Migrant-friendly hospitals: a paediatric perspective - improving hospital care for migrant children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The European Union (EU) Migrant-Friendly Hospital (MFH) Initiative, introduced in 2002, promotes the adoption of care approaches adapted to meet the service needs of migrants. However, for
Mass distribution of free insecticide-treated nets do not interfere with continuous net distribution in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To protect the most vulnerable groups from malaria (pregnant women and infants) the Tanzanian Government introduced a subsidy (voucher) scheme in 2004, on the basis of a public-private par
<em>Mycobacterium africanum</em> is associated with patient ethnicity in Ghana (Publications)
Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and an important cause of human tuberculosis in West Africa that is rarely observed elsewhere. Here we genotyped 61
Spatial distribution of heavy metals in soil, water, and vegetables of farms in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Heavy metals are ubiquitous elsewhere in nature and their measurement in environment is necessary to develop health management strategies. In this study, we aimed to find out concentration
Haemolytic activity in the blood clot of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> (Publications)
In the present study it was demonstrated that mosquito blood clots contain a haemolytic principle which achieves haemolysis of washed erythrocytes in an isotonic medium. Proteinases are thought to pla
In vitro damage of cultured ookinetes of <em>Plasmodium gallinaceum</em> by digestive proteinases from susceptible <em>Aedes aegypti</em> (Publications)
After exposure to extracts from blood fed A. aegupti cultured ookinetes of P. gallinaceum were damaged to various, defined extents. Immature ookinetes were found to be more sensitive to damage than ma
Mechanoreceptor--trypanosome interactions in the labrum of <em>Glossina</em>: fluid mechanics (Publications)
The fluid mechanics of the flow of blood through the labrum of Glossina is described in uninfected and trypanosome infected flies. The flow is characterised by the Reynolds number, and a frequency par