Chronic age-related diseases share risk factors: do they share pathophysiological mechanisms and why does that matter? (Publications)
The World Health Organization (WHO) assigns high priority to the prevention of non-communicable age-related diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke and chronic lower respiratory disea
Staff experiences of providing maternity services in rural southern Tanzania - a focus on equipment, drug and supply issues (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The poor maintenance of equipment and inadequate supplies of drugs and other items contribute to the low quality of maternity services often found in rural settings in low- and middle-inco
Malaria elimination in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands: establishing a surveillance-response system to prevent introduction and reintroduction of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Solomon Islands National Malaria Programme is currently focused on intensified control and progressive elimination. Recent control efforts in Isabel Province have reduced their malaria
Potential drug development candidates for human soil-transmitted helminthiases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Few drugs are available for soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH); the benzimidazoles albendazole and mebendazole are the only drugs being used for preventive chemotherapy as they can be gi
Experience and challenges from clinical trials with malaria vaccines in Africa (Publications)
Malaria vaccines are considered amongst the most important modalities for potential elimination of malaria disease and transmission. Research and development in this field has been an area of intense
Reduced risk of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> malaria in Papua New Guinean children with Southeast Asian ovalocytosis in two cohorts and a case-control... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The erythrocyte polymorphism, Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) (which results from a 27-base pair deletion in the erythrocyte band 3 gene, SLC4A1Delta27) protects against cerebral malari
Malaria knowledge and long-lasting insecticidal net use in rural communities of central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To improve effectiveness of malaria control interventions, it is essential to deepen the knowledge of contextual factors that govern people's practice for preventive and curative measures.
Effect of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections on physical fitness of school children in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis are important public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa causing malnutrition, anemia, and retardation of physical and cognitive develo
