Housing conditions and respiratory health in children in mining communities: an analysis of data from 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
between mining operations and the prevalence of symptoms related to ARI in children under the age of 5 years was observed (OR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.29–2.07). Conclusions Mines impact known risk factors for ARI
Efficacy and safety of ascending doses of moxidectin against<em> Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infections in adults: a randomised, parallel-group,... (Publications)
(95% CI 59-87; 22 [73%] of 30 cured) against S stercoralis compared with a predicted cure rate of 14% (5-31; four [14%] of 29 cured) for placebo. With escalating doses, the probability of cure increased from
Safety of routine childhood vaccine coadministration versus separate vaccination (Publications)
separate administration of the same vaccines. RESULTS: We assessed 3 518 047 adverse events and included 5 993 290 vaccine doses given to 958 591 children. 17% of AEFI occurred less and 11% more frequently following
Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: a repeated metaresearch analysis (Publications)
trials (30%) were discontinued prematurely, most often due to poor recruitment (37%; 36/98). One in 5 trials (21%; 70/326) remained unpublished at 10 years follow-up, and 21% of unpublished trials (15/70)
A randomized placebo-controlled phase a malaria vaccine trial of two virosome-formulated synthetic peptides in healthy adult volunteers (Publications)
related local AEs. Of these 16 events, all being pain, 4 occurred after the 1(st), 7 after the 2(nd) and 5 after the 3(rd) vaccination. 6 systemic AEs probably related to the study vaccine were reported after
Comparison of trial participants and open access users of a web-based physical activity intervention regarding adherence, attrition, and repeated... (Publications)
38.4 and 43.1 years in all time periods and both contexts. The proportion of women increased from 49.5% in 2003-2004 to 61.3% in 2008-2009 (P < .001). There were differences but no consistent time trends
Strong interferon-gamma mediated cellular immunity to scrub typhus demonstrated using a novel whole cell antigen ELISpot assay in rhesus macaques and... (Publications)
isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from infected (n = 10) and uninfected animals (n = 5) were stimulated with OT-WCA, and IFN-gamma secreting cells quantitated by ELISpot assay at five time
Factors associated with dog rabies immunisation status in Bamako, Mali (Publications)
titre of > /= 0.25 IU/ml for 75% of owned dogs, revaccination should be done after not more than 2.5 years. This work contributes vital information towards planning an effective dog rabies control programme
Spatial and temporal variability of personal environmental exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields in children in Europe (Publications)
calculated through intraclass correlations (ICC). RESULTS: Median total personal RF-EMF exposure was 75.5muW/m(2). Downlink was the largest contributor to total exposure (median: 27.2muW/m(2)) followed by broadcast
Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/tools-for-integrated-management-of-childhood-illness
Despite progress in reducing child mortality, an estimated 5.4 million children under five years of age died of preventable causes in 2017 including pneumonia (24%), diarrhoea (15%), and malaria (9%).
