Today is World Malaria Day, and so we wanted to touch on the history & recent developments of the disease, as well as discuss a recent publication in F1000Research which focuses on the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with chloroquine. Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease which occurs most commonly in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. These areas are hit the most because of the following factors; both species of mosquito which carry the disease exist there, the weather conditions allow transmission to occur all year round, and the low socio-economic stability of these countries can limit efforts ...

With the prevalence of social media, a great deal of research has examined consumer engagement in social media brand communities. However, we lack a holistic understanding of the phenomena. Given the importance and relevance of this topic to Information Systems researchers, this study aims to summarise the current state of research on the topic and identify research gaps. Following the descriptive search approach, this study identifies and analyses 134 articles. Our analysis shows that prior studies adopted various research approaches and methods to study consumer engagement in social media brand communities. In addition, researchers adopted varied definitions and studied consumer ...

We are sharing the abstract of a just published article by Moussa Sangare and colleagues entitled, “Factors hindering health care delivery in nomadic communities: a cross-sectional study in Timbuktu, Mali,” that appears in BMC Public Health. As COVID-19 has been disrupting health services generally, we need greater awareness of the serious barriers faced by more vulnerable populations even in better times. Background: In Mali, nomadic populations are spread over one third of the territory. Their lifestyle, characterized by constant mobility, excludes them from, or at best places them at the edge of, health delivery services. This study aimed to describe ...

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Globally, malaria is still a major problem with approximately 3.3 billion people living in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 106 countries (Centers for Disease Control, 2012). Most of those affected by malaria are young children and pregnant women residing in sub-Saharan Africa. When I was growing up in Lake Victoria, in western Kenya, I would watch kids die of malaria. We lost so many children and adults. So my motivation all along has been to study malaria and get to the depth of this particular disease. Through my work as a professor, I have met and collaborated with ...