malaria control programmes for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) is not only a human rights issue but a public health priority for affected populations and host populations.

CLOSED: Family Health International: Project Director

Family Health International (FHI) is dedicated to improving lives, knowledge, and understanding worldwide through a highly diversified program of research, education, and services in family health and HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
 

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Malaria preventive measures, health care seeking behaviour and malaria burden in different epidemiological settings in Sudan

Author(s): 
H. S. Mustafa, E. M. Malik, H. T. Tuok, A. A. Mohamed, A. I. Julla, A. Bassili
Reference: 
Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 14 Issue 12, Pages 1488 - 1495
Contact email: 
fatihmmalik@gmail.com

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.
 

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Author(s): 
Paul Garner
Reference: 
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Basing policies on the best available evidence will help ensure maximum impact in terms of reducing death and illness globally, and, with such a high disease burden globally, this has to be a priority in international health.

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