Global oral cholera vaccine use, 2013-2018 (Publications)
Vaccination is a key intervention to prevent and control cholera in conjunction with water, sanitation and hygiene activities. An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) stockpile was established by the World Heal
Machine learning-based lifetime breast cancer risk reclassification compared with the BOADICEA model: impact on screening recommendations (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The clinical utility of machine-learning (ML) algorithms for breast cancer risk prediction and screening practices is unknown. We compared classification of lifetime breast cancer risk bas
Trends in extrapulmonary TB cases at three teaching hospitals in Ghana, 2008-2017 (Publications)
SETTING: Three teaching hospitals in Ghana. OBJECTIVE: To elucidate trends in demographics, clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes in extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) patients. DESIGN: This was a ret
Sleeping sickness survey in the Serengeti [16mm film] (Publications)
"Die Serengeti und ihre Umgebung als Reservoir (besonders die Wildtiere) für Trypanosomen wird von der EATRO (East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization) und dem Schweizerischen Tropeninstitut
Burden of soil-transmitted helminth infection in pregnant refugees and migrants on the Thailand-Myanmar border: results from a retrospective cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. While many STH infections are asymptomatic, vulnerable populations (e.g., pregnant women) fac
The influence of roads on the fine-scale population genetic structure of the dengue vector <em>Aedes aegypti</em> (Linnaeus) (Publications)
Dengue is endemic in tropical and subtropical countries and is transmitted mainly by Aedes aegypti. Mosquito movement can be affected by human-made structures such as roads that can act as a barrier.
The consequences of compromising the EU's free movement of persons principle on Swiss research: how to survive constrained access to regional... (Publications)
Between 2014 and 2016, Switzerland's access to some of the EU funding was limited after a referendum against mass immigration was accepted and the country refused to sign the free movement accord to t
Kangaroo mother care for preterm infants and child development: evidence from São Paulo, Brazil (Publications)
Globally, an estimated 15 million children are born prematurely each year, resulting in a high burden of under-five mortality and neurodevelopmental disability. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a key int
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight (Publications)
From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regio
Insufficient stability of clavulanic acid in widely used child-appropriate formulations (Publications)
Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (AMC) belongs to the WHO Essential Medicines List for children, but for optimal antimicrobial effectiveness, reconstituted dry powder suspensions need to be stored in a ref
