Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is an important public health problem worldwide that contributes
significantly to the global burden of disease. Vitamin A deficiency disorders include …

It is widely accepted that women carry an increased burden of trachomatous trichiasis
compared with men, but there is no systematic review of the available prevalence surveys in the …

Purpose: To complete the baseline trachoma map worldwide by conducting population-based
surveys in an estimated 1238 suspected endemic districts of 34 countries. Methods: A …

We assessed malaria infection in relation to age, altitude, rainfall, socio-economic factors
and coverage of control measures in a representative sample of 11 437 people in Amhara, …

Background In most resource-poor settings, malaria is usually diagnosed based on clinical
signs and symptoms and not by detection of parasites in the blood using microscopy or rapid …

Reliable population-based prevalence data are essential for planning, monitoring and
evaluating trachoma control programmes and understanding the scale of the problem, yet they …

Background Ownership of insecticidal mosquito nets has dramatically increased in Ethiopia
since 2006, but the proportion of persons with access to such nets who use them has …

Background Large cross-sectional household surveys are common for measuring indicators
of neglected tropical disease control programs. As an alternative to standard paper-based …

Background Nigeria suffers the world’s largest malaria burden, with approximately 51 million
cases and 207,000 deaths annually. As part of the country’s aim to reduce by 50% malaria-…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) harbors 11% of global malaria cases, yet little
is known about the spatial and genetic structure of the parasite population in that country. …