Geographic distribution, age pattern and sites of lesions in a cohort of Buruli ulcer patients from the mape basin of cameroon (Publications)
Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, occurs most frequently in children in West Africa. Risk factors for BU include proximity to slow flowing
Local concepts of anemia-related illnesses and public health implications in the Taabo health demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A 14-month prospective longitudinal study conducted in the Taabo health demographic surveillance system (HDSS), south-central Côte d'Ivoire, revealed high prevalence of anemia in different
Global health initiative investments and health systems strengthening: a content analysis of global fund investments (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Millions of dollars are invested annually under the umbrella of national health systems strengthening. Global health initiatives provide funding for low- and middle-income countries throug
A research agenda for malaria eradication: vector control (Publications)
Different challenges are presented by the variety of malaria transmission environments present in the world today. In each setting, improved control for reduction of morbidity is a necessary first ste
Activity of oxantel pamoate monotherapy and combination chemotherapy against <em>Trichuris muris</em> and hookworms: revival of an old drug (Publications)
BACKGROUND: It is widely recognized that only a handful of drugs are available against soil-transmitted helminthiasis, all of which are characterized by a low efficacy against Trichuris trichiura, whe
Access to artemisinin-based anti-malarial treatment and its related factors in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT) has been widely adopted as one of the main malaria control strategies. However, its promise to save thousands of lives in sub-Saharan Africa d
Air pollution and atherosclerosis: new evidence to support air quality policies (Publications)
Nino Künzli discusses a large new cohort study that provides some of the first human evidence for the impact of air pollution on the development of atherosclerosis.
