The HOSENG trial - effect of the provision of oral self-testing for absent and refusing individuals during a door-to-door HIV-testing campaign on... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: HIV-testing coverage remains below the targeted 90% despite efforts and resources invested. Home-based HIV-testing is a key approach endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), especi
Ambient particulate air pollution and daily mortality in 652 cities (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The systematic evaluation of the results of time-series studies of air pollution is challenged by differences in model specification and publication bias. METHODS: We evaluated the associa
VIBRA trial - effect of village-based refill of ART following home-based same-day ART initiation vs clinic-based ART refill on viral suppression among... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is a need for evaluating community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery models to improve overall performance of HIV programs, specifically in populations that may have diffic
Determinants of health insurance enrolment in Ghana: evidence from three national household surveys (Publications)
In 2003, Ghana implemented a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to move towards Universal Health Coverage. NHIS enrolment is mandatory for all Ghanaians, but the most recent estimates show that c
The impact of pastoralist mobility on tuberculosis control in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-synthesis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) is the current mainstay to control tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Context-specific adaptations of DOTS have impending implications in the fig
State of deworming coverage and equity in low-income and middle-income countries using household health surveys: a spatiotemporal cross-sectional... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mass deworming against soil-transmitted helminthiasis, which affects 1 billion of the poorest people globally, is one of the largest public health programmes for neglected tropical disease
