• District‑level approach for tailoring and targeting interventions: A new path for malaria control and elimination 

  Gosling, Roly; Chimumbwa, John; Uusiku, Petrina; Rossi, Sara; Ntuku, Henry; Harvard, Kelly; White, Chris; Tatarsky, Allison; Chandramohan, Daniel; Chen, Ingrid (2020)

  Despite huge investments and implementation of effective interventions for malaria, progress has stalled, with transmission being increasingly localized among difficult-to-reach populations and outdoor-biting vectors. ...
• The return of the sacred stones of the Ovambo kingdoms: Restitution and the revision of the past 

  Silvester, Jeremy (University of Namibia, 2020)

  The discourse of restitution often takes place within the framework of the ‘ethics of collecting’ with a focus on the return of objects violently obtained, which has restricted the debate. This case study of the return of ...
• Using parasite genetic and human mobility data to infer local and cross-border Malaria connectivity in Southern Africa 

  Tessema, Sofonias; Wesolowski, Amy; Mumbengegwi, Davies R. (2019)

  Local and cross-border importation remain major challenges to malaria elimination and are difficult to measure using traditional surveillance data. To address this challenge, we systematically collected parasite genetic ...
• FLASH: a next-generation CRISPR diagnostic for multiplexed detection of antimicrobial resistance sequences 

  Quan, Jenai; Langelier, Charles; Mumbengegwi, Davies R. (2019)

  The growing prevalence of deadly microbes with resistance to previously life-saving drug therapies is a dire threat to human health. Detection of low abundance pathogen sequences remains a challenge for metagenomic Next ...
• In vitro induction of auto‑allotetraploid in a newly developed wild rice line from Oryza alta Swallen 

  Zhang, Liusheng; Shivute, Fimanekeni Ndaitavela; Shahid, Muhammad Qasim; Kamara, Nabieu; Wu, Jinwen; Liu, Xiangdong (2019)

  Oryza alta Swallen is an important germplasm for rice resistance breeding; however, its CCDD genome (2n = 48) resulted in low crossability when the wild rice was crossed with O. sativa and restricted the success of ...
• Principals’ experiences in the implementation of the English language proficiency programme in Namibia 

  Nekongo-Nielsen, Haaveshe (2020)

  to lack skills to supervise teachers in delivering instruction using the English language. Studies conducted elsewhere in the world found that effective school leadership is needed for the success of professional development ...
• Pearl millet grain: A mini-review of the milling, fermentation and brewing of ontaku, a non-alcoholic traditional beverage in Namibia 

  Embashu, Werner; Nantanga, Komeine K. (2019)

  Pearl millet is a cereal that grows and produces grains in arid areas where other cereals may not survive. It has the potential to become a global food crop as the world experiences climate change. Pearl millet is a staple ...
• Equity and core concepts of human rights in Namibian health policies 

  Amadhila, Elina; Van Rooy, Gert; McVeigh, Joanne; Mannan, Hasheem; Maclachlan, Malcolm; Amin, Mutamad (2013)

  https://apj.hkspublications.org/equity-and-core-concepts-of-human-rights-in-namibian-health-policies/

  Delivering health services to vulnerable populations is a significant challenge in many countries. Groups vulnerable to social, economic, and environmental challenges may not be considered or may be impacted adversely by ...
• Perceived barriers to accessing health services among people with disabilities in rural northern Namibia 

  Van Rooy, Gert; Amadhila, Elina; Mufune, Pempelani; Swarts, Leslie; MacLachlan, Mannan (2012)

  People living with disabilities (PWD) face unique problems in dealing with con-ventional healthcare facilities. We investigate the experiences of PWD as they access healthcare facilities in rural Namibia. More specifically, ...
• EquiFrame: A framework for analysis of the inclusion of human rights and vulnerable groups in health policies 

  Amin, Mutamad; Maclachlan, Malcolm; El Tayeb, Shahla; El Khatim, Amani; Swarts, Leslie; Munthali, Alister; Van Rooy, Gert; McVeigh, Joanne; Eide, Arne; Schneider, Marguerite (2011)

  https://www.hhrjournal.org/2013/08/equiframe-a-framework-for-analysis-of-the-inclusion-of-human-rights-and-vulnerable-groups-in-health-policies/

  Ensuring that health policies uphold core concepts of human rights and are inclusive of vulnerable groups are imperative aspects of providing equity in health care, and of realizing the United Nations’ call for Health for ...
• Core concepts of human rights and inclusion of vulnerable groups in the disability and rehabilitation policies of Malawi, Namibia, Sudan, and South Africa 

  Mannan, Hasheem; McVeigh, Joanne; Amin, Mutamad; MacLachlam, Malcolm; Swarts, Leslie; Munthali, Alister; Van Rooy, Gert (2012)

  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1044207312439103

  In recent decades, there has been a push to incorporate the World Health Organization “Health for All” principles in national, regional, and local health policy documents. However, there is still no ...
• Namibian opaque beer: A review 

  Embashu, Werner; Iileka, Ottilie; Nantanga, Komeine K. (2018)

  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jib.533

  Omalovuis a popular traditional opaque beer in Namibia. It is made from malted sorghum or pearl millet grown in prevailing semi-arid conditions. It has a short shelf life when stored at ambient conditions. It is brewed ...
• Assessing malaria risk at night-time venues in a low-transmission setting: A time-location sampling study in Zambezi, Namibia 

  Jacobson, Jerry O.; Smith, Jennifer L.; Cueto, Carmen; Chisenga, Mukosha; Roberts, K.; Hsiang, M.; Gosling, Roly; Mumbengegwi, Davies R.; Bennett, Adam (2011)

  Background:Identifying efficient and effective strategies to reach and monitor populations at greatest risk of malaria in low-transmission settings is a key challenge for malaria elimination. In Namibia’s Zambezi Region, ...
• Moving towards malaria elimination: Trends and attributes of cases in Kavango region, Namibia, 2010–2014 

  Nghipumbwa, M.H.; Ade, S.; Kizito, W.; Takarinda, K.C.; Uusiku, Petrina; Mumbengegwi, Davis R. (2018)

  Setting: Kavango, a ‘moderate’ transmission risk region located in north-eastern Namibia, borders Angola, a country with higher malaria transmission levels. Objective: To determine 1) the trends in malaria incidence between ...
• Evaluation of the Antiplasmodial Properties of Namibian Medicinal Plant Species, Moringa ovalifolia 

  Du Preez, Iwanette; Bussel, Rahl-Jeanne; Mumbengegwi, Davis R. (2017)

  Background and Objective: Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa but it is on the decline in some Southern African countries including Namibia, which is moving towards elimination of the ...
• Spatial clustering of patent and sub-patent malaria infections in northern Namibia: Implications for surveillance and response strategies for elimination 

  Smith, Jennifer L.; Auala, Joyce R.; Tambo, Munyaradzi; Haindongo, Erastus H.; Katokele, Stark; Uusiku, Petrina; Gosling, Roly; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Mumbengegwi, Davis R.; Sturrock, Hugh J. (2017)

  Reactive case detection (RACD) around passively detected malaria cases is a strategy to identify and treat hotspots of malaria transmission. This study investigated the unproven assumption on which this approach is based, ...
• Evaluation of loop‑mediated isothermal amplification as a surveillance tool for malaria in reactive case detection moving towards elimination 

  Tambo, Munyaradzi; Auala, Joyce R.; Sturrock, Hugh J.; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Bock, Ronnie; Smith, Jennifer L.; Gosling, Roland; Mumbengegwi, Davis R. (2018)

  Background: As malaria transmission decreases, the proportion of infections that are asymptomatic at any given time increases. This poses a challenge for diagnosis as routinely used rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) miss ...
• Value addition and processed products of three indigenous fruits in Namibia 

  Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad; Bille, P.G.; Shikongo-Nambabi, Martha N. (2013)

  The objectives of this study were to add value to three popular indigenous fruits found in Namibia namely, Marula (Sclerocarya birrea), Monkey orange (Strychnos cocculoides) and Eembe (Berchemia discolour) into processed ...
• Medicinal value of Aptosimum albomarginatum (Marloth and Engl.), Albizia anthelmintica (A. Rich Brongn.) and Dicoma schinzii (O. Hoffm.) to a small community living at Gochas, southern Namibia 

  Walter, Sunette; Beukes, Mervyn; Mumbengegwi, Davis R.; Bock, Ronnie (2017)

  Traditional medicine is widely used, but its effectiveness is often questioned. Biofilm-producing bacteria and fungi are important in difficult-to-treat persistent and recurrent infections. The present study investigated ...
• Traditional fermented foods and beverages of Namibia 

  Misihairabgwi, Jane M. (2017)

  Background: Although traditional fermented foods and beverages play an important role in contributing to the livelihoods of Namibians through enhanced food security and income generation, there is a scarcity of information ...
• A comparative study of medicinal plants used in rural areas of Namibia and Zimbabwe 

  Maroyi, A. (2015)

  Health medicines prepared from wild plants play an important role in the primary healthcare needs of people living in developing countries. A comparative ethnobotanical study was undertaken to document medicinal plants ...
• Antimicrobial and antiplasmodial activity displayed by actinomycetes isolated from soils from Kavango and Hardap regions in Namibia 

  Iikasha, Albertina M.; Dushimemaria, Florence; Mbewe, Maria; Eiman, H.; Mumbengegwi, Davis R. (2018)

  Plasmodium falciparum and multidrug resistant bacteria such as Mycobacterium avium, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli are among the top causes of morbidity and mortality especially in developing countries. These ...
• Dominant lactic acid bacteria and their antimicrobial profile from three fermented milk products from northern Namibia 

  Heita, Lusia; Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad (2014)

  The present study focused on the isolation, identification and antimicrobial profile of the dominant lactic acid bacteria from three traditional fermented milk products namely: Omashikwa, Mabisi and Mashini Ghamushikwa ...
• Rondomized anticancer and cytotoxicity activities of Guibourtia Coleosperma and Diospyros Chamaethamnus 

  Dushimemaria, Florence; Du Preez, Iwanette; Mumbengegwi, Davis R. (2017)

  Background: Plants have consistently proven to be a reliable and yet not fully explored source of medicines. In light of this, there is a constant demand for new treatment regimens for cancer. Namibia has a rich diversity ...
• Traditional knowledge of wild edible fruits in southern Africa: A comparative use patterns in Namibia and Zimbabwe 

  Maroyi, A.; Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad (2017)

  A large proportion of resource poor rural households in southern African communal areas are dependent on wild edible fruits to meet part of their daily nutritional needs. For many people and ethnic groups, the use of wild ...
• Ethnobotanical knowledge on indigenous fruits in Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions in Northern Namibia 

  Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad; Embashu, Werner (2013)

  Background: Indigenous communities in Namibia possess a rich indigenous knowledge expressed within many practices of these communities. Indigenous wild edible fruits are available along the Namibian 13 regions of which it ...
• Here comes the water: Risk assessments, observation and knowledge of Ompundja village 

  Shaamhula, Loide; Van Rooy, Gert (2019)

  Floods in Namibia are more pronounced than drought or any other natural disaster. Ompundja village in northern central Namibia has experienced severe flooding over the last decade since the village is a catchment area of ...
• Molecular phylogeny of Trametes and related genera from northern Namibia 

  Ueitele, Isabella S.; Chimwamurombe, Percy M.; Kadhila-Muandingi, Nailoke P. (2018)

  Trametes Fr. is widely characterized as a polyporoid cosmopolitan genus which is presented in almost any type of forest environments. It is characterized by a combination of pileate basidiocarp, porous hymenophore, trimitic ...
• Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled factorial design trial to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of reactive focal mass drug administration and vector control to reduce malaria transmission in the low endemic setting of Namibia 

  Medzihradsky, Oliver F.; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Mumbengegwi, Davis R.; Roberts, K.; McCreesh, Patrick; Dufour, Mi-Suk Kang; Uusiku, Petrina; Katokele, Stark; Bennet, A.; Smith, Jennifer L.; Sturrock, Hugh J.; Prach, Lisa M.; Nkutu, Henry; Tambo, Munyaradzi; Didier, Bradley; Greenhouse, Bryan; Gani, Zaahira; Aerts, Ann; Gosling, Roly; Hsiang, M. (2017)

  Introduction To interrupt malaria transmission, strategies must target the parasite reservoir in both humans and mosquitos. Testing of community members linked to an index case, termed reactive case detection (RACD), is ...
• Is there a correlation between malaria incidence and IRS coverage in western Zambezi region, Namibia? 

  Mumbengegwi, Davis R.; Sturrock, Hugh J.; Hsiang, M.; Roberts, K.; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Nghipumbwa, M.H.; Uusiku, Petrina; Smith, Jennifer L.; Bennet, A.; Kizito, W.; Takarinda, K.C.; Ade, S.; Gosling, Roly (2018)

  Setting: A comparison of routine Namibia National Malaria Programme data (reported) vs. household survey data (administrative) on indoor residual spraying (IRS) in western Zambezi region, Namibia, for the 2014–2015 malaria ...

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