Beyond antimalarial stock-outs: implications of health provider compliance on out-of-pocket expenditure during care-seeking for fever in south east... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To better understand how stock-outs of the first line antimalarial, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) and other non-compliant health worker behaviour, influence household expendi
Fast<em> in vitro</em> methods to determine the speed of action and the stage-specificity of anti-malarials in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Recent whole cell in vitro screening campaigns identified thousands of compounds that are active against asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum at submicromolar concentrations. Thes
Naturally acquired immune responses to <em>P. vivax</em> merozoite surface protein 3alpha and merozoite surface protein 9 are associated with reduced... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread human malaria parasite. Cohort studies in Papua New Guinea have identified a rapid onset of immunity against vivax-malaria in childre
Prevalence of trachoma at sub-district level in Ethiopia: determining when to stop mass azithromycin distribution (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To eliminate blinding trachoma, the World Health Organization emphasizes implementing the SAFE strategy, which includes annual mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin to the whole
Mass distribution of free insecticide-treated nets do not interfere with continuous net distribution in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To protect the most vulnerable groups from malaria (pregnant women and infants) the Tanzanian Government introduced a subsidy (voucher) scheme in 2004, on the basis of a public-private par
The contribution of reduction in malaria as a cause of rapid decline of under-five mortality: evidence from the Rufiji Health and Demographic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Under-five mortality has been declining rapidly in a number of sub-Saharan African settings. Malaria-related mortality is known to be a major component of childhood causes of death and mal
Agreement between parent and child report on parental practices regarding dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours: the ENERGY... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Parents and their parenting practices play an important role in shaping their children's environment and energy-balance related behaviours (EBRBs). Measurement of parenting practices can b
Identifying the impediments and enablers of ecohealth for a case study on health and environmental sanitation in Ha Nam, Vietnam (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To date, research has shown an increasing use of the term "ecohealth" in literature, but few researchers have explicitly described how it has been used. We investigated a project on health