Institutional evolution of a community-based programme for malaria control through larval source management in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Community-based service delivery is vital to the effectiveness, affordability and sustainability of vector control generally, and to labour-intensive larval source management (LSM) program
Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China: a new vision (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation. Periodic adminis
Diagnostic accuracy of computer-aided detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in chest radiographs: a validation study from sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Chest radiography to diagnose and screen for pulmonary tuberculosis has limitations, especially due to inter-reader variability. Automating the interpretation has the potential to overcome
Associations of short-term particle and noise exposures with markers of cardiovascular and respiratory health among highway maintenance workers (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Highway maintenance workers are constantly and simultaneously exposed to traffic-related particle and noise emissions, both of which have been linked to increased cardiovascular morbidity
Italy's contribution to global health: the need for a paradigm shift (Publications)
This paper reviews Italian Development Assistance for Health and overall contribution to Global Health from 2001 to 2012. It analyses strategies and roles of central and decentralized authorities as w
Seasonally dependent relationships between Indicators of malaria transmission and disease provided by mathematical model simulations (Publications)
Evaluating the effectiveness of malaria control interventions on the basis of their impact on transmission as well as impact on morbidity and mortality is becoming increasingly important as countries