What is ALMANACH? [Video] (Publications)
An electronic application is improving the quality of health care for children under five years old. ALMANACH, short for the Algorithm for the Management of Childhood Illness, is a user-friendly appli
Modelling the impact of Omicron and emerging variants on SARS-CoV-2 transmission and public health burden (Publications)
Background: SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, such as Omicron (B.1.1.529), continue to emerge. Assessing the impact of their potential viral properties on the probability of future transmission dominanc
Interventions to reduce pesticide exposure from the agricultural sector in Africa: a workshop report (Publications)
Despite the fact that several cases of unsafe pesticide use among farmers in different parts of Africa have been documented, there is limited evidence regarding which specific interventions are effect
Relationships between long-term residential exposure to total environmental noise and stroke incidence (Publications)
Background: Noise has been related to several cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) such as coronary heart disease and to their risk factors such as hypertension, but associations with stroke remain under-re
Addressing the evidence gap in the economic and social benefits of civil registration and vital statistics systems: a systematic review (Publications)
Objectives: Considering the aspiration embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals to Leave No One Behind by 2030, civil registration and vital statistics systems have an essential role in providing
Potential opportunities and challenges of deploying next generation sequencing and CRISPR-Cas systems to support diagnostics and surveillance towards... (Publications)
Recent developments in molecular biology and genomics have revolutionized biology and medicine mainly in the developed world. The application of next generation sequencing (NGS) and CRISPR-Cas tools i
Egg excretion indicators for the measurement of soil-transmitted helminth response to treatment (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Periodic administration of anthelmintic drugs is a cost-effective intervention for morbidity control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. However, with programs expanding, drug p
Poor and rational: decision-making under scarcity (Publications)
We investigate the link between poverty and decision-making in a sample of farmers in Zambia, who were given the opportunity to exchange randomly assigned household items for alternative items of simi
WHO antimalarial trial guidelines: good science, bad news? (Publications)
Estimating antimalarial drug efficacy requires differentiating treatment failures from new infections arising during the several-week follow-up period in drug trials. Genetic profiling of malaria infe
Developing human biomonitoring as a 21st century toolbox within the European exposure science strategy 2020-2030 (Publications)
Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a crucial approach for exposure assessment, as emphasised in the European Commission's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS). HBM can help to improve chemical polici
