Peter Dambach
Biographic Data
| ID | 6939517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Dambach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Dambach |
| SIGNATURE | DAMBACH P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1086-6866 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Urban Aedes aegypti suitability indicators
Beyond top-down
mosquitoes, continues to be a significant public health burden in tropical and subtropical regions. Traditional vector control methods, primarily reliant on insecticides and larvicides, face challenges because of emerging insecticide resistance and limited community engagement. This narrative review explores co-creation as a collaborative approach to dengue control, where communities actively participate in designing and implementing solutions. T…
Strengthening national public health institutes
The effect of malaria on childhood anemia in a quasi-experimental study of 7,384 twins from 23 Sub-Saharan African countries
Background Young children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly those from resource-limited settings, are heavily burdened by anemia and malaria. While malaria infected children frequently become anemic (hemoglobin < 110 g/L), anemia is a strongly multifactorial disease with many other risk factors than malaria. Due to the complex and often overlapping contributors to anemia, it remains challenging to isolate the true impact of malaria on pop…
Ethnic diversity and mortality in northwest Burkina Faso
Ethnic diversity has been a topic of contention across the globe, contrasted with economic development, social security, and political stability. The link between health and ethnic diversity is not yet well established especially in low-middle- income countries. Our study aims to explore the association between ethnic diversity and all-cause mortality in rural areas of Burkina Faso. We used data from the Nouna Health & Demographic Surveillance Sy…
Trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children from 2013 to 2018
BMI distribution as well as general prevalence of overweight and obesity are still increasing among preschool children. Children with migration backgrounds, particularly male children in the age 5 year groups and female children in the age 6 year group should be prioritized. Health promotion strategies for children with migration backgrounds will help address this challenge
Prevalence of anemia among Indigenous children in Latin America
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence pattern of anemia among Indigenous children in Latin America. METHODS: PRISMA guidelines were followed. Records were identified from the databases PubMed, Google Scholar, and LILACS by two independent researchers between May and June 2021. Studies were included if the following criteria were met: a) studied Indigenous people b) was about children (from 0 to 12 years old); c) reported a prevalence estimate of …
Community acceptance of environmental larviciding against malaria with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis in rural Burkina Faso – A knowledge, attitudes and practices study
BACKGROUND: Malaria control is based on early treatment of cases and on vector control. The current measures for malaria vector control in Africa are mainly based on long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and to a much smaller extent on indoor residual spraying (IRS). While bed net use is widely distributed and its role is intensively researched, Bti-based larviciding is a relatively novel tool in Africa. In this study, we analyze the perception …
Biological larviciding against malaria vector mosquitoes with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) – Long term observations and assessment of repeatability during an additional intervention year o…
spp. mosquito abundance was reduced by 77.4% (full treatment) and 63.5% (guided treatment) compared to the baseline year. The results showed that malaria vector abundance can be dramatically reduced using biological larviciding and that this effect can be achieved and maintained over several consecutive transmission seasons
Structural, interpersonal, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors for HIV acquisition among female bar workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
In sub-Saharan Africa, female bar workers (FBWs) often serve as informal sex workers. Little is known about the prevalence of HIV and HIV-related risk factors among FBWs in Dar es Salaam (DSM), Tanzania. Using an adapted Structural HIV Determinants Framework, we identified structural, interpersonal, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors for HIV acquisition. We compared the prevalence of HIV and HIV-related risk factors among a random sample o…
A qualitative study of community perception and acceptance of biological larviciding for malaria mosquito control in rural Burkina Faso
This study showed that larviciding interventions received positive resonance from the population. People showed a willingness to be involved and financially support the program. The positive environment with high acceptance for larviciding programs would facilitate routine implementation. An essential factor for the future success of such programs would be inclusion in regional or national malaria control guidelines
Challenges of implementing a large scale larviciding campaign against malaria in rural Burkina Faso – lessons learned and recommendations derived from the Emira project
Our observations highlight important components and strategies that should be taken into account when planning and running a similar larviciding program against malaria in a resource limited setting. A strong local partnership, meticulous planning with the possibility of ad-hoc adaption of project components and a reliable source of funding turned out to be crucial factors to successfully accomplish such a project
Emira
BACKGROUND: Malaria control is based on early treatment of cases and on vector control. The current measures for malaria vector control in Africa are mainly based on long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) and to a much smaller extent on indoor residual spraying (IRS). A third pillar in the fight against the malaria vector, larval source management (LSM), has virtually not been used in Africa since the ban of DDT in the 1960s. Within the li…
Using high spatial resolution remote sensing for risk mapping of malaria occurrence in the Nouna district, Burkina Faso
INTRODUCTION: Malaria control measures such as early diagnosis and treatment, intermittent treatment of pregnant women, impregnated bed nets, indoor spraying and larval control measures are difficult to target specifically because of imprecise estimates of risk at a small-scale level. Ways of estimating local risks for malaria are therefore important. METHODS: A high-resolution satellite view from the SPOT 5 satellite during 2008 was used to gene…
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Using high spatial resolution remote sensing for risk mapping of malaria occurrence in the Nouna district, Burkina Faso
INTRODUCTION: Malaria control measures such as early diagnosis and treatment, intermittent treatment of pregnant women, impregnated bed nets, indoor spraying and larval control measures are difficult to target specifically because of imprecise estimates of risk at a small-scale level. Ways of estimating local risks for malaria are therefore important. METHODS: A high-resolution satellite view from the SPOT 5 satellite during 2008 was used to gene…
Emira
BACKGROUND: Malaria control is based on early treatment of cases and on vector control. The current measures for malaria vector control in Africa are mainly based on long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) and to a much smaller extent on indoor residual spraying (IRS). A third pillar in the fight against the malaria vector, larval source management (LSM), has virtually not been used in Africa since the ban of DDT in the 1960s. Within the li…
Challenges of implementing a large scale larviciding campaign against malaria in rural Burkina Faso – lessons learned and recommendations derived from the Emira project
Our observations highlight important components and strategies that should be taken into account when planning and running a similar larviciding program against malaria in a resource limited setting. A strong local partnership, meticulous planning with the possibility of ad-hoc adaption of project components and a reliable source of funding turned out to be crucial factors to successfully accomplish such a project
A qualitative study of community perception and acceptance of biological larviciding for malaria mosquito control in rural Burkina Faso
This study showed that larviciding interventions received positive resonance from the population. People showed a willingness to be involved and financially support the program. The positive environment with high acceptance for larviciding programs would facilitate routine implementation. An essential factor for the future success of such programs would be inclusion in regional or national malaria control guidelines
Structural, interpersonal, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors for HIV acquisition among female bar workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
In sub-Saharan Africa, female bar workers (FBWs) often serve as informal sex workers. Little is known about the prevalence of HIV and HIV-related risk factors among FBWs in Dar es Salaam (DSM), Tanzania. Using an adapted Structural HIV Determinants Framework, we identified structural, interpersonal, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors for HIV acquisition. We compared the prevalence of HIV and HIV-related risk factors among a random sample o…
Biological larviciding against malaria vector mosquitoes with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) – Long term observations and assessment of repeatability during an additional intervention year o…
spp. mosquito abundance was reduced by 77.4% (full treatment) and 63.5% (guided treatment) compared to the baseline year. The results showed that malaria vector abundance can be dramatically reduced using biological larviciding and that this effect can be achieved and maintained over several consecutive transmission seasons
Community acceptance of environmental larviciding against malaria with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis in rural Burkina Faso – A knowledge, attitudes and practices study
BACKGROUND: Malaria control is based on early treatment of cases and on vector control. The current measures for malaria vector control in Africa are mainly based on long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and to a much smaller extent on indoor residual spraying (IRS). While bed net use is widely distributed and its role is intensively researched, Bti-based larviciding is a relatively novel tool in Africa. In this study, we analyze the perception …
The effect of malaria on childhood anemia in a quasi-experimental study of 7,384 twins from 23 Sub-Saharan African countries
Background Young children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly those from resource-limited settings, are heavily burdened by anemia and malaria. While malaria infected children frequently become anemic (hemoglobin < 110 g/L), anemia is a strongly multifactorial disease with many other risk factors than malaria. Due to the complex and often overlapping contributors to anemia, it remains challenging to isolate the true impact of malaria on pop…
Ethnic diversity and mortality in northwest Burkina Faso
Ethnic diversity has been a topic of contention across the globe, contrasted with economic development, social security, and political stability. The link between health and ethnic diversity is not yet well established especially in low-middle- income countries. Our study aims to explore the association between ethnic diversity and all-cause mortality in rural areas of Burkina Faso. We used data from the Nouna Health & Demographic Surveillance Sy…
Trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children from 2013 to 2018
BMI distribution as well as general prevalence of overweight and obesity are still increasing among preschool children. Children with migration backgrounds, particularly male children in the age 5 year groups and female children in the age 6 year group should be prioritized. Health promotion strategies for children with migration backgrounds will help address this challenge
Prevalence of anemia among Indigenous children in Latin America
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence pattern of anemia among Indigenous children in Latin America. METHODS: PRISMA guidelines were followed. Records were identified from the databases PubMed, Google Scholar, and LILACS by two independent researchers between May and June 2021. Studies were included if the following criteria were met: a) studied Indigenous people b) was about children (from 0 to 12 years old); c) reported a prevalence estimate of …
Strengthening national public health institutes
Beyond top-down
mosquitoes, continues to be a significant public health burden in tropical and subtropical regions. Traditional vector control methods, primarily reliant on insecticides and larvicides, face challenges because of emerging insecticide resistance and limited community engagement. This narrative review explores co-creation as a collaborative approach to dengue control, where communities actively participate in designing and implementing solutions. T…
Urban Aedes aegypti suitability indicators
Medicine (10 works) · Malaria Research and Control (8 works) · Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Malaria (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Immunology (5 works) · Mosquito control (4 works)