The impact of different rehabilitation strategies after major events in the elderly: the case of stroke and hip fracture in the Tuscany region (Publications)
BACKGROUND: On a regional level, our aims were to describe rehabilitation patterns for elderly patients with stroke and hip fracture and to investigate mortality risk during the 6-month post acute per
Recent HIV-1 infection: identification of individuals with high viral load setpoint in a voluntary counselling and testing centre in rural Mozambique (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Identification of recent HIV-infections is important for describing the HIV epidemic and compiling HIV-RNA-setpoint data for future HIV intervention trials. We conducted a study to charact
A nationwide survey of the quality of antimalarials in retail outlets in Tanzania (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Retail pharmaceutical products are commonly used to treat fever and malaria in sub-Saharan African countries. Small scale studies have suggested that poor quality antimalarials are wides
<em>In vitro</em> antiprotozoal activity of alkaloids from <em>Phaedranassa dubia</em> (Amaryllidaceae) (Publications)
The bulbs of Phaedranassa dubia (Amaryllidaceae) were found to contain the novel compound phaedranamine, together with seven known alkaloids. The structure and stereochemistry of the alkaloids were de
Establishing sustainable performance-based incentive schemes: views of rural health workers from qualitative research in three sub-Saharan African... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Performance-based incentives (PBIs) are currently receiving attention as a strategy for improving the quality of care that health providers deliver. Experiences from several African coun
