Published in Health Policy Plan on October 04, 2007
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A nationwide survey of the quality of antimalarials in retail outlets in Tanzania. PLoS One (2008) 1.88
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A qualitative study of the feasibility and community perception on the effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine use in the context of home management of malaria in south-west Nigeria. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.36
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Pharmacopoeial quality of drugs supplied by Nigerian pharmacies. Lancet (2001) 3.61
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How do countries regulate the health sector? Evidence from Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Health Policy Plan (2000) 1.37
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Health financing to promote access in low income settings-how much do we know? Lancet (2004) 4.31
An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes. Science (2005) 4.27
Increased proportions of outdoor feeding among residual malaria vector populations following increased use of insecticide-treated nets in rural Tanzania. Malar J (2011) 4.27
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Efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets in the prevention of mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 3.81
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Mobilising financial resources for maternal health. Lancet (2006) 3.53
Challenges in routine implementation and quality control of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria--Rufiji District, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 3.50
The cost-effectiveness of parasitologic diagnosis for malaria-suspected patients in an era of combination therapy. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 3.44
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Multiple origins and regional dispersal of resistant dhps in African Plasmodium falciparum malaria. PLoS Med (2009) 3.38
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Caution is required when using health facility-based data to evaluate the health impact of malaria control efforts in Africa. Malar J (2009) 2.75
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Dispensary level pilot implementation of rapid diagnostic tests: an evaluation of RDT acceptance and usage by providers and patients--Tanzania, 2005. Malar J (2008) 2.52
The economic impact of malaria in Africa: a critical review of the evidence. Health Policy (2003) 2.42
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The silent threat: asymptomatic parasitemia and malaria transmission. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther (2013) 2.32
What can global health institutions do to help strengthen health systems in low income countries? Health Res Policy Syst (2010) 2.31
Consistently high estimates for the proportion of human exposure to malaria vector populations occurring indoors in rural Africa. Int J Epidemiol (2013) 2.30
Scaling-up and sustaining insecticide-treated net coverage. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 2.27
Comparison of government statistics and demographic surveillance to monitor mortality in children less than five years old in rural western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 2.27
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Do malaria control interventions reach the poor? A view through the equity lens. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 2.23
Dual job holding by public sector health professionals in highly resource-constrained settings: problem or solution? Bull World Health Organ (2005) 2.22
Insecticide-treated bednet use, anaemia, and malaria parasitaemia in Blantyre District, Malawi. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.18
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Putting the genie back in the bottle? Availability and presentation of oral artemisinin compounds at retail pharmacies in urban Dar-es-Salaam. Malar J (2006) 2.09
Countdown to 2015: tracking donor assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health. Lancet (2006) 2.08
Effect of removing direct payment for health care on utilisation and health outcomes in Ghanaian children: a randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med (2009) 2.05
Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of a Rift Valley fever outbreak in humans in Tanzania, 2007. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 2.03
Real-time fluorescence loop mediated isothermal amplification for the diagnosis of malaria. PLoS One (2010) 2.02
Socially marketed insecticide-treated nets improve malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in southern Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.00
Efficacy of RTS,S malaria vaccines: individual-participant pooled analysis of phase 2 data. Lancet Infect Dis (2013) 2.00
From Mexico to Mali: progress in health policy and systems research. Lancet (2008) 1.99
Reproductive health priorities: evidence from a resource tracking analysis of official development assistance in 2009 and 2010. Lancet (2013) 1.95
Affordability, availability and acceptability barriers to health care for the chronically ill: longitudinal case studies from South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.95
Prevalence of malaria parasitemia among clients seeking treatment for fever or malaria at drug stores in rural Tanzania 2004. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 1.91
An interactive model for the assessment of the economic costs and benefits of different rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. Malar J (2008) 1.90
A nationwide survey of the quality of antimalarials in retail outlets in Tanzania. PLoS One (2008) 1.88
Scaling up priority health interventions in Tanzania: the human resources challenge. Health Policy Plan (2007) 1.86
Countdown to 2015: changes in official development assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health in 2009-10, and assessment of progress since 2003. Lancet (2012) 1.86
Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.83
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Distribution of free untreated bednets bundled with insecticide via an integrated child health campaign in Lindi Region, Tanzania: lessons for future campaigns. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.81
Rift Valley fever outbreak in livestock in Kenya, 2006-2007. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.78
Knowledge of malaria and its association with malaria-related behaviors--results from the Malaria Indicator Survey, Ethiopia, 2007. PLoS One (2010) 1.73
Therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and prevalence of resistance markers in Tanzania prior to revision of malaria treatment policy: Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase mutations in monitoring in vivo resistance. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.72
Decreased availability of antimalarials in the private sector following the policy change from chloroquine to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Malar J (2006) 1.72
Health policy and systems research: defining the terrain; identifying the methods. Health Policy Plan (2011) 1.72
Intervention complexity--a conceptual framework to inform priority-setting in health. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 1.72
Use of antenatal care services and intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among pregnant women in Blantyre District, Malawi. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 1.71
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Learning from Thailand's health reforms. BMJ (2004) 1.61
Health workers' use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to guide clinical decision making in rural dispensaries, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.59
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Promoting universal financial protection: how the Thai universal coverage scheme was designed to ensure equity. Health Res Policy Syst (2013) 1.58
Why first-level health workers fail to follow guidelines for managing severe disease in children in the Coast Region, the United Republic of Tanzania. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.57
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The household costs of health care in rural South Africa with free public primary care and hospital exemptions for the poor. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 1.49
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Classical versus relational approaches to understanding controls on a contract with independent GPs in South Africa. Health Econ (2003) 1.45
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