Browsing School of Health Sciences by Author "Brooker, Simon"
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Costs and cost-effectiveness of delivering intermittent preventive treatment through schools in Western Kenya
Temperley, Matilda; Mueller, Dirk H.; Njagi, J.Kiambo; Akhwale, Willis; Clarke, Siân E.; Jukes, Matthew CH.; Estambale, Benson B.; Brooker, Simon (BMC, 2008)Awareness of the potential impact of malaria among school-age children has stimulated investigation into malaria interventions that can be delivered through schools. However, little evidence is available on the costs and ... -
Costs and cost-effectiveness of delivering intermittent preventive treatment through schools in western Kenya
Temperley, Matilda; Mueller, Dirk H; Njagi, J Kiambo; Akhwale, Willis; Clarke, Siân E.; Jukes, Matthew CH; Estambale, Benson B.; Brooker, Simon (Malaria Journal, 2008-09-30)Background: Awareness of the potential impact of malaria among school-age children has stimulated investigation into malaria interventions that can be delivered through schools. However, little evidence is available on the ... -
Eff ect of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on health and education in schoolchildren: a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Clarke, Siân E; Jukes, Matthew C H; Njagi, J Kiambo; Khasakhala, Lincoln; Cundill, Bonnie; Otido, Julius; Crudder, Christopher; Estambale, Benson B.; Brooker, Simon (ScienceDirect, 2008-07-18)Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in early childhood, yet its consequences for health and education during the school-age years remain poorly understood. We examined the effect of intermittent preventive ... -
Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control
Brooker, Simon; Akhwale, Willis; Pullan, Rachel; Estambale, Benson B.; Clarke, Siân E.; Snow, Robert W.; Hotez, Peter J. (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007-02-23)Human co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum and helminths is ubiquitous throughout Africa, although its public health significance remains a topic for which there are many unknowns. In this review, we adopted an empirical ... -
Malaria morbidity among school children living in two areas of contrasting transmission in Western Kenya
Clarke, Sian E.; Brooker, Simon; Njagi, Joseph Kiambo; Njau, Eliud; Estambale, Benson B.; Muchiri, Eric; Magnussen, Pascal (The American Society of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2005)Research in malaria-endemic areas is usually focused on malaria during early childhood. Less is known about malaria among older school age children. The incidence of clinical attacks of malaria was monitored, using active ... -
Relationships between anaemia and parasitic infections in Kenyan schoolchildren: A Bayesian hierarchical modelling approach
Koukounari, Artemis; Estambale, Benson B.; Njagi, J.Kiambo; Cundill, Bonnie; Ajanga, Anthony; Crudder, Christopher; Otido, Julius; Jukes, Matthew C.H.; Clarke, Siân E.; Brooker, Simon (Elsevier, 2008)Anaemia is multi-factorial in origin and disentangling its aetiology remains problematic, with surprisingly few studies investigating the relative contribution of different parasitic infections to anaemia amongst schoolchildren. ... -
Spatial clustering of malaria and associated risk factors during an epidemic in a highland area of western Kenya
Brooker, Simon; Clarke, Siân; Njagi, Joseph Kiambo; Polack, Sarah; Mugo, Benbolt; Estambale, Benson B.; Muchiri, Eric; Magnussen, Pascal; Cox, Jonathan (Blackwell publishing Ltd., 2004-07)The epidemiology of malaria over small areas remains poorly understood, and this is particularly true for malaria during epidemics in highland areas of Africa, where transmission intensity is low and characterized by acute ...