Community-based type 2 diabetes care by lay village health workers in rural Lesotho: protocol for a cluster-randomized trial within the ComBaCaL... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) poses a growing public health burden, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Task-shifting to lay village health workers (VHWs) and the use of digita
Baseline liver ultrasound findings in preschool children from the praziquantel in preschoolers trial in Lake Albert, Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Periportal fibrosis is a late-stage manifestation of chronic infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Praziquantel (PZQ), the only drug available for the treatment of schistosomiasis, has limit
Spatial distributions of diarrheal cases in relation to housing conditions in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Abidjan, Côte... (Publications)
In addition to individual practices and access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities, housing conditions may also be associated with the risk of diarrhea. Our study embraced a broad appr
Vaccine value profile for leishmaniasis (Publications)
Leishmania infections are global, occurring in 98 countries and all World Health Organization (WHO) regions with 600 million to 1 billion people at risk of infection. Visceral leishmaniasis is associa
Urinary pesticide mixture patterns and exposure determinants in the adult population from the Netherlands and Switzerland: application of a suspect... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Non-occupational sources of pesticide exposure may include domestic pesticide usage, diet, occupational exposure of household members, and agricultural activities in the residential area
Management of diseases in a ruminant livestock production system: a participatory appraisal of the performance of veterinary services delivery, and... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Sustainable livestock production remains crucial for attainment of food security globally and for safeguarding the livelihoods of many households in low- and -middle income countries. Ho
High prevalence of TB multimorbidity among adults of a tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally, with approximately 1.5 million deaths in 2020. TB often coexists with chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases, but data to
Effect of ambient air pollution on hospital admission for respiratory diseases in Hanoi children during 2007-2019 (Publications)
Air pollution poses a threat to children's respiratory health. This study aims to quantify the association between short-term air pollution exposure and respiratory hospital admissions among children
Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: a Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, preventive chemotherapy targeting soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in school-age children has been implemented since 2008. To evaluate the success of this strategy
Evidence synthesis of observational studies in environmental health: lessons learned from a systematic review on traffic-related air pollution (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is a long tradition in environmental health of using frameworks for evidence synthesis, such as those of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its Integrated Science Assessmen
