A digital health algorithm to guide antibiotic prescription in pediatric outpatient care: a cluster randomized controlled trial (Publications)
Excessive antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance are major global public health threats. We developed ePOCT+, a digital clinical decision support algorithm in combination with C-reactive protein
Development of WHO recommendations for the final phase of elimination and prevention of re-establishment of malaria (Publications)
The WHO recommends that all affected countries work toward the elimination of malaria, even those still experiencing a high burden of disease. However, malaria programs in the final phase of eliminati
A case for ongoing structural support to maximise infectious disease modelling efficiency for future public health emergencies: a modelling... (Publications)
This short communication reflects upon the challenges and recommendations of multiple COVID-19 modelling and data analytic groups that provided quantitative evidence to support health policy discussio
Opportunities and challenges for decentralised clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Digital health has gained traction in research and development, and clinical decision support systems. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of decentralised clinical trials (DC
Antibody and B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination: the end of the beginning (Publications)
As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved during the past years, interactions between human immune systems, rapidly mutating and selected SARS-CoV-2 viral variants, and effective vaccines have complicated
Reflections on the impact and response to the Peruvian 2017 coastal El Niño event: looking to the past to prepare for the future (Publications)
Climate-related phenomena in Peru have been slowly but continuously changing in recent years beyond historical variability. These include sea surface temperature increases, irregular precipitation pat
Farmers' valuation and willingness to pay for vaccines to protect livestock resources against priority infectious diseases in Ghana (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Livestock vaccination coverage rates remain low in many lower and middle income countries despite effective vaccines being commonly available. Consequently, many preventable infectious l
Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health Care Workers (HCWs) in conflict zones face high levels of violence while also playing a crucial role in assisting the population in distress. For more than two decades, the eastern
Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health systems' weakness remains one of the primary obstacles towards achieving universal access to quality healthcare in low-income settings. Performance-based financing (PBF) programs ha