An intersectoral approach to hypertension care: solutions for improving blood pressure control in São Paulo, Brazil (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and a major public health issue worldwide. In Brazil, it affects approximately 52.5% of the adult population. We
Facility-based indicators to manage and scale up cervical cancer prevention and care services for women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Of women with cervical cancer (CC) and HIV, 85% live in sub-Saharan Africa, where 21% of all CC cases are attributable to HIV infection. We aimed to generate internationally acceptable fac
Is water delivery a good idea to prevent obstetric anal sphincter injuries in low risk primiparae? An exploratory study in a Swiss public teaching... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Obstetric anal sphincter injuries are feared perineal injuries that are associated with increased pelvic floor disorders. The knowledge of influencing factors as the mode of delivery is the
Tropical rickettsial infections (Publications)
Tropical rickettsial illnesses are severely neglected infectious diseases with a worldwide distribution. These diseases are transmitted by various vectors (mites, ticks, fleas, etc.) and are responsib
<em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> disease (Buruli ulcer) (Publications)
Buruli ulcer is an infection of the subcutaneous tissue leading to chronic necrotizing skin ulcers. Sub-Saharan Africa carries the main burden of BU, but it also occurs in the Americas and the Western
Beyond health-system building blocks: context and determinants of health (Publications)
The WHO health-system building block framework represents a construction that has been widely used to analyse health systems. While the framework has shown success and become a useful analytical tool,
Development of prediction models to identify hotspots of schistosomiasis in endemic regions to guide mass drug administration (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease affecting over 150 million people. Hotspots of Schistosoma transmission-communities where infection prevalence does not decline adequately with mass dru
Assessing the contributions of an urban population health initiative to shift political priority towards cardiovascular health: three case studies... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The urban population health initiative was designed as a multidisciplinary, multisector programme to address cardiovascular (CV) disease, specifically hypertension and its underlying cause
Clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis: epidemiology, transmission, clinical features, morbidity, diagnosis, treatment, and control (Publications)
SUMMARYClonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Opisthorchis felineus are important liver flukes that cause a considerable public health burden in eastern Asia, southeastern Asia, and eastern
Tafenoquine following G6PD screening versus primaquine for the treatment of <em>vivax </em>malaria in Brazil: a cost-effectiveness analysis using a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria transmission modelling has demonstrated the potential impact of semiquantitative glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing and treatment with single-dose tafenoquine for Pla
