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1. Study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of strategies to increase antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria... (Publications)

   Study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of strategies to increase antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis in rural south-central Côte d’Ivoire

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   BACKGROUND: Coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) remains low in many countries. Evidence on the most ef

2. The modifying role of physical activity in the cross-sectional and longitudinal association of health-related quality of life with physiological... (Publications)

   The modifying role of physical activity in the cross-sectional and longitudinal association of health-related quality of life with physiological functioning-based latent classes and metabolic syndrome

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3. Sleeping hearts: 12 years after a follow up study on cardiac findings due to sleeping sickness (Publications)

   Sleeping hearts: 12 years after a follow up study on cardiac findings due to sleeping sickness

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   Both American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) and Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) are diseases caused by single-celled flagellate protozoan parasites. While cardiac complications such as conducti

4. Genotype-Informed Versus Empiric Management Of VirEmia (GIVE MOVE): study protocol of an open-label randomised clinical trial in children and... (Publications)

   Genotype-Informed Versus Empiric Management Of VirEmia (GIVE MOVE): study protocol of an open-label randomised clinical trial in children and adolescents living with HIV in Lesotho and Tanzania

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   BACKGROUND: Globally, the majority of people living with HIV have no or only limited access to HIV drug resistance testing to guide the selection of antiretroviral drugs. This is of particular concern

5. Performance of the Kato-Katz method and real time polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the framework of a... (Publications)

   Performance of the Kato-Katz method and real time polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the framework of a randomised controlled trial: treatment efficacy and day-to-day variation

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   BACKGROUND: Accurate, scalable and sensitive diagnostic tools are crucial in determining prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (STH), assessing infection intensities and monitoring treatment effica

6. The discovery of novel antitrypanosomal 4-phenyl-6-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidines (Publications)

   The discovery of novel antitrypanosomal 4-phenyl-6-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidines

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   Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense which seriously affects human health in A

7. Dental and periodontal health in a Swiss population-based sample of older adults: a cross-sectional study (Publications)

   Dental and periodontal health in a Swiss population-based sample of older adults: a cross-sectional study

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   In this cross-sectional study, the prevalences of tooth loss, prosthetic dental restorations, and probing pocket depths (PPDs) of ≥4 mm, and their relationship to sociodemographic factors, were invest

8. Evaluation of a facility-based inspection tool to assess lymphedema management services in Vietnam (Publications)

   Evaluation of a facility-based inspection tool to assess lymphedema management services in Vietnam

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   Assuring availability of services for patients with lymphedema is required for countries to be validated as having achieved elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF). A direct inspection protocol (DIP)

9. Costing malaria interventions from pilots to elimination programmes (Publications)

   Costing malaria interventions from pilots to elimination programmes

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   Background:Malaria programmes in countries with low transmission levels require evidence to optimize deploy-ment of current and new tools to reach elimination with limited resources. Recent pilots of

10. An in-depth report of quality control on Kato-Katz and data entry in four clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of albendazole against... (Publications)

    An in-depth report of quality control on Kato-Katz and data entry in four clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of albendazole against soil-transmitted helminth infections

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    BACKGROUND: Efforts to control soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have intensified over the past decade. Field-survey data on STH prevalence, infection intensity and drug efficacy is necessary