Health worker compliance with a 'test and treat' malaria case management protocol in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Department of Health introduced a 'test and treat' malaria case management protocol in 2011. This study assesses health worker compliance with the test and treat protocol on
The epidemiology of residual <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria transmission and infection burden in an African city with high coverage of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam, high coverage of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), larvicide application (LA) and mosquito-proofed housing, was complemented with improved acc
Negligible risk of inducing resistance in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> with single-dose rifampicin as post-exposure prophylaxis for leprosy (Publications)
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for leprosy is administered as one single dose of rifampicin (SDR) to the contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients. SDR reduces the risk of developing leprosy among