Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of tobacco-related cancer mortality in Switzerland (Publications)
Tobacco smoking is a main cause of disease in Switzerland; lung cancer being the most common cancer mortality in men and the second most common in women. Although disease-specific mortality is decreas
A framework for exploration and cleaning of environmental data - Tehran air quality data experience (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Management and cleaning of large environmental monitored data sets is a specific challenge. In this article, the authors present a novel framework for exploring and cleaning large datasets
Malaria: une espèce en voie de disparition? (Publications)
The implementation at scale of preventive measures and the use of effective treatments in populations living in endemic areas has led to a drastic reduction of the burden of malaria in all continents.
Automated innovative diagnostic, data management and communication tool, for improving malaria vector control in endemic settings (Publications)
Malaria is a life-threatening disease that caused more than 400,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015. Mass prevention of the disease is best achieved by vector control which heavily relies on the
One Health stakeholder and institutional analysis in Kenya (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: One Health (OH) can be considered a complex emerging policy to resolve health issues at the animal-human and environmental interface. It is expected to drive system changes in terms of n
Evaluation of an FDA approved library against laboratory models of human intestinal nematode infections (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Treatment options for infections with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) - Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the two hookworm species, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanu
Transdisciplinary research on cancer-healing systems between biomedicine and the Maya of Guatemala: a tool for reciprocal reflexivity in a... (Publications)
Transdisciplinarity (TD) is a participatory research approach in which actors from science and society work closely together. It offers means for promoting knowledge integration and finding solutions
The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes (Publications)
The genetic architecture of common traits, including the number, frequency, and effect sizes of inherited variants that contribute to individual risk, has been long debated. Genome-wide association st
Successful comeback of the single-dose live oral cholera vaccine CVD 103-HgR (Publications)
Effective and easy to administer cholera vaccines are in need more than ever, for at risk populations and travellers alike. In many parts of the world cholera is still endemic, causing outbreaks and c
