A review of malaria epidemiology and control in Papua New Guinea 1900 to 2021: progress made and future directions (Publications)
The research and control of malaria has a long history in Papua New Guinea, sometimes resulting in substantial changes to the distribution of infection and transmission dynamics in the country. There
Marcel Tanner, global health specialist "Extraordinaire" incl supplementary materials with personal contributions from renowned experts (Publications)
Marcel Tanner, President of the Swiss Academy of the Sciences, Director emeritus of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), and Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Parasitology a
Efficient oxidative dearomatisations of substituted phenols using hypervalent iodine (iii) reagents and antiprotozoal evaluation of the resulting... (Publications)
Quinones and quinols are secondary metabolites of higher plants that are associated with many biological activities. The oxidative dearomatization of phenols induced by hypervalent iodine(III) reagent
Fexinidazole for human African trypanosomiasis, the fruit of a successful public-private partnership (Publications)
After 100 years of chemotherapy with impractical and toxic drugs, an oral cure for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is available: Fexinidazole. In this case, we review the history of drug discovery
Optimizing implementation of preventive chemotherapy against soil-transmitted helminthiasis and intestinal schistosomiasis using high-resolution data:... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite efforts to control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) using preventive chemotherapy (PC), soil-transmitted helminthiases and schistosomiasis remain widely prevalent in sub-Saharan
Short-, mid-, and long-term epidemiological and economic effects of the World Bank Loan Project on schistosomiasis control in the People's Republic of... (Publications)
It is widely acknowledged that the 10-year World Bank Loan Project (WBLP) on schistosomiasis control in the People's Republic of China played an important role in raising the public and political prof
The Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara (CDCI): establishing a model clinic for chronic care delivery in rural sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
The rollout of antiretroviral drugs in sub-Saharan Africa to address the huge health impact of the HIV pandemic has been one of the largest projects undertaken in medical history and is an unprecedent
Accelerated development of malaria monoclonal antibodies (Publications)
L9LS, a potent and safe antimalarial monoclonal antibody, demonstrated 88% protective efficacy against infection in a phase 1 trial in healthy adults.(1) These promising results are the first of many
Pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance in antiretroviral therapy-naive adults in Eastern Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pre-treatment HIV drug resistance (PDR) may result in increased risk of virological failure and acquisition of new resistance mutations. With recently increasing ART coverage and periodic