Immo Kleinschmidt

TL;DR: The blood-spot approach is an effective method for surveillance of HIV-1 in women and children, and for early identification of incidence of this infection in women of child-bearing age.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate the epidemiological impact of reduced mosquito mortality with time since IRS, and underscores that in settings of year-round transmission there is a compelling need for longer-lasting IRS insecticides, but that in the interim, high coverage of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) may ameliorate the loss of effect of current shorter-lasting IRC insecticides.

TL;DR: High malaria prevalence in some clusters and the limited protection given by pyrethroid IRS and LLINs suggest that it may be necessary to enhance established vector control activities and consider additional interventions.

TL;DR: To evaluate the impact on case management practices of routine government implementation of mRDTs, large‐scale health facility surveys in three regions of Tanzania before and after mR DT roll‐out were conducted.

TL;DR: There remains a need for quantitative studies that at the same time consider both ENSO-driven climate anomalies and non-ENSO factors influencing epidemic risk potential to assess their relative importance in order to provide an empirical basis for malaria epidemic forecasting models.