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View article: Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine allocation in resource poor settings: Towards an Artificial Intelligence-enabled and Geospatial-assisted decision support framework
Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine allocation in resource poor settings: Towards an Artificial Intelligence-enabled and Geospatial-assisted decision support framework Open
Objectives To propose a novel framework for COVID-19 vaccine allocation based on three components of Vulnerability, Vaccination, and Values (3Vs). Methods A combination of geospatial data analysis and artificial intelligence methods for ev…
View article: How best to co-deploy insecticides to minimise selection for resistance
How best to co-deploy insecticides to minimise selection for resistance Open
Insecticides are widely used to control the insects that spread human infectious diseases, in particular falciparum malaria. This widespread use has driven insecticide resistance (IR) to high levels that may threaten the effectiveness of f…
View article: Evaluating rotations as a strategy to delay the evolution of insecticide resistance in vectors of human diseases
Evaluating rotations as a strategy to delay the evolution of insecticide resistance in vectors of human diseases Open
Introduction Insecticide resistance threatens the control of important human vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue. The current de facto strategy is to target the insect vectors using a sequential deployment of insecticides i.e.…
View article: The Residual Efficacy of SumiShield™ 50WG and K-Othrine® WG250 IRS Formulations Applied to Different Building Materials against Anopheles and Aedes Mosquitoes
The Residual Efficacy of SumiShield™ 50WG and K-Othrine® WG250 IRS Formulations Applied to Different Building Materials against Anopheles and Aedes Mosquitoes Open
Insecticides with novel modes of action are required to complement the pyrethroids currently relied upon for controlling malaria vectors. One example of this is the neonicotinoid clothianidin, the active ingredient in the indoor residual s…
View article: The Residual Efficacy of SumiShield™ 50WG and K-Othrine® WG250 IRS Formulations Applied to Different Building Materials Against Anopheles and Aedes Mosquitoes
The Residual Efficacy of SumiShield™ 50WG and K-Othrine® WG250 IRS Formulations Applied to Different Building Materials Against Anopheles and Aedes Mosquitoes Open
Insecticides with novel modes of action are required to complement the pyrethroids currently relied upon for controlling malaria vectors. One example of this is the neonicotinoid clothianidin, which is found in SumiShield™ 50WG used …
View article: afrimapr: R Resources and a Community for Mapping Data in Africa
afrimapr: R Resources and a Community for Mapping Data in Africa Open
The presentation briefly introduces the afrimapr project which is currently funded through Wellcome Trust Open Research Fund and Data for Science and Health. This presentation was part of the CODATA Connect network's Research Skills semina…
View article: A reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa and R tools to support improvement
A reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa and R tools to support improvement Open
Background:Open data on the locations and services provided by health facilities have, in some countries, allowed the development of software tools contributing to COVID-19 response. The UN and WHO encourage countries to make health facili…
View article: A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response
A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response Open
Background:Open data on the locations and services provided by health facilities in some countries have allowed the development of software tools contributing to COVID-19 response. The UN and WHO encourage countries to make health facility…
View article: Code to generate figures for : A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response
Code to generate figures for : A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response Open
Code to generate figures for : A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response. Wellcome Open Research
View article: Exploring open African health facility data
Exploring open African health facility data Open
In March 2020 the afrimapr team started working on the afrihealthsites package to make African health facility data more accessible for analysis, visualisation, and to allow others to combine it more easily with other datasets. Macharia et…
View article: Merging Open Health Facility Data Sets: Part 1
Merging Open Health Facility Data Sets: Part 1 Open
Background: afrimapr and afrihealthsites Early in March 2020 the afrimapr team started looking into mapping, comparing, and combining open health facility data to enable better access for decision makers in Africa during and after the COVI…
View article: afrimapr: Creating reusable R building blocks for mapping data in Africa in 2020
afrimapr: Creating reusable R building blocks for mapping data in Africa in 2020 Open
Presentation for satRday Johannesburg 2020 on 7 March 2020 in South Africa.The afrimapr project will create software building blocks in R and learning resources to facilitate the use of spatial data in health (and other) applications in Af…
View article: Malaria Data by District: An open-source web application for increasing access to malaria information
Malaria Data by District: An open-source web application for increasing access to malaria information Open
Preventable diseases still cause huge mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Research in spatial epidemiology and earth observation is helping academics to understand and prioritise how mortality could be reduced and generates spat…
View article: The role of windows of selection and windows of dominance in the evolution of insecticide resistance in human disease vectors
The role of windows of selection and windows of dominance in the evolution of insecticide resistance in human disease vectors Open
Persistent insecticides sprayed onto house walls, and incorporated into insecticide‐treated bednets, provide long‐acting, cost‐effective control of vector‐borne diseases such as malaria and leishmaniasis. The high concentrations that occur…
View article: Malaria Data by District: An open-source web application for increasing access to malaria information
Malaria Data by District: An open-source web application for increasing access to malaria information Open
Preventable diseases still cause huge mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Research in spatial epidemiology and earth observation is helping academics to understand and prioritise how mortality could be reduced and generates spat…
View article: ResistanceSim: development and acceptability study of a serious game to improve understanding of insecticide resistance management in vector control programmes
ResistanceSim: development and acceptability study of a serious game to improve understanding of insecticide resistance management in vector control programmes Open
The use of insecticides is the cornerstone of effective malaria vector control. However, the last two decades has seen the ubiquitous use of insecticides, predominantly pyrethroids, causing widespread insecticide resistance and compromisin…
View article: Insecticide resistance evolution with mixtures and sequences: a model-based explanation
Insecticide resistance evolution with mixtures and sequences: a model-based explanation Open
The model offers an accessible description of the process of insecticide resistance evolution and how it is likely to respond to insecticide use. A simple online user-interface allowing further exploration is also provided. These tools can…
View article: Measuring, manipulating and exploiting behaviours of adult mosquitoes to optimise malaria vector control impact
Measuring, manipulating and exploiting behaviours of adult mosquitoes to optimise malaria vector control impact Open
Residual malaria transmission can persist despite high coverage with effective long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and/or indoor residual spraying (IRS), because many vector mosquitoes evade them by feeding on animals, feeding outdoors,…
View article: A Two-Locus Model of the Evolution of Insecticide Resistance to Inform and Optimise Public Health Insecticide Deployment Strategies
A Two-Locus Model of the Evolution of Insecticide Resistance to Inform and Optimise Public Health Insecticide Deployment Strategies Open
We develop a flexible, two-locus model for the spread of insecticide resistance applicable to mosquito species that transmit human diseases such as malaria. The model allows differential exposure of males and females, allows them to encoun…