Opportunities and limiting factors of intensive vegetable farming in malaria endemic Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Poverty reduction policies guide development strategies. In economies that depend heavily on agriculture, in the face of rapid population growth, innovative approaches are required to satisfy food nee
The timing of complementary feeding of infants in Switzerland: Compliance with the Swiss and the WHO guidelines (Publications)
Background: The importance of adequate complementary feeding of infants is increasingly acknowledged. Little is known of the actual complementary feeding practices in Switzerland.Aim: To report the pr
Pyrimidine salvage in <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> bloodstream forms and the trypanocidal action of halogenated pyrimidines (Publications)
African trypanosomes are capable of both pyrimidine biosynthesis and salvage of pre-formed pyrimidines from the host. However, uptake of pyrimidines in bloodstream form trypanosomes has not been inves
Communication skills training in obstetrics and gynaecology: whom should we train? A randomized controlled trial (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patient-physician communication in obstetrics and gynaecology can be improved by a training program and to investigate if physicians with poorer performance before the
Access to specialized pediatric cancer care in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Specialized pediatric cancer centers (PCCs) are thought to be essential to obtain state-of-the-art care for children and adolescents. We determined the proportion of childhood cancer patie