José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo|Dina Gamboa|João Mário Pedro|Cláudia Fançony|António Langa|Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães|J Stothard|Susana Vaz Nery
Epidemiology of Malaria, Schistosomiasis, Geohelminths, Anemia and Malnutrition in the Context of a Demographic Surveillance System in Northern Angola
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Clínica Sagrada Esperança|Clínica Sagrada Esperança|Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa|Clínica Sagrada Esperança|Clínica Sagrada Esperança|University of Queensland|Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine|Clínica Sagrada Esperança
malaria schistosomiasis geohelminth infection linked maternal child morbidity mortality subsaharan africa knowing prevalence levels infections vital guide governments towards implementation successful costeffective disease control initiativesa crosssectional study 1237 preschool children 05 year olds 1142 schoolaged children 615 year olds 960 women 15 year olds conducted understand distribution malnutrition anemia malaria schistosomiasis intestinal urinary geohelminths northwestern province angola used recent demographic surveillance system dss database select recruit suitable households malnutrition common among children 233 underweight 99 wasting 322 stunting anemia found severe public health problem ie 40 malaria prevalence highest among preschool children reaching 202 microhematuria prevalence levels reached 100 preschool children 166 schoolaged children 217 mothers geohelminth infections common affecting 223 preschool children 316 schoolaged children 280 mothershere report prevalence levels malaria schistosomiasis geohelminths endemic poorly described area dss recently established furthermore found evidence studied infections associated observed levels anemia malnutrition justify implementation integrated interventions control diseases morbidities