Elemental constituents of particulate matter and newborn's size in eight European cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The health effects of suspended particulate matter (PM) may depend on its chemical composition. Associations between maternal exposure to chemical constituents of PM and newborn's size hav
Distribution of malaria exposure in endemic countries in Africa considering country levels of effective treatment (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria prevalence, clinical incidence, treatment, and transmission rates are dynamically interrelated. Prevalence is often considered a measure of malaria transmission, but treatment of c
Assessment of parental perception of malaria vaccine in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Clinical trials of the RTS,S malaria vaccine have completed Phase III and the vaccine is on track for registration. Before making decisions about implementation, it is essential to prepare
Clinical determinants of early parasitological response to ACTs in African patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a literature review and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in the Greater Mekong sub-region and poses a major global public health threat. Slow parasite clearance is a key clinical manifestat
Strategies for understanding and reducing the <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and <em>Plasmodium ovale</em> hypnozoite reservoir in Papua New Guinean... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The undetectable hypnozoite reservoir for relapsing Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale malarias presents a major challenge for malaria control and elimination in endemic countries. This study a
Improving health outcomes through concurrent HIV program scale-up and health system development in Rwanda: 20 years of experience (Publications)
The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi destroyed the health system in Rwanda. It is impressive that a small country like Rwanda has advanced its health system to the point of now offering near universal
Innovative tools and OpenHDS for health and demographic surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health in low and middle income countries is on one hand characterized by a high burden associated with preventable communicable diseases and on the other hand considered to be under-docum
Bifidobacteria strains isolated from stools of iron deficient infants can efficiently sequester iron (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Bifidobacteria is one of the major gut commensal groups found in infants. Their colonization is commonly associated with beneficial effects to the host through mechanisms like niche occupa
