Determinants of patients' adherence to malaria treatment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
(1) Background: Malaria heavily affects the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) despite the use of effective drugs. Poor adherence to malaria treatment may contribute to this problem. (2) Methods:
Stunted children display ectopic small intestinal colonization by oral bacteria, which cause lipid malabsorption in experimental models (Publications)
Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is an inflammatory syndrome postulated to contribute to stunted child growth and to be associated with intestinal dysbiosis and nutrient malabsorption. However,
Did COVID-19 policies have the same effect on COVID-19 incidence among women and men? Evidence from Spain and Switzerland (Publications)
Objective: This study aimed to investigate how COVID-19 prevention policies influenced the COVID-19 incidence in men and women. Methods: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study using the Swiss
Breast cancer incidence in relation to long-term low-level exposure to air pollution in the ELAPSE pooled cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Established risk factors for breast cancer include genetic disposition, reproductive factors, hormone therapy, and lifestyle-related factors such as alcohol consumption, physical inactivit
Potential drivers for schistosomiasis persistence: population genetic analyses from a cluster-randomized urogenital schistosomiasis elimination trial... (Publications)
The World Health Organization's revised NTD Roadmap and the newly launched Guidelines target elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem in all endemic areas by 2030. Key to meeting this
Immediate postpartum care in low- and middle-income countries: a gap in health care quality research and practice (Publications)
The immediate postpartum period carries significant risks of complications such as postpartum hemorrhage and sepsis. Postpartum monitoring, including taking vital signs and monitoring blood loss, is i
Discovery and characterization of potent, efficacious, orally available antimalarial plasmepsin X inhibitors and preclinical safety assessment of... (Publications)
Plasmepsin X (PMX) is an essential aspartyl protease controlling malaria parasite egress and invasion of erythrocytes, development of functional liver merozoites (prophylactic activity), and blocking
Effectiveness of rectal artesunate as pre-referral treatment for severe malaria in children under 5 years of age: a multi-country observational study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To prevent child deaths from severe malaria, early parenteral treatment is essential. Yet, in remote rural areas, accessing facilities offering parenteral antimalarials may be difficult. A
Effects of a dog-assisted social- and emotional-competence training for prisoners: a controlled study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Previous research has called for improving psychological interventions and developing new treatments for prisoners. Animal-assisted prison-based programmes have increasingly been used as a