Anaemia is known to have an impact on child development and mortality and is a severe public health problem in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the consistency between ecological and individual-level approaches to anaemia mapping by building spatial anaemia models for children aged ≤15 years using different modelling approaches. We aimed to (i) quantify the role of malnutrition, malaria, Sc...
Background: Malaria, schistosomiasis and geohelminth infection are linked to maternal and child morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Knowing the prevalence levels of these infections is vital to guide governments towards the implementation of successful and cost-effective disease control initiatives. Methodology/Principal Findings: A cross-sectional study of 1,237 preschool children (0–5 year olds), 1...
Objectivos do estudo: documentar e valorizar os conhecimentos tradicionais, relativamente a utilização de plantas medicinais; orientar estudos de recolha, classificação e identificação de espécies; potenciar a elaboração de perfis fitoquímicos e ensaios de bioactividade em espécies com potencial farmacológico; avaliar a biodiversidade vegetal na área de estudo potenciando a valorização da flora da região; poten...
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