Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (Publications)
1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year. For every death averted, 66 years of full
Acute effects of military aircraft noise on sedative and analgesic drug administrations in psychiatric patients: a case-time series analysis (Publications)
the clinic's records. OUTCOMES: During the study period (06/2016-12/2021), 23,486 flights occurred. 5,968 clinical stays with a median length of 41 days (IQR: 28d, 50d) were recorded. The odds ratio (OR)
Modeling the persistence of <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> worm burden after mass-drug administration and education campaigns with systematic... (Publications)
and education campaigns indirectly, using epidemiological data collected in Lao PDR before and after 5 years of repeated MDA, education and sanitation improvement campaigns. We predict the impact of int
The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and the association with non-communicable and communicable disorders in a population of sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
History of tuberculosis (OR 3.75, 95% CI 1.66-8.18; p = 0.001) and schistosomiasis (OR 2.49, 95% CI 1.13-5.18; p = 0.02) were associated with CKD. A trend was seen for increasing systolic blood pressure (OR
The protective effect of cheese consumption at 18 months on allergic diseases in the first 6 years (Publications)
cheese consumption is associated with allergic diseases. METHODS: In the PASTURE study (birth cohort in 5 European countries), data on feeding practices, environmental factors and allergic diseases were collected
Maternal hepatitis B infection burden, comorbidity and pregnancy outcome in a low-income population on the Myanmar-Thailand border: a retrospective... (Publications)
HBsAg+/HBeAg- and 211/11,025 (1.9%) were HBsAg+/HBeAg+. The caesarean section rate was low at 522/8,963 (5.8%). No significant associations were observed between pregnancy comorbidities or adverse pregnancy
Food-borne and water-borne diseases under climate change in low- and middle-income countries: further efforts needed for reducing environmental health... (Publications)
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2010 with 40% of this burden concentrated among children under 5 years of age. The highest burden per population of food-borne diseases is found in Africa, followed
Conditional and unconditional social transfers, early-life nutrition, and child growth: a randomized clinical trial (Publications)
growth (height, weight, and head circumference). RESULTS: A total of 298 mothers (mean [SD] age, 27.2 [6.5] years) were identified from a large birth cohort and randomized into a conditional social transfer
Human resources for health: a framework synthesis to put health workers at the centre of healthcare (Publications)
performance outcomes; (3) human resource management practises and levers; (4) health system outcomes; (5) contextual/cross-cutting issues; (6) population health outcomes and (7) the humanness of health workers
Impacts of land-use and land-cover changes on temperature-related mortality (Publications)
mortality range from -1.1 to +0.6 percentage points by 2050-2059 across all locations and from -1.4 to +0.5 percentage points by 2090-2099. Under inequality, these vary from -0.7 to +0.9 percentage points by
