Associations between the use of insecticide-treated nets in early childhood and educational outcomes, marriage and child-bearing in early adulthood:... (Publications)
(aOR 1.40 [1.11, 1.76]) compared with women sleeping less frequently under ITNs in early life ( < age 5 years). Among men, high ITN use was associated with a 50% increase in the odds of completing primary
Performance of a real-time PCR approach for diagnosing <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infections of different intensity in urine samples from... (Publications)
augmenting egg counts: 80.6% (29/36) for counts between 1 and 4 eggs, 83.3% (15/18) for counts between 5 and 9 eggs, 100% (23/23) for counts between 10 and 49 eggs, and 96.4% (27/28) for counts of 50+ eggs
Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in... (Publications)
the intervention wards declined by 81% (from 26% (95% CI 23.7, 7.8), at baseline to 4.9% (95% CI 4.0, 5.9) at endline). In villages receiving the 1,7-mRCTR, the short-term case ratio decreased by over 15
Accelerating towards <em>P. vivax</em> elimination with a novel serological test-and-treat strategy: a modelling case study in Brazil (Publications)
efficacy radical cure regimen with primaquine is predicted to reduce point population prevalence by 22.5% [95% UI: 20.2%-24.8%] in a peri-urban setting with high transmission and by 25.2% [95% UI: 9.6%-42
An assessment of knowledge and hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers at Dodoma Regional Referral hospital (Publications)
The WHO-promoted ‘My 5 moments for hand hygiene’ is designed to prevent the spread of infectious organisms in healthcare settings which occurs mostly via contaminated hands of healthcare workers (HCWs)
How do disease control measures impact spatial predictions of schistosomiasis and hookworm? The example of predicting school-based prevalence before... (Publications)
environmental variables from fine-resolution RS data (Landsat 8) and examined a variable distance radius (1-5 km) for aggregating these variables around point-prevalence locations in a non-parametric random forest
Integrated community based human and animal syndromic surveillance in Adadle district of the Somali region of Ethiopia (Publications)
constituted (42.8%) of all syndromes, followed by respiratory disorder (37.8%) and febrile illness (15.5%). In livestock, cattle contributed (40.8%) of all cases of illness, while sheep, goats and camels
Digital support systems to improve child health and development in Peru: protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
through the digital platform. The primary study outcome is children's overall development at the age of 2.5 years, using the internationally validated long form of the Global Scales for Early Development. Secondary
Association of pesticide exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes among avocado farmworkers in Mexico (Publications)
Global Severity Index (GSI) (IRR = 1.89, 95% CI:1.36, 2.75) scores, whereas higher concentrations of 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy, metabolite of chlorpyrifos) were associated with lower GSI scores (IRR = 0
Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
of health facilities by 4 percentage points (ppts) (95% CI 0.01-0.08), technical process quality by 5 ppts (0.03-0.07), and non-technical process by 2 ppts (0-0.04). PBF also increased coverage of priority