Patient variability in the blood-stage dynamics of <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>captured by clustering historical data (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mathematical models provide an understanding of the dynamics of a Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection (within-host models), and can predict the impact of control strategies that af
Farm-related determinants of food insecurity among livestock dependent households in two agrarian districts with varying rainfall patterns in Ghana (Publications)
Background: Despite availability of sufficient arable land, many African countries continue to dawdle in agricultural productivity due to over-reliance on rainfall patterns. Thus, undernourishment lev
The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents one of the most crucial threats to public health and modern health care. Previous studies have identified challenges with estimating the magnitude
Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Globally, transport and unintentional injuries persist as leading preventable causes of mortality and morbidity for adolescents. We sought to report comprehensive trends in injury-related
"When a dog bites someone": community and service provider dynamics influencing access to integrated bite case management in Chad (Publications)
This study aims to identify factors on the community, the human health and the animal health provider level that determine access to Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and animal rabies diagnosis in the
General insights on obstacles to dog vaccination in Chad on community and institutional level (Publications)
Domestic dogs are responsible for 95% of all human rabies cases worldwide and continue to be the main reservoir for this fatal virus in African and Asian countries. Interrupting the spread of the dise
A prospective cohort analysis of residential radon and UV exposures and malignant melanoma mortality in the Swiss population (Publications)
Background Radon is a radioactive noble gas naturally found in the earth crust that can accumulate in buildings. In addition to lung cancer, alpha particles emitted by radon may contribute to the risk
Poor and rational: decision-making under scarcity (Publications)
We investigate the link between poverty and decision-making in a sample of farmers in Zambia, who were given the opportunity to exchange randomly assigned household items for alternative items of simi
WHO antimalarial trial guidelines: good science, bad news? (Publications)
Estimating antimalarial drug efficacy requires differentiating treatment failures from new infections arising during the several-week follow-up period in drug trials. Genetic profiling of malaria infe
Together yet apart: remedies for tensions between volunteers and health care professionals in inter-professional collaboration (Publications)
While volunteering is an essential factor in service delivery in many societal areas, the inclusion of volunteers in formal settings can also lead to tensions. In this article, we combine the literatu
