Long-term air pollution exposure and COVID-19 case-severity: an analysis of individual-level data from Switzerland (Publications)
waves of COVID-19 between February 2020 and May 2021. High-resolution maps of particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations were produced for the 6 years preceding the pandemic using
Facility and community results-based financing to improve maternal and child nutrition and health in The Gambia (Publications)
models were estimated. A qualitative study was embedded, with data thematically analyzed. We analyzed 5,927 household surveys: 1,939 baseline, 1,951 midline, and 2,037 endline. On average, community group
Magnitude and associated factors of latent tuberculosis infection due to <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex among high-risk groups in urban... (Publications)
slaughterhouse workers was significantly higher for both QTF-Plus (96.8%; P /=15 years of exposure (AOR 5.617, 95% CI 1.202-32.198), having an animal at home (AOR 2.735, 95% CI 1.102-6.789) and protozoal infection
Supporting Treatment for Anti-Retroviral Therapy (START) together: protocol for a pilot, randomized, couple-based intervention to promote women's ART... (Publications)
(referrals to the local clinic to support ART adherence or any other HIV-related care). START Together is a 5-session intervention based in cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, which is a skill-based intervention
Sleeping hearts: 12 years after a follow up study on cardiac findings due to sleeping sickness (Publications)
their treatment by conducting a clinical examination and an ECG. A control group matched by age (± 5 years), sex and whenever possible form the same village was enrolled. There were no significant differences
Analytical and clinical assessment of a portable, isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay for the molecular diagnosis of... (Publications)
7-96.9) and 100% (+/-69.1-100), respectively. Positive and negative predictive values were 100% (+/-97.5-100) and 50% (+/-27.2-72.8), respectively. The RT-ShDra1-RPA therefore shows promise as a rapid and
A cross-sectional survey on parasitic infections in schoolchildren in a rural Tanzanian community (Publications)
with Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar/Entamoeba moshkovskii, 12% with Schistosoma mansoni, and 5% with Plasmodium falciparum. The most common soil-transmitted helminth species was Trichuris trichiura
HPLC-based activity profiling for antiprotozoal compounds in <em>Croton gratissimus</em> and <em>Cuscuta hyalina</em> (Publications)
vitro. Quercetin-3,7-dimethylether (6) showed the highest activity against axenic L. donovani (IC50, 4.5 µM; selectivity index [SI], 12.3), P. falciparum (IC50, 7.3 µM; SI, 7.6), and T. b. rhodesiense (IC50
A remote parenting program and parent and staff perspectives: a randomized trial (Publications)
program on parenting practices was evaluated by randomized trial in Jamaica. Mothers with children aged 5 to 24 months who met 1 of 7 at-risk criteria were enrolled at health centers. Participants were randomly
Prenatal depression severity and postpartum care utilization in a medicaid population (Publications)
Results: The majority (64.2%) of women received a mild/moderate prenatal depression diagnosis and 52.5% of the total sample attended their postpartum care visit. After adjusting for confounders, we found