Urban-rural gaps in breastfeeding practices: evidence from Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
Objectives: Breastfeeding rates are decreasing rapidly in many low and middle-income countries, disproportionately affecting urban residences. We use data from Lao People's Democratic Republic to iden
The role of children and adolescents in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a rapid review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There has been much discussion about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in children and adolesce
From magic bullet to magic bomb: reductive bioactivation of antiparasitic agents (Publications)
Paul Ehrlich coined the term "magic bullet" to describe how a drug kills the parasite inside its human host without harming the host itself. Ehrlich concluded that the drug must have a greater affinit
Systematic review and meta-analysis of integrated studies on antimicrobial resistance genes in Africa - a One Health perspective (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) raises serious health and financial concerns. However, the main drivers of the emergence, spread and subsequent colonization of resistant bacteria
System thinking and citizen participation is still missing in One Health initiatives - lessons from fifteen evaluations (Publications)
Tackling complex public health challenges requires integrated approaches to health, such as One Health (OH). A key element of these approaches is the integration of knowledge across sectors, disciplin
A review of the frequencies of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> Kelch 13 artemisinin resistance mutations in Africa (Publications)
Artemisinin resistance (AR) emerged in South East Asia 13 years ago and the identification of the resistance conferring molecular marker, Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 (Pfk13), 7 years ago has provid
Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: comparison of exposimeters with a novel body-worn distributed meter (Publications)
Background: Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) is often measured with personal exposimeters, but the accuracy of measurements can be hampered as carrying the devices on-body ma
New antiparasitic flexible triaryl diamidines, their prodrugs and aza analogues: synthesis, <em>in vitro</em> and<em> in vivo</em> biological... (Publications)
Dicationic diamidines have been well established as potent antiparasitic agents with proven activity against tropical diseases like trypanosomiasis and malaria. This work presents the synthesis of new
Primary care case management of febrile children: insights from the ePOCT routine care cohort in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
Aim: To provide insight in the primary health care (PHC) case management of febrile children under-five in Dar es Salaam, and to identify areas for improving quality of care. Methods: We used data fro
