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The Malaria Research Capacity Development Consortium (MARCAD) seeks to train a core group of African scientists in West and Central Africa who will be able to provide relevant answers for the control and elimination of malaria. One PhD and two post-docs fellows are hosted at each partner institution across five African countries (Mali, The Gambia, Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal).

The University Cheikh Anta Diop UCAD, Senegal (Prof O. Gaye) leads the Consortium which includes USTTB, Mali (Prof OK. Doumbo); MRC, The Gambia (Prof U. D'Alessandro); UY1, Cameroon (Prof W. Mbacham) and UHAS, Ghana (Prof HK. Tagbor). Three European institutions collaborate in this programme: LSHTM-UK, LSTM-UK and UoC, Denmark.

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Scientific publications

A qualitative assessment of the health systems factors infuencing the prevention of malaria in pregnancy using intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide‑treated nets in Ghana
Virtue Fiawokome De‑Gaulle, Joseph Kamgno, Verner N. Orish, Agnes Kotoh, Wilfred Mbacham,Harry Tagbor and Pascal Magnussen

Efectiveness and safety of artesunate–amodiaquine versus artemether–lumefantrine for home-based treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children 6–120 months in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a randomized trial
Peter Thelma Ngwa Niba, Akindeh Mbuh Nji, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Lawrence Fonyonga Akam,

Malaria in pregnancy control and pregnancy outcomes: a decade’s overview using Ghana’s DHIMS II data
Gifty Dufe Ampofo, Joseph Osarfo, Matilda Aberese‑Ako, Livingstone Asem, Mildred Naa Komey

Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum carriage and clinical disease: a 5-year community-based longitudinal study in The Gambia
Abdullahi Ahmad, Nuredin Ibrahim Mohammed, Fatou Joof, Muna Afara, Musa Jawara1

Anopheles gambiae s.l. swarms trapping as a complementary tool against residual malaria transmission in eastern Gambia
Benoît Sessinou Assogba, Salimina Sillah, Kevin O. Opondo, SheikhTijan Cham1

Residual malaria transmission and the role of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles melas in central Senegal
Ousmane Sy, Pape C. Sarr, Benoit S. Assogba, Mouhamed A. Nourdine

Characterization of the swarming behavior of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in a hybrid zone of Senegal
Oumou Kalsom Gueye, Abdoulaye Niang, Mouhamed Bassir Faye, Abdoulaye Kane Dia

Managing intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy challenges: an ethnographic study of two Ghanaian administrative regions
Matilda Aberese‑Ako, Pascal Magnussen, Margaret Gyapong, Gifty D. Ampofo and Harry Tagbor

Assessing health system factors affecting access and delivery of IPTp-SP and ITN to pregnant women attending ANC clinics in Ghana
Virtue Fiawokome De-Gaulle, Pascal Magnussen, Joseph Kamgno, Wilfred Mbacham, Verner N. Orish3 and Harry Tagbor

Health system, socio‑cultural, economic, environmental and individual factors infuencing bed net use in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in two Ghanaian regions
Matilda Aberese‑Ako, Pascal Magnussen, Gifty D. Ampofo and Harry Tagbor

Diagnostic Accuracy of CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 and SD Bioline Pf/PAN for Malaria in Febrile Outpatients in Varying Malaria Transmission Settings in Cameroon
Innocent Mbulli Ali, Akindeh Mbuh Nji, Jacob Chefor Bonkum, Marcel Nyuylam Moyeh, Guenang Kenfack Carole, Agni Efon, Solange Dabou, Valery Pacome Kom Tchuenkam, Calvino Tah,Jean-Paul Chedjou Kengne , Dorothy Fosah Achu, Jude Daiga Bigoga and Wilfred Fon Mbacham

Discrete Survival Model Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Response to Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies among Children in Regions of Varying Malaria Transmission in Cameroon
Akindeh M. Nji, Innocent M. Ali, Peter Thelma Ngwa Niba, Evehe Marie-Solange,Christian Heumann, Guenter Froeschl and Wilfred F. Mbacham

Infectivity of patent Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers to mosquitoes: establishing capacity to investigate the infectious
reservoir of malaria in a low-transmission setting in The Gambia
Abdullahi Ahmada, Harouna M. Soumare, Muhammed M. Camara, Lamin Jadamaa, Pa Modou Gaye and all

Gametocyte carriage after seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Plasmodium falciparum infected asymptomatic children
Abdullahi Ahmad, Aurelia Prom, John Bradley, Mamadou Ndiath, Blessed Etoketim, Mamadou Bah

Detection of kdr and ace-1 mutations in wild populations of Anopheles arabiensis and An. melas in a residual malaria transmission area of Senegal
Ousmane. Sy, P.C. Sarr, B.S. Assogba b, M. Ndiaye and all

Drug resistance markers within an evolving efcacy of anti-malarial drugs in Cameroon:a systematic review and meta-analysis (1998–2020)
Peter Thelma Ngwa Niba, Akindeh M. Nji, Marie‑Solange Evehe, Innocent M. Ali and all

Mapping the breeding sites of Anopheles gambiae s. l. in areas of residual malaria transmission in central western Senegal
Assane Ndiaye, El Hadji Amadou Niang, Aminata Niang Diène, Mohamed, Abderemane Nourdine, Pape Cheikh Sarr, Lassana Konate, Ousmane Faye, Oumar Gaye, Ousmane Sy

Insecticide Resistance Profiling of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae Populations in the Southern Senegal: Role of Target Sites and Metabolic Resistance Mechanisms
Oumou. K. Gueye 1, Magellan Tchouakui, Abdoulaye K. Dia, Mouhamed B. Faye and all

Different Plasmodium falciparum clearance times in two Malian villages following artesunate monotherapy
Aminatou Kone, Sekou Sissoko, Bakary Fofana, Cheick O. Sangare, Demba Dembele

Insecticides susceptibility of An. melas and its morphological discrimination with its sympatric siblings using the biometric
palps technique
Ousmane Sy, M. A. Nourdine, M. Ndiaye, A. K. Dia, B. Samb, A. Ndiaye, P. C. Sarr, O. K. Guèye, L. Konaté, O. Gaye, O. Faye, E. A. Niang

Health system, socio‑cultural, economic,environmental and individual factors infuencing bed net use in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in two Ghanaian regions
Matilda Aberese‑Ako, Pascal Magnussen, Gifty D. Ampofo and Harry Tagbor

There should be a World Health Assembly resolution for malaria eradication 
Prof. Oumar GAYE

Plasmodium and intestinal parasite perturbations of the infected host’s inflammatory responses: a systematic review
Aminata Colle Lo, Babacar Faye, Ben Adu Gyan and Linda Eva Amoah

Plasmodium vivax Infections of Duffy-Negative Erythrocytes: Historically Undetected or a Recent Adaptation?
Karthigayan Gunalan, Amadou Niangaly, Mahamadou A. Thera, Ogobara K. Doumbo

Plasmodium vivax Infections over 3 Years in Duffy Blood Group Negative Malians in Bandiagara, Mali
Amadou Niangaly, Karthigayan Gunalan, Amed Ouattara, Drissa Coulibaly

Entomological impact of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos‑methyl: a pilot study in an area of low malaria transmission in Senegal
Ousmane Sy, El Hadji Amadou Niang, Magatte Ndiaye, Lassana Konaté,

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention combined with community case management of malaria in children under 10 years of age, over 5
months, in south-east Senegal: A clusterrandomised trial
Jean Louis A. Ndiaye, Youssoupha Ndiaye, Mamadou S. Ba, Babacar Faye,Maguette Ndiaye

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a targeted community-based IRS approach for malaria elimination in an area of low malaria
transmission of the central-western Senegal
Ousmane Sy, El Hadji Amadou Niang, Abdoulaye Diallo, Assane Ndiaye, Lassana Konaté, El Hadji Conco Ciré Ba, Fassiath Tairou,
Badara Cissé, Oumar Gaye, Paul Milligan, Ousmane Faye

 

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