Exposure of <em>Heligmosomoides polygyrus</em> and <em>Trichuris muris</em> to albendazole, albendazole sulfoxide, mebendazole and oxantel pamoate... (Publications)
contents and mucosa of the small and large intestine, and the plasma) were determined using HPLC-UV/vis and anthelmintic activities were recorded using phenotypic readout. The influence of 1-aminobenzotriazole [...] did not change the levels of albendazole or its metabolites in the plasma of mice harboring H. polygyrus or in H. polygyrus, whereas drug levels in the gastrointestinal tract of host mice doubled. Mebendazole [...] Millions of people are treated with anthelmintics to control...
Effectiveness and equity of the Tanzania National Voucher Scheme for mosquito nets over 10 years of implementation (Publications)
LEARNED: The effectiveness of the TNVS was a function of several interdependent factors, including the supply chain of vouchers through the public health system; the supply chain of nets in the commercial [...] the Ministry of Health that provided pregnant women and infants with highly subsidized (long-lasting) insecticide-treated nets between 2004 and 2014. It was implemented in the context of the National [...] and implemented. RESULTS: The TNVS reached the majority of beneficiaries with...
Re-evaluating our knowledge of health system resilience during COVID-19: lessons from the first two years of the pandemic (Publications)
framework: i) What do we understand about the dimensions of resilience? ii) What aspects of the resilience dimensions remain uncertain? iii) What aspects of the resilience dimensions are missing from the COVID-19 [...] following the pandemic. The eventual consequences of system changes and the resilience of subsystems are underexplored. Through governance, the concept of health system resilience can be linked to wider [...] resilience in relation to COVID-19, excluding articles on psychological...
Governance factors that affect the implementation of health financing reforms in Tanzania: an exploratory study of stakeholders' perspectives (Publications)
perspectives of health sector stakeholders to explore governance factors that influence the implementation of health financing reforms in Tanzania. We interviewed 36 stakeholders including implementers of health [...] t for the successful implementation of health financing reforms, however there is little understanding of the governance elements that hinder the implementation of health financing reforms such as the [...] collaboration with diverse stakeholders in the implementation of health...
The building blocks of community health systems: a systems framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of iCCM programs and... (Publications)
components that can influence the potential success of a program or its ability to effectively perform at scale. While tools and methods exist to support the design and implementation of iCCM and measure [...] and expand on the fundamental domains of iCCM program implementation. We conducted a content analysis developing a code frame based on iCCM literature, a review of policy documents and discussions with [...] combination of health systems conceptual frameworks and iCCM indices. RESULTS: The...
An experimental hut study to quantify the effect of DDT and airborne pyrethroids on entomological parameters of malaria transmission (Publications)
transmission. The aim of this study was to quantify effects of airborne pyrethroids from coils and DDT used an indoor residual spray (IRS) on entomological parameters that influence malaria transmission [...] . METHODS: The effect of Transfluthrin and Metofluthrin coils compared to DDT on house entry, exit and indoor feeding behaviour of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato were measured in experimental huts in the [...] semi-field. Outcomes were deterrence - reduction in house entry of mosquitoes;...
Is the ebb of asthma due to the decline of allergic asthma? A prospective consultation-based study by the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network,... (Publications)
Surveillance Network (SSSN) since 1989. The objective of the actual study was to determine the influence of the allergic and non-allergic components of asthma on time trends from 1999 to 2005. METHODS: Primary [...] other used marker of allergic asthma, slightly increased among young children. CONCLUSIONS: The decrease of consultations for asthma is most probably due to the allergic component of asthma. Diagnostic [...] allergic component of asthma. Diagnostic shift over time and available...
Governance factors that affect the implementation of health financing reforms in Tanzania: an exploratory study of stakeholders' perspectives (Publications)
perspectives of health sector stakeholders to explore governance factors that influence the implementation of health financing reforms in Tanzania. We interviewed 36 stakeholders including implementers of health [...] t for the successful implementation of health financing reforms, however there is little understanding of the governance elements that hinder the implementation of health financing reforms such as the [...] collaboration with diverse stakeholders in the implementation of health...
The building blocks of community health systems: a systems framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of iCCM programs and... (Publications)
components that can influence the potential success of a program or its ability to effectively perform at scale. While tools and methods exist to support the design and implementation of iCCM and measure [...] and expand on the fundamental domains of iCCM program implementation. We conducted a content analysis developing a code frame based on iCCM literature, a review of policy documents and discussions with [...] combination of health systems conceptual frameworks and iCCM indices. RESULTS: The...
Re-evaluating our knowledge of health system resilience during COVID-19: lessons from the first two years of the pandemic (Publications)
framework: i) What do we understand about the dimensions of resilience? ii) What aspects of the resilience dimensions remain uncertain? iii) What aspects of the resilience dimensions are missing from the COVID-19 [...] following the pandemic. The eventual consequences of system changes and the resilience of subsystems are underexplored. Through governance, the concept of health system resilience can be linked to wider [...] resilience in relation to COVID-19, excluding articles on psychological...