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Olaf Müller
Researcher at Heidelberg University
Publications - 151
Citations - 5468
Olaf Müller is an academic researcher from Heidelberg University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Population. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 139 publications receiving 4842 citations.
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Malnutrition and health in developing countries
Olaf Müller,Michael B. Krawinkel +1 more
TL;DR: Interventions to prevent protein– energy malnutrition range from promoting breast-feeding to food supplementation schemes, whereas micronutrient deficiencies would best be addressed through food-based strategies such as dietary diversification through home gardens and small livestock.
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Methylene blue as an antimalarial agent.
R. Heiner Schirmer,Boubacar Coulibaly,August Stich,Michael Scheiwein,Heiko Merkle,Jana Eubel,Katja Becker,Heiko Becher,Olaf Müller,Thomas Zich,Wolfgang Schiek,Bocar Kouyaté +11 more
TL;DR: The combination of chloroquine with methylene blue (BlueCQ) is studied as a possible medication for malaria in endemic regions and a pilot study with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-sufficient adult patients has been conducted recently.
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Determinants of utilisation of maternal care services after the reduction of user fees: A case study from rural Burkina Faso
Manuela De Allegri,Valéry Ridde,Valérie R. Louis,Malabika Sarker,Justin Tiendrebéogo,Maurice Yé,Olaf Müller,Albrecht Jahn +7 more
TL;DR: User fee alleviation secured equitable access to care across socio-economic groups, but alone did not ensure that all women benefited from ANC and from skilled attendance at birth.
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Risk factors of infant and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso
TL;DR: The study supports the multi-causation of childhood deaths in rural West Africa during the 1990s and supports the overall trend of decreasing childhood mortality in these populations.
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Malaria in rural Burkina Faso: local illness concepts, patterns of traditional treatment and influence on health-seeking behaviour.
Claudia Beiersmann,Aboubakary Sanou,Evelyn Wladarsch,Manuela De Allegri,Bocar Kouyaté,Olaf Müller +5 more
TL;DR: Local concepts of illness need to be considered when developing specific malaria control programmes and their influence on health care-seeking behaviour can complement existing knowledge and lead to the development of more effective malaria control interventions.