Manuela De Allegri

Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: An application to the study of the impact of community health insurance (2008)

De Allegri, Manuela, Pokhrel, Subhash, Becher, Heiko, Dong, Hengjin, Mansmann, Ulrich, Kouyaté, Bocar, ...

Abstract Background We describe a step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trial which has been conducted since 2003 to accompany the implementation of a community health insurance (CHI) scheme...

Malaria in rural Burkina Faso: local illness concepts, patterns of traditional treatment and influence on health-seeking behaviour (2007)

Beiersmann, Claudia, Sanou, Aboubakary, Wladarsch, Evelyn, De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Müller, Olaf

Abstract Background The literature on health care seeking behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa for children suffering from malaria is quite extensive. This literature, however, is predominately...

A qualitative investigation into knowledge, beliefs, and practices surrounding mastitis in sub-Saharan Africa: what implications for vertical transmission of HIV? (2007)

De Allegri, Manuela, Sarker, Malabika, Hofmann, Jennifer, Sanon, Mamadou, Böhler, Thomas

Abstract Background Mastitis constitutes an important risk factor in HIV vertical transmission. Very little, however, is known on how women in sub-Saharan Africa conceptualise health problems related...

Compliance of young children with ITN protection in rural Burkina Faso (2006)

Frey, Claudia, Traoré, Corneille, De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Müller, Olaf

Abstract Background Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) are known to be highly effective in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. The effectiveness of ITNs is largely influenced by behavioural...

Why do people choose to enrol or nor to enrol in community health insurance?The case of the Nouna Health District, Burkina Faso (2006)

De Allegri, Manuela

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Compliance of young children with ITN protection in rural Burkina Faso

Frey, Claudia, Traoré, Corneille, De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Müller, Olaf

Compliance of young children with ITN protection in rural Burkina Faso

Frey, Claudia, Traoré, Corneille, De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Müller, Olaf

A qualitative investigation into knowledge, beliefs, and practices surrounding mastitis in sub-Saharan Africa: what implications for vertical transmission of HIV?

De Allegri, Manuela, Sarker, Malabika, Hofmann, Jennifer, Sanon, Mamadou, Böhler, Thomas

The Great Failure of Malaria Control in Africa: A District Perspective from Burkina Faso

Kouyaté, Bocar, Sie, Ali, Yé, Maurice, De Allegri, Manuela, Müller, Olaf

Too many African children are dying from a disease for which we have effective and cost-effective prevention and treatment options, say the authors.

Malaria in rural Burkina Faso: local illness concepts, patterns of traditional treatment and influence on health-seeking behaviour

Beiersmann, Claudia, Sanou, Aboubakary, Wladarsch, Evelyn, De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Müller, Olaf

Understanding consumers' preferences and decision to enrol in community-based health insurance in rural West Africa

De Allegri, Manuela, Sanon, Mamadou, Bridges, John, Sauerborn, Rainer

Distribution Systems of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Rural Burkina Faso: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Müller, Olaf, De Allegri, Manuela, Becher, Heiko, Tiendrebogo, Justin, Beiersmann, Claudia, Ye, Maurice, ...

Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: An application to the study of the impact of community health insurance

De Allegri, Manuela, Pokhrel, Subhash, Becher, Heiko, Dong, Hengjin, Mansmann, Ulrich, Kouyaté, Bocar, ...

Breast milk as the "water that supports and preserves life"--Socio-cultural constructions of breastfeeding and their implications for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Hofmann, Jennifer, De Allegri, Manuela, Sarker, Malabika, Sanon, Mamadou, Bhler, Thomas

Objectives Complementary breastfeeding represents an important source of risk of HIV infection for infants born to HIV positive mothers. The World Health Organisation recommends that infants born to...

Understanding enrolment in community health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based case-control study in rural Burkina Faso.

De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Becher, Heiko, Gbangou, Adjima, Pokhrel, Subhash, Sanon, Mamadou, ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with decision to enrol in a community health insurance (CHI) scheme. METHODS: We conducted a population-based case-control study among 15 communities offered...

The effect of community-based health insurance on the utilization of modern health care services: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Gnawali, Devendra Prasad, Pokhrel, Subhash, Sié, Ali, Sanon, Mamadou, De Allegri, Manuela, Souares, Aurélia, ...

Objective To quantify the impact of community-based health insurance (CBI) on utilization of health care services in rural Burkina Faso.Methods Propensity score matching was used to minimise the...

Drop-out analysis of community-based health insurance membership at Nouna, Burkina Faso

Dong, Hengjin, De Allegri, Manuela, Gnawali, Devendra, Souares, Aurélia, Sauerborn, Rainer

Objectives This study aims to identify the reasons why enrolled people decide not to renew their membership in following years.Methods Household survey is used to collect information on the factors...