Efficacy and safety of albendazole in hookworm-infected preschool-aged children, school-aged children and adults in Côte d'Ivoire: a phase II... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Infections with hookworms affect about half a billion people worldwide. Recommended therapy includes 400 mg of albendazole, which is moderately efficacious. Higher doses have been rarely a
Proteome-wide analysis of a malaria vaccine study reveals personalized humoral immune profiles in Tanzanian adults (Publications)
Tanzanian adult male volunteers were immunized by direct venous inoculation with radiation-attenuated, aseptic, purified, cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (PfSPZ Vaccine) and prote
Rabies immunoglobulin: brief history and recent experiences in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rabies is a fatal viral zoonosis mainly transmitted via dog bites. The estimated 59'000 annual deaths caused by the disease are preventable through correct and timely administration of pos
How district health decision-making is shaped within decentralised contexts: a qualitative research in Malawi, Uganda and Ghana (Publications)
District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) are often entry points for the implementation of health interventions. Insight into decision-making and power relationships at district level could assist DHMT
Targeting the trypanosome kinetochore with CLK1 protein kinase inhibitors (Publications)
The kinetochore is a macromolecular structure that assembles on the centromeres of chromosomes and provides the major attachment point for spindle microtubules during mitosis. In Trypanosoma brucei, t
Strategies supporting the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic (Publications)
Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases represent a public health challenge of international concern. They include a large group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), many of which are of zoonotic
The determinants of information seeking behaviour and paying attention to earthquake-related information (Publications)
This study explores the process and determinants of finding information about earthquake-preparedness andof paying attention to earthquake-related information. Data were collected in Istanbul-Turkey,
Mixed-methods study on pharmacies as contraception providers to Kenyan young people: who uses them and why? (Publications)
Objectives: This study sought to answer two questions: (1) what are the characteristics of young Kenyans aged 18-24 who use contraception obtained at pharmacies, and (2) why are pharmacies appealing s
Drones and digital adherence monitoring for community-based tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: a cost-effectiveness analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Continuing tuberculosis control with current approaches is unlikely to reach the World Health Organization's objective to eliminate TB by 2035. Innovative interventions such as unmanned ae
Health care cost of overweight-related diseases in Bangladesh (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic burden of overweight in Bangladesh. DESIGN: We used data from Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010. A prevalence-based approach was used to calculate the p
