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
Asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections may not be shortened by acquired immunity (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The duration of untreated Plasmodium falciparum infections is a defining characteristic of the parasite's biology. It is not clear whether naturally acquired immunity (NAI) can shorten inf
What do district health managers in Ghana use their working time for? A case study of three districts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Ineffective district health management potentially impacts on health system performance and service delivery. However, little is known about district health managing practices and time all
Medicaid family planning waivers in 3 states: did they reduce unwanted births? (Publications)
Effects of Medicaid family planning waivers on unintended births and contraceptive use postpartum were examined in Illinois, New York, and Oregon using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
The reality of task shifting in medicines management - a case study from Tanzania (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Tanzania suffers a severe shortage of pharmaceutical staff. This negatively affects the provision of pharmaceutical services and access to medicines, particularly in rural areas. Task shif
Risk profiling of schistosomiasis using remote sensing: approaches, challenges and outlook (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease that affects an estimated 250 million people, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. The transmission of schistosomiasis is spatially and temporally restric
Age-shifting in malaria incidence as a result of induced immunological deficit: a simulation study (Publications)
Effective population-level interventions against Plasmodium falciparum malaria lead to age-shifts, delayed morbidity or rebounds in morbidity and mortality whenever they are deployed in ways that do n