Mendelian randomisation of eosinophils and other cell types in relation to lung function and disease (Publications)
RATIONALE: Eosinophils are associated with airway inflammation in respiratory disease. Eosinophil production and survival is controlled partly by interleukin-5: anti-interleukin-5 agents reduce asthma
The perception of outpatient care quality by healthcare users in Ukraine (Publications)
Background: Ukraine has been improving the quality of health care by reforming the health care system. Evidence on healthcare users' perceptions of quality is important for future system changes. This
Analysis of drug resistance among difficult-to-treat tuberculosis patients in Ghana identifies several pre-XDR TB cases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Resistance to tuberculosis (TB) drugs has become a major threat to global control efforts. Early case detection and drug susceptibility profiling of the infecting bacteria are essential fo
Acceptance and uptake of improved biomass cookstoves in Peru: learning from system level approaches to transform large-scale cooking interventions (Publications)
Improved biomass cookstoves (ICS) are cooking technologies that increase wellbeing and reduce household air pollution. With the goal of identifying factors influencing ICS acceptance and uptake at fiv
State of knowledge on the acquisition, diversity, interspecies attribution and spread of antimicrobial resistance between humans, animals and the... (Publications)
Resistance to antibiotics is considered one of the most urgent global public health concerns. It has considerable impacts on health and the economy, being responsible for the failure to treat infectio
Advancing One human-animal-environment Health for global health security: what does the evidence say? (Publications)
In this Series paper, we review the contributions of One Health approaches (ie, at the human-animal-environment interface) to improve global health security across a range of health hazards and we sum
Non-specific effects of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vaccines induce antigen-specific immunity, which provides long-lived protection from the target pathogen. Trials from areas with high incidence rates for infectious diseases indicated that
Relationship between body mass index and physical activity among children from low-income communities in Gqeberha, South Africa: a cross-sectional... (Publications)
This study aimed to establish the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity, the level of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and the association thereof among vulnerable children fr
