Putting people first: a primary health care success in rural India (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Report, 2008, contains a global review of primary health care on the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The period covered by the study reported on here corr
Transmission electron microscopic observations on ultrastructural damage in juvenile <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> caused by artemether (Publications)
Artemether, a derivative of the antimalarial artemisinin, has been shown to induce rapid and extensive alteration to the tegument of juvenile Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni and S. haematobium. Less
Spatial-temporal and cancer risk assessment of selected hazardous air pollutants in Seattle (Publications)
In the Seattle Air Toxics Monitoring Pilot Program, we measured 15 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) at 6 sites for more than a year between 2000 and 2002. Spatial-temporal variations were evaluated wit
Safe start at home: what parents of newborns need after early discharge from hospital - a focus group study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The length of postpartum hospital stay is decreasing internationally. Earlier hospital discharge of mothers and newborns decreases postnatal care or transfers it to the outpatient setting.
Economic burden of underweight and overweight among adults in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the economic burden of underweight and overweight among adults in the Asia Pacific region. METHOD: Systematic review of articles published until March 2015. RESULTS: 17 suitable a
Novel nucleoside-based antimalarial compounds (Publications)
The malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum employs a salvage pathway for the biosynthesis of nucleotides, in contrast to de novo biosynthesis that is utilized by the human host. A series of tw
A new approach to chemotherapy: drug-induced differentiation kills African trypanosomes (Publications)
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp. The parasites are transmitted by tsetse flies and adapt to their different hosts and