Distribution of malaria exposure in endemic countries in Africa considering country levels of effective treatment (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria prevalence, clinical incidence, treatment, and transmission rates are dynamically interrelated. Prevalence is often considered a measure of malaria transmission, but treatment of c
Accuracy of assessment of eligibility for early medical abortion by community health workers in Ethiopia, India and South Africa (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of assessment of eligibility for early medical abortion by community health workers using a simple checklist toolkit. DESIGN: Diagnostic accuracy study. SETTING: Ethi
Experience and lessons from health impact assessment for human rights impact assessment (Publications)
As globalisation has opened remote parts of the world to foreign investment, global leaders at the United Nations and beyond have called on multinational companies to foresee and mitigate negative imp
Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Diagnosing pediatric pneumonia is challenging in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined primary end-point radiological pneumonia for use in epidemiological
Feasibility and acceptability of injectable artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) changed its national policy for the treatment of severe malaria in both children and adults in 2012 from intravenous quinine to injectable artesu
Do instructional videos on sputum submission result in increased tuberculosis case detection? A randomized controlled trial (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: We examined the effect of an instructional video about the production of diagnostic sputum on case detection of tuberculosis (TB), and evaluated the acceptance of the video. TRIAL DESIGN: R
Financial and economic costs of the elimination and eradication of onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a parasitic disease transmitted by blackflies. Symptoms include severe itching, skin lesions, and vision impairment including blindness. More than 99% o