Pharmacovigilance in India, Uganda and South Africa with reference to WHO's minimum requirements (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pharmacovigilance (PV) data are crucial for ensuring safety and effectiveness of medicines after drugs have been granted marketing approval. This paper describes the PV systems of India, U
Validation of two accelerometers to determine mechanical loading of physical activities in children (Publications)
The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of accelerometers using force plates (i.e., ground reaction force (GRF)) during the performance of different tasks of daily physical activity in ch
Towards a framework for evaluating and grading evidence in public health (Publications)
The Project on a Framework for Rating Evidence in Public Health (PRECEPT) is an international collaboration of public health institutes and universities which has been funded by the European Centre fo
Genomic epidemiology of multidrug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> during transcontinental spread (Publications)
The transcontinental spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is poorly characterized in molecular epidemiologic studies. We used genomic sequencing to understand the establishment and dispers
Associations between particulate matter composition and childhood blood pressure - the PIAMA study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Childhood blood pressure is an important predictor of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Evidence for an association between ambient particulate matter (PM) exposure and
Towards universal civil registration and vital statistics systems: the time is now (Publications)
The health and development challenges of the coming decades cannot be tackled effectively without reliable data for births, deaths, and causes of death, which only a comprehensive civil registration a
Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa (Publications)
West Africa is currently witnessing the most extensive Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak so far recorded. Until now, there have been 27,013 reported cases and 11,134 deaths. The origin of the virus is thoug
High level of fecal calprotectin at age 2 months as a marker of intestinal inflammation predicts atopic dermatitis and asthma by age 6 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Gut microbiota and intestinal inflammation regulate the development of immune-mediated diseases, such as allergies. Fecal calprotectin is a biomarker of intestinal inflammation. OBJECTIVE:
Investigating the potential of reported cattle mortality data in Switzerland for syndromic surveillance (Publications)
Systems for the identification and registration of cattle have gradually been receiving attention for use in syndromic surveillance, a relatively recent approach for the early detection of infectious