Non-optimal apparent temperature and cardiovascular mortality: the association in Puducherry, India between 2011 and 2020 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the leading cause of death worldwide, are sensitive to temperature. In light of the reported climate change trends, it is important to understand the burden
Childhood adversity and educational attainment: evidence from Zambia on the role of personality (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: We examine whether personality traits mediate the association between childhood adversity and educational attainment using longitudinal data from a cohort in Zambia. METHODS: We fit a st
Simulation-based assessment of cholera epidemic response: a case study of Al-Hudaydah, Yemen (Publications)
Cholera kills between 21,000 and 143,000 people globally each year. It is often fatal, killing up to 50% of the severely symptomatic patients; but death by cholera is preventable with timely treatment
Health and economic benefits of achieving contraceptive and maternal health targets in small island developing states in the Pacific and Caribbean (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Reducing unmet need for modern contraception and expanding access to quality maternal health (MH) services are priorities for improving women's health and economic empowerment. To suppor
Epidemiology of pediatric schistosomiasis in hard-to-reach areas and populations: a scoping review protocol (Publications)
Background: Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that affects millions of people. Children are the most vulnerable group to developing overt disease. An estimated 779 million people a
Fast-killing tyrosine amide ((<em>S</em>)-SW228703) with blood- and liver-stage antimalarial activity associated with the cyclic amine resistance... (Publications)
Current malaria treatments are threatened by drug resistance, and new drugs are urgently needed. In a phenotypic screen for new antimalarials, we identified (S)-SW228703 ((S)-SW703), a tyrosine amide
Introducing the Library of Guidance for Health Scientists (LIGHTS): a living database for methods guidance (Publications)
IMPORTANCE: Improving methodological quality is a priority in the health research community. Finding appropriate methods guidance can be challenging due to heterogeneous terminology, poor indexing in
Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU... (Publications)
As one of the core elements of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) a human biomonitoring (HBM) survey was conducted in 23 countries to generate EU-wide comparable HBM data. This surve
Discrepancy in reporting of perioperative complications: a retrospective observational study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the discrepancy between perioperative complications, prospectively recorded during a cohort study versus retrospectively from health records. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Perioperativ