Mixed-methods study on pharmacies as contraception providers to Kenyan young people: who uses them and why? (Publications)
Objectives: This study sought to answer two questions: (1) what are the characteristics of young Kenyans aged 18-24 who use contraception obtained at pharmacies, and (2) why are pharmacies appealing s
Drones and digital adherence monitoring for community-based tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: a cost-effectiveness analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Continuing tuberculosis control with current approaches is unlikely to reach the World Health Organization's objective to eliminate TB by 2035. Innovative interventions such as unmanned ae
Health care cost of overweight-related diseases in Bangladesh (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic burden of overweight in Bangladesh. DESIGN: We used data from Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010. A prevalence-based approach was used to calculate the p
Toward a single-dose cure for Buruli ulcer (Publications)
A single dose of TELACEBEC (Q203), a phase 2 clinical candidate for tuberculosis, eradicates Mycobacterium ulcerans in a mouse model of Buruli ulcer infection without relapse up to 19 weeks post treat
Field postmortem rabies rapid immunochromatographic diagnostic test for resource-limited settings with further molecular applications (Publications)
Functional rabies surveillance systems are crucial to provide reliable data and increase the political commitment necessary for disease control. To date, animals suspected as rabies-positive must be s
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis surveillance and cascade of care in Madagascar: a five-year (2012-2017) retrospective study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Madagascar, the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) surveillance programme was launched in late 2012 wherein previously treated TB cases and symptomatic MDR-TB contacts (hereafter
Knowledge, attitudes and bite prevention practices and estimation of productivity of vector breeding sites using a Habitat Suitability Score (HSS)... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The frequency and magnitude of dengue epidemics has increased dramatically throughout the tropics in the past 40 years due to unplanned urbanization, globalization and lack of effective mo
Identifying thresholds to classify moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth intensity infections for FECPAKG2, McMaster, Mini-FLOTAC and qPCR (Publications)
World Health Organization (WHO) has defined moderate-to-heavy intensity (M&HI) infections with soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the two hookworms, Ancylostoma
The potential impact of human visceral leishmaniasis vaccines on population incidence (Publications)
Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) vaccines are currently under development and there is a need to understand their potential impact on population wide VL incidence. We implement four characteristics f
Efficacy, metabolism and pharmacokinetics of Ro 15-5458, a forgotten schistosomicidal 9-acridanone hydrazone (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Treatment of schistosomiasis, a neglected disease, relies on just one partially effective drug, praziquantel. We revisited the 9-acridanone hydrazone, Ro 15-5458, a largely forgotten antis