Effect of a governmentally-led physical activity program on motor skills in young children attending child care centers: a cluster randomized... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of a governmentally-led center based child care physical activity program (Youp'la Bouge) on child motor skills.Patients and methods: We conducted a single blinded clus
Access to, and use of, water by populations living in a schistosomiasis and fascioliasis co-endemic area of northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Water is an essential element of life, but it can also be a source of disease. Apart from direct consumption of unsafe water, direct contact and indirect consumption puts people at risk of many differ
Social and cultural determinants of anticipated acceptance of an oral cholera vaccine prior to a mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar (Publications)
Despite improvements in sanitation and water supply, cholera remains a serious public health burden. Vaccination is included among recommendations for cholera control. Cultural concepts of illness are
Identification of an African <em>Bacillus anthracis</em> lineage that lacks expression of the spore surface associated anthrose containing... (Publications)
The surface of Bacillus anthracis endospores exposes a pentasaccharide containing the monosaccharide anthrose which has been considered as vaccine or target for specific detection of the spores. In th
Sleep quality and the risk of work injury: a Swiss case-control study (Publications)
Sleep problems are a well-known risk factor for work injuries, but less is known about which vulnerable populations are most at risk. The aims of this study were to investigate the association between
Sleep problems and work injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Sleep problems are a potential risk factor for work injuries but the extent of the risk is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the effect of sleep probl
All that is blood is not schistosomiasis: experiences with reagent strip testing for urogenital schistosomiasis with special consideration to very-low... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Reagent strip testing for microhaematuria has long been used for community diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium. Sensitivities and specificities are reasonable, and hence, microhaematuria