Embedding systematic quality assessments in supportive supervision at primary healthcare level: application of an electronic tool to improve quality... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Assessing quality of health services, for example through supportive supervision, is essential for strengthening healthcare delivery. Most systematic health facility assessment mechanisms,
Operational challenges to continuous LLIN distribution: a qualitative rapid assessment in four countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends that long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) for malaria prevention should be distributed continuously through antenatal care (ANC) and the expanded
Assessing stool quantities generated by three specific Kato-Katz thick smear templates employed in different settings (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Kato-Katz technique is recommended for the diagnosis of helminth infections in epidemiological surveys, drug efficacy studies and monitoring of control interventions. We assessed the c
Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In September, 2015, the UN General Assembly established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs specify 17 universal goals, 169 targets, and 230 indicators leading up to 2030. W
Within host evolution selects for a dominant genotype of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> while T cells increase pathogen genetic diversity (Publications)
Molecular epidemiological assessments, drug treatment optimization, and development of immunological interventions all depend on understanding pathogen adaptation and genetic variation, which differ f
Incidence and types of adverse events during mass vaccination campaign with the meningococcal A conjugate vaccine (MENAFRIVACTM) in Cameroon (Publications)
PURPOSE: A new vaccine against meningitis A was introduced in Africa meningitis belt in 2010. This study was planned to describe the incidence and types of adverse events following immunization (AEFIs