Health systems resilience (Publications)
Health systems need to continue functioning and providing essential health services, even when they experience challenges that threaten their ability to do so. Resilience describes the ability for hea
Development and evaluation of PlasmoPod: a cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test for rapid malaria diagnosis and surveillance (Publications)
Malaria surveillance is hampered by the widespread use of diagnostic tests with low sensitivity. Adequate molecular malaria diagnostics are often only available in centralized laboratories. PlasmoPod
Epidemiology of Hansen’s disease (Publications)
This chapter presents a current discussion on the epidemiology of HD-based standardized indicators of the burden of disease—incidence, prevalence, relapse—combined with indicators related to operation
Structure-activity relationship and target investigation of 2-aryl quinolines with nematocidal activity (Publications)
Within the context of our anthelmintic discovery program, we recently identified and evaluated a quinoline derivative, called ABX464 or obefazimod, as a nematocidal candidate; synthesised a series of
Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Accurate measurement of children's anthropometry is of central importance for the assessment of nutritional status as well as for the evaluation of nutrition-specific interventions. Social
Mortality and disability-adjusted life years in North Africa and Middle East attributed to kidney dysfunction: a systematic analysis for the Global... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The study aimed to estimate the attributable burden to kidney dysfunction as a metabolic risk factor in the North Africa and Middle East (NAME) region and its 21 countries in 1990-2019. ME
Health planning approach integrating a health literacy concept and using community health teams in Tajikistan: 'work for the sake of my health and the... (Publications)
The Enhancing Primary Health Care Services project supported the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in nine pilot health districts in Tajikistan to strengthen family medicine-oriented primary he
Effect of the KaziBantu school-based health intervention on non communicable disease risk factors of children from low-income schools in Gqeberha,... (Publications)
This study aimed to determine the effects of a 20-week school-based intervention programme on non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors of children from low-income schools in Gqeberha, South Africa.