Manuela Runge, PhD

Manuela Runge, PhD

Infectious disease epidemiologist

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School Malaria Parasitaemia Survey

During my master studies I spent 6 months in Tanzania to support data collection and analysis of the school survey, conducted by the National Malaria Control Programme.

Modelling to support strategic planning in Mainland Tanzania

This project describes the use of mathematical modelling for planning of malaria intervention strategies embedded within the long-term collaboration between the Health Intervention Unit’s NETCELL project and the Infectious Disease Modelling Unit at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and the National Malaria Control Programme in Tanzania and other partners.

School Malaria Parasitaemia Survey

During my master studies I spent 6 months in Tanzania to support data collection and analysis of the school survey, conducted by the National Malaria Control Programme.

publications

Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania

Published in Malaria Journal, 2018

Recommended citation: Chacky, F., Runge, M., Rumisha, S.F., Machafuko, P., Chaki, P., Massaga, J.J., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., Molteni, F., Snow, R.W., Lengeler, C., Mandike, R., 2018. Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania. Malaria Journal 17, 452. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2601-1
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Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: a tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania

Published in PLoS ONE, 2020

Recommended citation: Runge, M., Snow, R.W., Molteni, F., Thawer, S., Mohamed, A., Mandike, R., Giorgi, E., Macharia, P.M., Smith, T.A., Lengeler, C., Pothin, E., 2020. Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: A tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania. PLoS ONE 15, e0228469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228469
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Sub-national stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania: a simplified assembly of survey and routine data

Published in Malaria Journal, 2020

Recommended citation: Thawer, S.G., Chacky, F., Runge, M., Reaves, E., Mandike, R., Lazaro, S., Mkude, S., Rumisha, S.F., Kumalija, C., Lengeler, C., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., Snow, R.W., Molteni, F., 2020. Sub-national stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania: a simplified assembly of survey and routine data. Malaria Journal 19, 177. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03250-4
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Beyond national indicators: adapting the Demographic and Health Surveys’ sampling strategies and questions to better inform subnational malaria intervention policy

Published in Malaria Journal, 2021

Recommended citation: Ozodiegwu, I.D., Ambrose, M., Battle, K.E., Bever, C., Diallo, O., Galatas, B., Runge, M., Gerardin, J., 2021. Beyond national indicators: adapting the Demographic and Health Surveys’ sampling strategies and questions to better inform subnational malaria intervention policy. Malaria Journal 20, 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03646-w
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Geographic and demographic heterogeneity of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing in Illinois, USA, March to December 2020

Published in BMC Public Health, 2021

Recommended citation: Holden, T.M., Richardson, R.A.K., Arevalo, P., Duffus, W.A., Runge, M., Whitney, E., Wise, L., Ezike, N.O., Patrick, S., Cobey, S., Gerardin, J., 2021. Geographic and demographic heterogeneity of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing in Illinois, USA, March to December 2020. BMC Public Health 21, 1105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11177-x
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Evaluation of different deployment strategies for larviciding to control malaria: a simulation study

Published in Malaria Journal, 2021

A malaria transmission model, OpenMalaria, was used to simulate varying larviciding strategies and their impact on host-seeking mosquito densities, entomological inoculation rate (EIR) and malaria prevalence. Variations in coverage, duration, frequency, and timing of larviciding were simulated for three transmission intensities and four transmission seasonality profiles

Recommended citation: Runge, M., Mapua, S., Nambunga, I., Smith A.T., Chitnis N., Okumu F., Pothin E.. Evaluation of different deployment strategies for larviciding to control malaria: a simulation study. Malar J 20, 324 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03854-4
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Sub-national tailoring of malaria interventions in Mainland Tanzania: simulation of the impact of strata-specific intervention combinations using modelling

Published in Malaria Journal, 2022

Recommended citation: Runge, M., Thawer, S.G., Molteni, F., Chacky, F., Mkude, S., Mandike, R., Snow, R.W., Lengeler, C., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., 2022. Sub-national tailoring of malaria interventions in Mainland Tanzania: simulation of the impact of strata-specific intervention combinations using modelling. Malar J 21, 92.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Studies against Symptomatic and Severe Outcomes during the Omicron Period in Four Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Published in Vaccines, 2024

Recommended citation: Runge, M.; Karimian, Z.; Kheirandish, M.; Borghi, G.; Wodniak, N.; Fahmy, K.; Mantel, C.; Cherian, T.; Nabil Ahmed Said, Z.; Najafi, F.; et al. COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Studies against Symptomatic and Severe Outcomes during the Omicron Period in Four Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Vaccines 2024, 12, 906.
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