Ruth A Ashton
Biographic Data
| ID | 7017584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth A Ashton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashton |
| SIGNATURE | ASHTON R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7248-7730 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Outdoor attractive targeted sugar bait Phase III trials for malaria control in Kenya, Mali, and Zambia
Attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSB) are a potential new class of vector control tool that act through an “attract and kill” mechanism on mosquitoes. We conducted a meta-analysis using data from three large-scale Phase III trials of the Westham Sarabi v1.2 ATSB (0.11% dinotefuran) conducted in Kenya, Mali, and Zambia, to determine the effect of the intervention on clinical malaria incidence in children, Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalenc…
Access to malaria diagnosis and treatment in Zambia in the context of scaling-up community case management
Community case management has been scaled up nationally in Zambia over the last decade. However, there is limited evidence on how this nationwide implementation has affected febrile patients’ access to malaria diagnosis and treatment in Zambia. This study analyzed four rounds of Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) data (2012–2021) to evaluate: 1) proportion of all-ages individuals with fever who sought treatment from a formal provider, 2) proportion o…
Estimating malaria chemoprevention and vector control coverage using program and campaign data
BACKGROUND: Accurate estimation of intervention coverage is a vital component of malaria program monitoring and evaluation, both for process evaluation (how well program targets are achieved), and impact evaluation (whether intervention coverage had an impact on malaria burden). There is growing interest in maximizing the utility of program data to generate interim estimates of intervention coverage in the periods between large-scale cross-sectio…
Management of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years at public and private sector facilities in Mali
Multiple limitations in management of febrile children under five were identified, including inconsistent use of confirmatory testing and apparent use of severe malaria drugs for uncomplicated malaria. While we cannot confirm the reasons for these shortcomings, there is a need to address the high use of non-ACT antimalarials in this context; to minimize potential for drug resistance, reduce unnecessary expense, and preserve life-saving treatment …
The usefulness of school-based syndromic surveillance for detecting malaria epidemics
School absenteeism is a plausible simple indicator of unusual health events within a community, such as malaria epidemics, but the sensitivity of an absenteeism-based surveillance system to detect epidemics could not be rigorously evaluated in this study. Further piloting during a demonstrated increase in malaria transmission within a community is recommended
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The usefulness of school-based syndromic surveillance for detecting malaria epidemics
School absenteeism is a plausible simple indicator of unusual health events within a community, such as malaria epidemics, but the sensitivity of an absenteeism-based surveillance system to detect epidemics could not be rigorously evaluated in this study. Further piloting during a demonstrated increase in malaria transmission within a community is recommended
Estimating malaria chemoprevention and vector control coverage using program and campaign data
BACKGROUND: Accurate estimation of intervention coverage is a vital component of malaria program monitoring and evaluation, both for process evaluation (how well program targets are achieved), and impact evaluation (whether intervention coverage had an impact on malaria burden). There is growing interest in maximizing the utility of program data to generate interim estimates of intervention coverage in the periods between large-scale cross-sectio…
Management of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years at public and private sector facilities in Mali
Multiple limitations in management of febrile children under five were identified, including inconsistent use of confirmatory testing and apparent use of severe malaria drugs for uncomplicated malaria. While we cannot confirm the reasons for these shortcomings, there is a need to address the high use of non-ACT antimalarials in this context; to minimize potential for drug resistance, reduce unnecessary expense, and preserve life-saving treatment …
Outdoor attractive targeted sugar bait Phase III trials for malaria control in Kenya, Mali, and Zambia
Attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSB) are a potential new class of vector control tool that act through an “attract and kill” mechanism on mosquitoes. We conducted a meta-analysis using data from three large-scale Phase III trials of the Westham Sarabi v1.2 ATSB (0.11% dinotefuran) conducted in Kenya, Mali, and Zambia, to determine the effect of the intervention on clinical malaria incidence in children, Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalenc…
Access to malaria diagnosis and treatment in Zambia in the context of scaling-up community case management
Community case management has been scaled up nationally in Zambia over the last decade. However, there is limited evidence on how this nationwide implementation has affected febrile patients’ access to malaria diagnosis and treatment in Zambia. This study analyzed four rounds of Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) data (2012–2021) to evaluate: 1) proportion of all-ages individuals with fever who sought treatment from a formal provider, 2) proportion o…
Malaria (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Malaria Research and Control (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Artemisinin (2 works) · Biostatistics (2 works) · Epidemiology (2 works) · Health facility (2 works) · Mosquito-borne diseases and control (2 works)