Evaluation of household coverage with long-lasting insecticidal nets in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To reduce malaria burden in Côte d'Ivoire, the Ministry of Health aims for 90% of its population to possess one long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) for every two persons by 2025. This stu
Microplanning improves stakeholders' perceived capacity and engagement to implement lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Achieving adequate mass drug administration (MDA) coverage for lymphatic filariasis is challenging. We sought to improve stakeholder engagement in MDA planning and increase subsequent MDA
Public health impact of current and proposed age-expanded perennial malaria chemoprevention: a modelling study (Publications)
In 2022, the World Health Organization extended their guidelines for perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) from infants to children up to 24 months old. However, evidence for PMC's public health imp
Factors associated with recent HIV infections among newly HIV diagnosed in Rwanda (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Rwanda has initiated recency testing alongside existing HIV testing services (HTS) of provider-initiated testing, partner notification services and of prevention of mother-to-child HIV t
Travel to malaria-endemic areas: using digital geo-location to assess potential exposure risks and health behaviours (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Travellers frequently visit popular destinations like Brazil, India, Peru, Thailand and Tanzania, each presenting varying malaria risks. The extent to which travellers enter high-risk mala
Health system effectiveness of symptomatic malaria case management in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Effective case management is crucial for malaria control efforts and is a cornerstone of malaria control programmes. Yet, although efficacious treatments exist, malaria case management often faces cha
Methods and exploratory findings of the first Swiss agricultural health cohort FarmCoSwiss (Publications)
FarmCoSwiss is Switzerland's first agricultural cohort study on farmers' health and wellbeing. It aims to longitudinally describe farmers' mental and physical health and identify risk and protective f
Comparison of air pollution exposure assessment methods and the association with children's respiratory health (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Epidemiological studies of the associations of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution with asthma onset and lung function in children have used different exposure assessment methods
Incidence and duration of human papillomavirus infections in young women: insights from a bimonthly follow-up cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We studied the duration of HPV detection and risk of (re-) detection for 25 HPV genotypes in a cohort of 132 women followed every eight weeks for up to two years between 2016 and 2020. Par
Soluble immune mediators orchestrate protective <em>in vitro</em> granulomatous responses across <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex lineages (Publications)
The members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) causing human tuberculosis comprise 10 phylogenetic lineages that differ in their geographical distribution. The human consequences of this
