European community respiratory health survey II : final report of work package 5 : historic data of ambient air pollution in 37 European cities of... (Publications)
Starting in 2000, the adult population of 29 of the original 41 (mostly) European centres of the former ECRHS I cross-sectional study (1989-92) is being re- investigated in a cohort study. The primary
From strategy development to routine implementation: the cost of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infants for malaria control (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals for health requires a massive scaling-up of interventions in Sub Saharan Africa. Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants (IPTi) is
Creating an "enabling environment" for taking insecticide treated nets to national scale: the Tanzanian experience (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to protect 60% o
Target product profile choices for intra-domiciliary malaria vector control pesticide products: repel or kill? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The most common pesticide products for controlling malaria-transmitting mosquitoes combine two distinct modes of action: 1) conventional insecticidal activity which kills mosquitoes expose
Spatio-temporal malaria transmission patterns in Navrongo demographic surveillance site, northern Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The relationship between entomological measures of malaria transmission intensity and mortality remains uncertain. This is partly because transmission is heterogeneous even within small ge
Development of an in vitro drug screening assay using <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> schistosomula (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The development of novel antischistosomal drugs is crucial, as currently no vaccine and only a single drug is available for the treatment of schistosomiasis. Fast and accurate in
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> resistance to anti-malarial drugs in Papua New Guinea: evaluation of a community-based approach for the molecular... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Molecular monitoring of parasite resistance has become an important complementary tool in establishing rational anti-malarial drug policies. Community surveys provide a representative samp
Measuring newborn foot length to identify small babies in need of extra care: a cross sectional hospital based study with community follow-up in... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality because of low birth weight or prematurity remains high in many developing country settings. This research aimed to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of