Ghana

This study points to the effectiveness of IPTp using SP as an evidence-based measure for control of malaria and malaria-related anaemia in pregnancy.

The 371G allele of RNASE3 is associated with susceptibility to CM and forms part of a risk associated haplotype GGA defined by the markers: rs2073342 (G-allele), rs2233860 (G-allele) and rs8019343 (A-allele) respectively.

This study points to several strategies that may help bridge the gap between what is known from research evidence and the knowledge and practices of healthcare providers.

The results of this study suggest that net use would increase in Ghana if coloured nets were made available in mass distributions as well as in the commercial market;

The baseline malaria epidemiology suggests a high malaria transmission in the mining area prior to the start of mining activities.

The pfATPase6 gene is highly polymorphic with D639G appearing to be fixed in Ghanaian isolates.

All participants were positive for at least one malaria protein by ELISA, with results dependent on the criteria for positivity.

The data highlight the complexity of the situation prevailing in southern Ghana and the challenges facing the malaria vector control programmes in this region.

Malaria transmission was assessed in two rural communities, Kona and Afamanaso in Sekyere South district, Ashanti Region, in the forest zone of Ghana to provide baseline data for ongoing clinical studies and the evaluation of the effect of interventions.

We compared two recent methods (the novel Partec Rapid Malaria Test(R) (PT) and the Binax Now(R) Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (BN RDT) with the conventional Giemsa stain microscopy (GM) for the diagnosis of malaria among children in a clinical laboratory of a hospital in a rural endemic area of Ghana.