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1. SMSs as an alternative to provider-delivered care for unhealthy alcohol use: study protocol for <em>Leseli</em>, an open-label randomised controlled... (Publications)

   SMSs as an alternative to provider-delivered care for unhealthy alcohol use: study protocol for <em>Leseli</em>, an open-label randomised controlled trial of mhGAP-Remote vs mhGAP-Standard in Lesotho

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   BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization's (WHO) Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) is a validated intervention that can be provided by non-specialised healthcare workers to individuals with

2. Public and patient involvement in migration health research: Eritrean and Syrian refugees' and asylum seekers' views in Switzerland (Publications)

   Public and patient involvement in migration health research: Eritrean and Syrian refugees' and asylum seekers' views in Switzerland

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   Prior research has highlighted important healthcare access and utilization issues among new forced immigrants. We aimed to explore the role that public and patient involvement (PPI) might play in enha

3. A review of selective indoor residual spraying for malaria control (Publications)

   A review of selective indoor residual spraying for malaria control

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   BACKGROUND: Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is one of the most effective malaria control tools. However, its application has become limited to specific contexts due to the increased costs of IRS produc

4. Coverage of policies to improve antimicrobial stewardship in human medicine in low and middle income countries: results from the Global Survey of... (Publications)

   Coverage of policies to improve antimicrobial stewardship in human medicine in low and middle income countries: results from the Global Survey of Experts on Antimicrobial Resistance

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   BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes a major threat to global health. While antimicrobial misuse or overuse is one of the main drivers for AMR, little is known about the extent to wh

5. Seroprevalence and risk factors for Q fever and Rift Valley fever in pastoralists and their livestock in Afar, Ethiopia: a One Health approach (Publications)

   Seroprevalence and risk factors for Q fever and Rift Valley fever in pastoralists and their livestock in Afar, Ethiopia: a One Health approach

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   BACKGROUND: Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, and Rift Valley fever virus are two under-researched zoonotic pathogens in Ethiopia. Potential outbreaks of these diseases, in light of t

6. Evaluation of c-reactive protein and computer-aided analysis of chest x-rays as tuberculosis triage tests at health facilities in Lesotho and South... (Publications)

   Evaluation of c-reactive protein and computer-aided analysis of chest x-rays as tuberculosis triage tests at health facilities in Lesotho and South Africa

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   BACKGROUND: To improve tuberculosis case-finding, rapid, non-sputum triage tests need to be developed according to the World Health Organization target product profile (TPP) (> 90% sensitivity, > 70%

7. A review of climate change and cardiovascular diseases in the Indian policy context (Publications)

   A review of climate change and cardiovascular diseases in the Indian policy context

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   There is growing evidence that climate change adversely affects human health. Multiple diseases are sensitive to climate change, including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which are also the leading ca

8. Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: an observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa (Publications)

   Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: an observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa

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   BACKGROUND: Antenatal care (ANC) is an essential platform to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH). While several articles have described the content of ANC in low- and middle-income countries (LM

9. Motivation, cues to action, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative application of the health belief model among women in Rural Zambia (Publications)

   Motivation, cues to action, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative application of the health belief model among women in Rural Zambia

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   Vaccine hesitancy has played a major role in slowing the global COVID-19 response. Using cross-sectional, primarily qualitative data collected in four rural districts in Zambia, we aimed to explore co

10. Slow clearance of histidine-rich protein-2 in Gabonese with uncomplicated malaria (Publications)

    Slow clearance of histidine-rich protein-2 in Gabonese with uncomplicated malaria

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    Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), which detect Plasmodium falciparum (Pf)-specific histidine-rich protein-2 (HRP2), have increasing importance for the diagnosis and control of malaria, especially