Prevention of overweight and hypertension through cardiorespiratory fitness and extracurricular sport participation among South African schoolchildren (Publications)
Hypertension and overweight are growing public health concerns in school-aged children. We examined whether cardiorespiratory fitness and sport participation contribute to the prevention of hypertensi
Traditional herbal medicine in Mesoamerica: toward its evidence base for improving universal health coverage (Publications)
The quality of health care in Mesoamerica is influenced by its rich cultural diversity and characterized by social inequalities. Especially indigenous and rural communities confront diverse barriers t
The impact of maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants in Gavi-supported countries: estimates from two models (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Interventions to protect young infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are in advanced phases of development and are expected to be available in the foreseeable future. Gavi, the
Vaccine implementation factors affecting maternal tetanus immunization in low- and middle-income countries: results of the Maternal Immunization and... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To examine the characteristics of existing maternal tetanus immunization programmes for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to identify and understand the challe
Development of an ELISA for the quantification of mycolactone, the cytotoxic macrolide toxin of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
Mycolactones, macrolide cytotoxins, are key virulence factors of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the etiological agent of the chronic necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer. There is urgent need for a simple p
Evaluation of different methods and data sources to optimise modelling of NO2 at a global scale (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In countries where air pollution stations are unavailable or scarce, station measurements from other countries and atmospheric remote sensing could jointly provide information to estimate