Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV Option B+ cascade in rural Tanzania: the one stop clinic model (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Strategies to improve the uptake of Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) are needed. We integrated HIV and maternal, newborn and child health services in a One Stop Cl
Indole and benzimidazole bichalcophenes: synthesis, DNA binding and antiparasitic activity (Publications)
A novel series of indole and benzimidazole bichalcophene diamidine derivatives were prepared to study their antimicrobial activity against the tropical parasites causing African sleeping sickness and
Factors associated with cessation of smoking among Swiss adults between 1991 and 2011: results from the SAPALDIA Cohort (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Smoking is still the most preventable cause of disease and premature death in Switzerland, as elsewhere. We aimed to assess the main determinants of smoking cessation in the population-b
Evaluation of spoligotyping, SNPs and customised MIRU-VNTR combination for genotyping <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>clinical isolates in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Combining different molecular typing methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) can be a powerful tool for molecular epidemiology-based investigation of TB. However, the current
Land use regression modeling of outdoor noise exposure in informal settlements in Western Cape, South Africa (Publications)
In low- and middle-income countries, noise exposure and its negative health effects have been little explored. The present study aimed to assess the noise exposure situation in adults living in inform