Comparison of two approaches for measuring household wealth <em>via</em> an asset-based index in rural and peri-urban settings of Hunan province,... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There are growing concerns regarding inequities in health, with poverty being an important determinant of health, as well as a product of health status. Within the People's Repub
3D QSAR on a library of heterocyclic diamidine derivatives with antiparasitic activity (Publications)
African trypanosomes, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (TBR) and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (TBG), affect hundreds of thousands of lives in tropical regions of the world. The toxicity of the diamidine
Community effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for infants (IPTi) in rural southern Tanzania (Publications)
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine shows evidence of efficacy in individually randomized, controlled trials. In a large-scale effectiveness
Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However, the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for granted. We assessed coverage
Gender and community views of stigma and tuberculosis in rural Maharashtra, India (Publications)
Stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB) is often regarded as a barrier to health seeking and a cause of social suffering. Stigma studies are typically patient-centred, and less is known about the vie