Strengthening primary healthcare in Kosovo requires tailoring primary, secondary and tertiary prevention interventions and consideration of mental... (Publications)
Objectives: Kosovo has the lowest life expectancy in the Balkans. Primary healthcare (PHC) plays an essential role in non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention. We described primary, secondary and ter
Correcting the description of the design to quasi-experimental instead of cluster-randomized: Corrigendum to “Effect of school-based interventions on... (Publications)
Corrigendum to S Nqweniso, R du Randt, L Adams, et al. Effect of school-based interventions on body composition of grade-4 children from lower socioeconomic communities in Gqeberha, South Africa. S Af
Effectiveness and cost of an incentive-based intervention on food safety and income in "dibiteries" in Dakar, Senegal (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rapid urbanisation in Sub-Saharan African cities such as Dakar, Senegal, leads to proliferation of informal braised meat restaurants known as "dibiteries". Dibiteries do not often comply w
Synergies between COVID-19 and climate change impacts and responses (Publications)
The COVID-19 pandemic and anthropogenic climate change are global crises. We show how strongly these crises are connected, including the underlying societal inequities and problems of poverty, substan
Long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality in a Danish nationwide administrative cohort study: beyond mortality from cardiopulmonary disease... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The association between long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality from cardiorespiratory diseases is well established, yet the evidence for other diseases remains limited. OBJECTIV
<em>In vitro</em> antischistosomal activity of <em>Artemisia annua</em> and <em>Artemisia afra</em> extracts (Publications)
Background Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, imposes substantial health and economic burdens on impoverished groups living in predominantly rural areas. Praziquantel (PZQ) is the only dru
Assessment of a viral load result-triggered automated differentiated service delivery model for people taking ART in Lesotho (the VITAL study): study... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: To sustainably provide good quality care to increasing numbers of people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings, care delivery must s
Reaction hijacking of tyrosine tRNA synthetase as a new whole-of-life-cycle antimalarial strategy (Publications)
Aminoacyl transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetases (aaRSs) are attractive drug targets, and we present class I and II aaRSs as previously unrecognized targets for adenosine 5'-monophosphate-mimicking nucleosid