Registration and local production of essential medicines in Uganda (Publications)
Background: Universal access to high quality essential medicines is critical to sustainable development (SDG 3.8). However low- and middle-income countries struggle to ensure access to all medicines o
Cross-reaction of POC-CCA urine test for detection of <em>Schistosoma mekongi</em> in Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test is increasingly used as a rapid diagnostic method for Schistosoma mansoni infection. The test has good sensitivity, although f
Learn or react? An experimental study of preventive health decision making (Publications)
Despite public health efforts, uptake of preventive health technologies remains low in many settings. In this paper, we develop a formal model of prevention and test it through a laboratory experiment
Multidisciplinary preclinical investigations on three oxamniquine analogues as novel drug candidates for schistosomiasis (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a disease of poverty affecting millions of people. Praziquantel (PZQ), with its strengths and weaknesses, is the only treatment available. We previously reported findings on 3 lead
Prevention of overweight and hypertension through cardiorespiratory fitness and extracurricular sport participation among South African schoolchildren (Publications)
Hypertension and overweight are growing public health concerns in school-aged children. We examined whether cardiorespiratory fitness and sport participation contribute to the prevention of hypertensi
Traditional herbal medicine in Mesoamerica: toward its evidence base for improving universal health coverage (Publications)
The quality of health care in Mesoamerica is influenced by its rich cultural diversity and characterized by social inequalities. Especially indigenous and rural communities confront diverse barriers t