Conjunctival cancer in people living with HIV (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Historically, conjunctival cancer has been associated with HIV particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The human papilloma virus (HPV) has been implicated as a potential causative agent
Constructing a malaria-related health service readiness index and assessing its association with child malaria mortality: an analysis of the Burkina... (Publications)
Background: The Service Availability and Readiness Assessment surveys generate data on the readiness of health facility services. We constructed a readiness index related to malaria services and deter
Single blinded semi-field evaluation of MAÏA® topical repellent ointment compared to unformulated 20% DEET against <em>Anopheles gambiae</em>,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) topical mosquito repellents are effective personal protection tools. However, DEET-based repellents tend to have low consumer acceptability because the
Increasing rabies data availability: the example of a One Health research project in Chad, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali (Publications)
Rabies is a fatal but preventable disease that remains notoriously underreported. Weak data availability hampers advocacy, constitutes a barrier to resource allocation and inhibits effective preventio
Factors influencing variation in implementation outcomes of the redesigned community health fund in the Dodoma region of Tanzania: a mixed-methods... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Micro-health insurance (MHI) has been identified as a possible interim solution to foster progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). S
Evaluation of commercially available anthelminthics in laboratory models of human intestinal nematode infections (Publications)
Drug repurposing from veterinary to human medicine has been the main strategy to develop the four recommended human anthelminthics, albendazole, mebendazole, levamisole, and pyrantel pamoate, for the
Comparison of two different semiquantitative urinary dipstick tests with albumin-to-creatinine ratio for screening and classification of albuminuria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Semiquantitative dipstick tests are utilized for albuminuria screening. METHODS: In a prospective cross-sectional survey, we analyzed the diagnostic test validity of the semiquantitative c
Child hand contamination is associated with subsequent pediatric diarrhea in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (REDUCE Program) (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The Reducing Enteropathy, Undernutrition, and Contamination in the Environment (REDUCE) program focuses on identifying exposure pathways to faecal pathogens for young children in the Democr
Heterologous vaccine regimen: stakeholder acceptance and implementation considerations (Publications)
Heterologous vaccine regimens deliver antigens through different vaccine components or vector types at sequential time points. Clinical development shows promising results and several candidates may b