Manisha A Kulkarni

Biographic Data

ID	3573172
NAME	Manisha A Kulkarni
GIVEN NAMES	Manisha A
FAMILY NAME	Kulkarni
SIGNATURE	KULKARNI M A
AFFILIATIONS	University of Ottawa
ORCID	0000-0002-5084-4960
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	20
TOTAL CITATIONS	2
AUTHOR COUNT	20
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	1

Disparities in long-lasting insecticidal bed net usage and malaria burden 2 years after a mass distribution campaign in central Côte d’Ivoire
Open AccessColette Sih, Serge B Assi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Identifying and tackling inequities in long-lasting insecticidal bed net (LLIN) coverage and usage is key in reducing malaria burden. This baseline study, prior to an LLIN trial, describes factors associated with LLIN usage and malaria infection prevalence, two years after a mass distribution in Côte d’Ivoire. In July 2023, cross-sectional data were obtained from randomly selected individuals of all ages in each of 33 study clusters, capturing in…
Community benefits of mass distribution of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets against malaria prevalence in Tanzania
Open AccessEliud Lukole, Eliud Andrea Lukole et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
Our study demonstrated that at a community usage of 40% or more of dual-AI LLINs non-users benefited from the presence of these nets. Noticeably, even when usage was ≤ 40% in the chlorfenapyr arm, non-users were better protected than non-users in the higher coverage pyrethroid-only arm. The greater difference in malaria risk observed between users and non-users indicates that LLINs play a crucial role in providing personal protection against mala…
Understanding the barriers and facilitators related to never treatment during mass drug administration among mobile and migrant populations in Mali
Open AccessMoussa Sangare, Abdoul Fatao Diabaté et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024
INTRODUCTION: Five of the neglected tropical diseases use a strategy of preventative chemotherapy distributed via mass drug administration (MDA) for all eligible people living in endemic areas. To be successful, high coverage must be sustained over multiple rounds. Therefore, it will be difficult to reach elimination as a public health problem using MDA if there remain clusters of people who have never been treated. The study aims to explore the …
Bio-efficacy of field aged novel class of long-lasting insecticidal nets, against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors in Tanzania
Open AccessJackline Martin, Louisa A Messenger et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
New classes of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), have been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to control malaria vectors resistant to pyrethroid insecticides. This study was nested in a large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted (cRCT) in Tanzania. A series of experimental hut trials (EHTs) aimed to evaluate the bio-efficacy of trial LLINs on mosquito indicators most pertinent to malaria transmission over 3 ye…
Health systems impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on malaria control program implementation and malaria burden in Benin
Open AccessAmber Gigi Hoi, Ludovic K N’Tcha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent ripple effects across health systems and impacted the burden of many other diseases, such as malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. This study takes a mixed method approach to assess the impact of COVID-19 on malaria control programs in three rural communes in Benin. We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with key informants who play important roles in malaria control in Benin at three levels of the health syste…
Knowledge, protective behaviours, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk
Open AccessJames J Logan, Masato Sawada et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024
This study highlights the dynamics between Lyme disease knowledge, patterns of exposure risk awareness, and vigilance of personal protection in a Canadian region with emerging Lyme disease risk. Notably, this study identified gaps between perceived local risk and protective behaviours, presenting opportunities for targeted enhanced communication efforts in areas of Lyme disease emergence
Pyrethroid genetic resistance in the dengue vector (Aedes aegypti) in Posadas, Argentina
Open AccessJessica V Fay, Sonia L Espinola et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023
Pyrethroids are extensively used to control adult populations of the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti , raising concerns regarding the increasing frequency and distribution of insecticide resistance mutations (kdr: knock-down resistance) in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene ( Nav ). The widespread use of pyrethroids imposes a threat to the success of mosquito control and the environment. In this study, we investigated the presence of two kdr mu…
Assessing risk factors for malaria and schistosomiasis among children in Misungwi, Tanzania, an area of co-endemicity
Open AccessClaudia Duguay, Jacklin F Mosha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Malaria and schistosomiasis are two major parasitic vector-borne diseases that are a particular threat to young children in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the present study, we investigated factors that are associated with malaria, schistosomiasis, and co-infection among school-aged children, using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach. A cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2022 in Misungwi, Tanzania, that sampled 1,122 children age…
Community-level impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on malaria prevention and health-seeking behaviours in rural Benin
Open AccessClaudia Duguay, Manfred Accrombessi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Globally, negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria prevention and control efforts have been caused by delayed distributions of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN), decreased outpatient attendance, and disruptions to malaria testing and treatment. Using a mixed methods approach, we aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on community-level malaria prevention and health-seeking practices in Benin more than one year after the start of…
Ecological Niche and Positive Clusters of Two West Nile Virus Vectors in Ontario, Canada
Open AccessBenoit Talbot, Manisha A Kulkarni et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2023
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen associated with uncommon but severe neurological complications in humans, especially among the elderly and immune-compromised. In Northeastern North America, the Culex pipiens/restuans complex and Aedes vexans are the two principal vector mosquito species/species groups of WNV. Using a 10-year surveillance dataset of WNV vector captures at 118 sites across an area of 40,000 km 2 in Eastern Ontari…
Charting the evidence for climate change impacts on the global spread of malaria and dengue and adaptive responses
Open AccessManisha A Kulkarni, Claudia Duguay et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2022
Spatiotemporal trends and socioecological factors associated with Lyme disease in eastern Ontario, Canada from 2010–2017
Open AccessAndreea M Slatculescu, Claudia Duguay et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Currently, there is limited knowledge about socioeconomic, neighbourhood, and local ecological factors that contribute to the growing Lyme disease incidence in the province of Ontario, Canada. In this study, we sought to identify these factors that play an important role at the local scale, where people are encountering ticks in their communities. We used reported human Lyme disease case data and tick surveillance data submitted by the public fro…
Characterizing ‘health equity’ as a national health sector priority for maternal, newborn, and child health in Ethiopia
Open AccessNicole Bergen, Arne Ruckert et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021
Background: The pursuit of health equity is a priority in Ethiopia, especially with regards to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH). To date, there has been little characterization of the ‘problem’ of health inequity, and the normative assumptions implicit in the representation of the problem. Yet, such insights have implications for shaping the framing, incentivization, and implementation of health policies and their wider impact.Objective…
Effectiveness of upgraded maternity waiting homes and local leader training on improving institutional births
Open AccessJaameeta Kurji, Lakew Abebe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
The trial was retrospectively registered on the Clinical Trials website ( https://clinicaltrials.gov ) on 3rd October 2017. The trial identifier is NCT03299491
Linking Bird and Mosquito Data to Assess Spatiotemporal West Nile Virus Risk in Humans
Open AccessBenoit Talbot, Merlin Caron-Lévesque et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2019
Maternity waiting areas – serving all women? Barriers and enablers of an equity-oriented maternal health intervention in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Open AccessNicole Bergen, Lakew Abebe et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2019
In Ethiopia, maternal waiting areas (MWAs) - residential areas near health facilities where women can stay while waiting to give birth - are community-based, equity-oriented interventions to improve maternal outcomes among rural populations. In this qualitative study we sought to explore the barriers and enablers that Health Extension Workers (HEWs) encounter when engaging with communities about MWAs. We conducted semi-structured interviews with …
Utilization of key preventive measures for pregnancy complications and malaria among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Open AccessMariame Ouedraogo, Jaameeta Kurji et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019
ANC and ITN uptake during pregnancy in Jimma Zone fall below the respective targets of 95 and 90% set in the Ethiopian Health Sector Transformation Plan for 2020, suggesting that more intensive programmatic efforts still need to be directed towards improving access to these health services. Reaching ANC non-users and ITN ownership and use as part of ANC services could be emphasized to address these gaps
Perceptions and experiences related to health and health inequality among rural communities in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Open AccessNicole Bergen, Abebe Mamo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2018
Understanding community perceptions of health and health inequality can serve as an evidence base for community-level initiatives, including MNCH promotion. The findings of this study enable the development of audience-centered MNCH promotion activities that closely align with community priorities and experiences. This research demonstrates the application of rapid qualitative assessment methods to explore the context for MNCH promotion activitie…
Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria and arbovirus risk in Tanzania
Esha Homenauth, Debora Kajeguka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2017References: 16
Principal component analysis (PCA) is frequently adopted for creating socioeconomic proxies in order to investigate the independent effects of wealth on disease status. The guidelines and methods for the creation of these proxies are well described and validated. The Demographic and Health Survey, World Health Survey and the Living Standards Measurement Survey are examples of large data sets that use PCA to create wealth indices particularly in l…
What caused the 2012 dengue outbreak in Pucallpa, Peru? A socio-ecological autopsy
Open AccessMargot Charette, Lea Berrang-Ford et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2017Cited by: 2References: 46

Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria and arbovirus risk in Tanzania
Esha Homenauth, Debora Kajeguka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2017References: 16
Principal component analysis (PCA) is frequently adopted for creating socioeconomic proxies in order to investigate the independent effects of wealth on disease status. The guidelines and methods for the creation of these proxies are well described and validated. The Demographic and Health Survey, World Health Survey and the Living Standards Measurement Survey are examples of large data sets that use PCA to create wealth indices particularly in l…
What caused the 2012 dengue outbreak in Pucallpa, Peru? A socio-ecological autopsy
Open AccessMargot Charette, Lea Berrang-Ford et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2017Cited by: 2References: 46
Perceptions and experiences related to health and health inequality among rural communities in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Open AccessNicole Bergen, Abebe Mamo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2018
Understanding community perceptions of health and health inequality can serve as an evidence base for community-level initiatives, including MNCH promotion. The findings of this study enable the development of audience-centered MNCH promotion activities that closely align with community priorities and experiences. This research demonstrates the application of rapid qualitative assessment methods to explore the context for MNCH promotion activitie…
Linking Bird and Mosquito Data to Assess Spatiotemporal West Nile Virus Risk in Humans
Open AccessBenoit Talbot, Merlin Caron-Lévesque et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2019
Maternity waiting areas – serving all women? Barriers and enablers of an equity-oriented maternal health intervention in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Open AccessNicole Bergen, Lakew Abebe et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2019
In Ethiopia, maternal waiting areas (MWAs) - residential areas near health facilities where women can stay while waiting to give birth - are community-based, equity-oriented interventions to improve maternal outcomes among rural populations. In this qualitative study we sought to explore the barriers and enablers that Health Extension Workers (HEWs) encounter when engaging with communities about MWAs. We conducted semi-structured interviews with …
Utilization of key preventive measures for pregnancy complications and malaria among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Open AccessMariame Ouedraogo, Jaameeta Kurji et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019
ANC and ITN uptake during pregnancy in Jimma Zone fall below the respective targets of 95 and 90% set in the Ethiopian Health Sector Transformation Plan for 2020, suggesting that more intensive programmatic efforts still need to be directed towards improving access to these health services. Reaching ANC non-users and ITN ownership and use as part of ANC services could be emphasized to address these gaps
Effectiveness of upgraded maternity waiting homes and local leader training on improving institutional births
Open AccessJaameeta Kurji, Lakew Abebe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
The trial was retrospectively registered on the Clinical Trials website ( https://clinicaltrials.gov ) on 3rd October 2017. The trial identifier is NCT03299491
Characterizing ‘health equity’ as a national health sector priority for maternal, newborn, and child health in Ethiopia
Open AccessNicole Bergen, Arne Ruckert et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021
Background: The pursuit of health equity is a priority in Ethiopia, especially with regards to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH). To date, there has been little characterization of the ‘problem’ of health inequity, and the normative assumptions implicit in the representation of the problem. Yet, such insights have implications for shaping the framing, incentivization, and implementation of health policies and their wider impact.Objective…
Charting the evidence for climate change impacts on the global spread of malaria and dengue and adaptive responses
Open AccessManisha A Kulkarni, Claudia Duguay et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2022
Spatiotemporal trends and socioecological factors associated with Lyme disease in eastern Ontario, Canada from 2010–2017
Open AccessAndreea M Slatculescu, Claudia Duguay et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Currently, there is limited knowledge about socioeconomic, neighbourhood, and local ecological factors that contribute to the growing Lyme disease incidence in the province of Ontario, Canada. In this study, we sought to identify these factors that play an important role at the local scale, where people are encountering ticks in their communities. We used reported human Lyme disease case data and tick surveillance data submitted by the public fro…
Pyrethroid genetic resistance in the dengue vector (Aedes aegypti) in Posadas, Argentina
Open AccessJessica V Fay, Sonia L Espinola et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023
Pyrethroids are extensively used to control adult populations of the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti , raising concerns regarding the increasing frequency and distribution of insecticide resistance mutations (kdr: knock-down resistance) in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene ( Nav ). The widespread use of pyrethroids imposes a threat to the success of mosquito control and the environment. In this study, we investigated the presence of two kdr mu…
Assessing risk factors for malaria and schistosomiasis among children in Misungwi, Tanzania, an area of co-endemicity
Open AccessClaudia Duguay, Jacklin F Mosha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Malaria and schistosomiasis are two major parasitic vector-borne diseases that are a particular threat to young children in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the present study, we investigated factors that are associated with malaria, schistosomiasis, and co-infection among school-aged children, using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach. A cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2022 in Misungwi, Tanzania, that sampled 1,122 children age…
Community-level impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on malaria prevention and health-seeking behaviours in rural Benin
Open AccessClaudia Duguay, Manfred Accrombessi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Globally, negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria prevention and control efforts have been caused by delayed distributions of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN), decreased outpatient attendance, and disruptions to malaria testing and treatment. Using a mixed methods approach, we aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on community-level malaria prevention and health-seeking practices in Benin more than one year after the start of…
Ecological Niche and Positive Clusters of Two West Nile Virus Vectors in Ontario, Canada
Open AccessBenoit Talbot, Manisha A Kulkarni et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2023
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen associated with uncommon but severe neurological complications in humans, especially among the elderly and immune-compromised. In Northeastern North America, the Culex pipiens/restuans complex and Aedes vexans are the two principal vector mosquito species/species groups of WNV. Using a 10-year surveillance dataset of WNV vector captures at 118 sites across an area of 40,000 km 2 in Eastern Ontari…
Understanding the barriers and facilitators related to never treatment during mass drug administration among mobile and migrant populations in Mali
Open AccessMoussa Sangare, Abdoul Fatao Diabaté et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024
INTRODUCTION: Five of the neglected tropical diseases use a strategy of preventative chemotherapy distributed via mass drug administration (MDA) for all eligible people living in endemic areas. To be successful, high coverage must be sustained over multiple rounds. Therefore, it will be difficult to reach elimination as a public health problem using MDA if there remain clusters of people who have never been treated. The study aims to explore the …
Bio-efficacy of field aged novel class of long-lasting insecticidal nets, against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors in Tanzania
Open AccessJackline Martin, Louisa A Messenger et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
New classes of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), have been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to control malaria vectors resistant to pyrethroid insecticides. This study was nested in a large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted (cRCT) in Tanzania. A series of experimental hut trials (EHTs) aimed to evaluate the bio-efficacy of trial LLINs on mosquito indicators most pertinent to malaria transmission over 3 ye…
Health systems impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on malaria control program implementation and malaria burden in Benin
Open AccessAmber Gigi Hoi, Ludovic K N’Tcha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent ripple effects across health systems and impacted the burden of many other diseases, such as malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. This study takes a mixed method approach to assess the impact of COVID-19 on malaria control programs in three rural communes in Benin. We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with key informants who play important roles in malaria control in Benin at three levels of the health syste…
Knowledge, protective behaviours, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk
Open AccessJames J Logan, Masato Sawada et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024
This study highlights the dynamics between Lyme disease knowledge, patterns of exposure risk awareness, and vigilance of personal protection in a Canadian region with emerging Lyme disease risk. Notably, this study identified gaps between perceived local risk and protective behaviours, presenting opportunities for targeted enhanced communication efforts in areas of Lyme disease emergence
Community benefits of mass distribution of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets against malaria prevalence in Tanzania
Open AccessEliud Lukole, Eliud Andrea Lukole et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
Our study demonstrated that at a community usage of 40% or more of dual-AI LLINs non-users benefited from the presence of these nets. Noticeably, even when usage was ≤ 40% in the chlorfenapyr arm, non-users were better protected than non-users in the higher coverage pyrethroid-only arm. The greater difference in malaria risk observed between users and non-users indicates that LLINs play a crucial role in providing personal protection against mala…
Disparities in long-lasting insecticidal bed net usage and malaria burden 2 years after a mass distribution campaign in central Côte d’Ivoire
Open AccessColette Sih, Serge B Assi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Identifying and tackling inequities in long-lasting insecticidal bed net (LLIN) coverage and usage is key in reducing malaria burden. This baseline study, prior to an LLIN trial, describes factors associated with LLIN usage and malaria infection prevalence, two years after a mass distribution in Côte d’Ivoire. In July 2023, cross-sectional data were obtained from randomly selected individuals of all ages in each of 33 study clusters, capturing in…