BACKGROUND WHO developed a global strategy to eliminate hepatitis B by 2030 and set target to treat 80% of people with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection eligible for antiviral treatment. As a first step to achieve this goal, it is essential to conduct a situation analysis that is fundamental to designing national hepatitis plans. We therefore estimated the prevalence of chronic HBV infe...

Despite the alarming rates of deforestation and forest fragmentation, Madagascar still harbors extraordinary biodiversity. However, in many arthropod groups, such as spiders, this biodiversity remains mostly unexplored and undescribed. The first subsocial Madagascan species of the theridiid spider genus Anelosimus were described in 2005 when six new species were found to coexist in the Périnet ...

BACKGROUND Urinary tract pathogens obtained from patients in Madagascar are becoming increasingly resistant to commonly used antibiotics that are readily available at a low price. This poses a real problem for the treatment of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Madagascar. OBJECTIVES To obtain data on the pathogens responsible for community-acquired UTIs in Antananarivo and...

West Nile virus is an arthropod-borne zoonosis transmitted by a large number of mosquito species, and birds play a key role as reservoir of the virus. Its distribution is largely widespread over Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. Since 1978, it has frequently been reported in Madagascar. Studies described a high seroprevalence level of the virus in humans in different areas of the island an...

To elucidate the speciation mechanisms prevalent within hotspots of biodiversity, and the evolutionary processes behind the rise of their species-rich and endemic biota, we investigated the phylogeny of the giant fire-millipede genus Aphistogoniulus Silvestri, 1897, a Malagasy endemic. This study is the first comprehensive (molecular and morphological) phylogenetic study focusing on millipede (...

Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island and is recognised as one of of the world’s top ten hotspots for biodiversity. Separated from Africa for 160 million years, it is home to between around 12,000 plant species of which nearly 10,000 are thought to be unique to the island. And much of its fauna is of great interest too, no more so than its lemurs, the primate family of major interest ...

Arboviruses have been shown to circulate in Madagascar, including West Nile, dengue, and chikungunya viruses, though the extent of their circulation remains poorly documented. We estimated seroprevalence these three arboviruses Madagascar determined risk factors associated with seropositivity. Serum samples obtained from 1680 individuals surrounding Sentinel Health Centers network all regions c...

Abstract The aim of this article is to investigate the power dynamics at play in open and announced healing practices Norway Madagascar. main research question is: What characterizes Madagascar? We analyzed empirical material by using a theoretical approach describe exercise power. Through study two different ecclesial cultural contexts, we indicate (il)legality exercising “power over” practice...

Madagascar is a large island, some 1600 km in length (north to south) and 587,000 square kilometres in area. The island lies around 300 km off Mozambique (south-east Africa) in the Indian Ocean. Topography consists of a central mountainous region with an average altitude of 2000 m, which covers around two thirds of the island. The highest point is Maromokotro (2876 m). The uplands are surrounde...

News Primary health care: back to basics in Madagascar The name might have changed but primary health care remains a key policy of the Malagasy state. Rivonala Razafison reports on the challenges that health workers face in Madagascar. When the first batch of 1500 young health aides were dispatched in 1980 to Madagascar's villages, it was thought to herald a new era in health care for the islan...