Profiles of anti-COVID-19 vaccines currently in use and their contribution to current vaccination coverage rates (Publications)
Background Vaccines are one of the key interventions to control COVID-19 pandemic. By July 16th, 2021, nineteen COVID-19 vaccines had been approved. Vaccines have varied properties and potential to co
Participatory approaches for raising awareness among subsistence farmers in Tanzania about the spread of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Insecticide resistance is a key barrier to long-term malaria control, and it may be exacerbated by poor agricultural pesticide use. Current practices, however, do not link public health an
Female genital mutilation/cutting in the Swiss HIV cohort study: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
FGM/C is a harmful practice that involves injury of the external female genitalia without medical purpose. It is mainly practiced in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. However, with the migratory flow
Toward mandatory health insurance in low-income countries? An analysis of claims data in Tanzania (Publications)
Many low-income countries are in the process of scaling up health insurance with the goal of achieving universal coverage. However, little is known about the usage and financial sustainability of mand
Ensemble averaging using remote sensing data to model spatiotemporal PM10 concentrations in sparsely monitored South Africa (Publications)
There is a paucity of air quality data in sub-Saharan African countries to inform science driven air quality management and epidemiological studies. We investigated the use of available remote-sensing
Doxycycline responding illnesses in returning travellers with undifferentiated non-malaria fever: a European multicenter prospective cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of undifferentiated non-malaria fevers (NMF) in returning travellers is a great challenge. Currently, there is no consensus about the use of empirical antibiotics in returning tr
Geographic distribution of the V1016G knockdown resistance mutation in <em>Aedes albopictus</em>: a warning bell for Europe (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Colonization of large part of Europe by the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is causing autochthonous transmission of chikungunya and dengue exotic arboviruses. While pyrethroids are
Using a theory of change in monitoring, evaluating and steering scale-up of a district-level health management strengthening intervention in Ghana,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Since 2017, PERFORM2Scale, a research consortium with partners from seven countries in Africa and Europe, has steered the implementation and scale-up of a district-level health management
Examining decentralization and managerial decision making for child immunization program performance in India (Publications)
Despite widespread adoption of decentralization reforms, the impact of decentralization on health system attributes, such as access to health services, responsiveness to population health needs, and e
