Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in Switzerland: a comparison of a survey and official statistics (Publications)
A survey in all neonatal intensive care units in Switzerland showed that most children with a birth weight below 2000 g (identified in the birth statistics) are hospitalised in those units. Also compa
Breast cancer screening: should it be introduced and how? (Publications)
This brief discussion of the papers by Gastrin and Paccaud is looking at differences in the results of different study types. Introducing screening means changing unsystematic to systematic screening:
Safety and immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The RTS,S/AS malaria vaccine is being developed for delivery through the World Health Organization's Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). We assessed the feasibility of integrating RTS,
The transcription factor Rfx3 regulates {beta}-cell differentiation, function and glucokinase expression (Publications)
AbstractObjectives: Pancreatic islets of perinatal mice lacking the transcription factor Rfx3 exhibit a marked reduction in insulin-producing beta-cells. The objective of this work was to unravel the
Assessing the impact of malaria interventions on morbidity through a community-based surveillance system (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The ACCESS Programme aims at understanding and improving access to prompt and effective malaria treatment in rural Tanzania with a set of integrated interventions targeting both users and