Parental and provider vaccine hesitancy and non-timely childhood vaccination in Switzerland (Publications)
(CI), 3.1-14.0) and AOR = 31.3 (95% CI 16.8-58.3), respectively. Across all vaccine uptake endpoints, children of moderately and highly hesitant parents had 1.9-3.8 and 7.1-12.3 higher odds of non-timely
Association between household solid fuel use and tuberculosis: cross-sectional data from the Mongolian national tuberculosis prevalence survey (Publications)
male gender (aOR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.6-3.2), divorced or widowed (aOR: 2.6; 95% CI: 1.7-3.8), daily smoker (aOR: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.3-2.5), contact with an active TB case (aOR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2-2.3), being u
Effect of school-based interventions on body composition of grade-4 children from lower socioeconomic communities in Gqeberha, South Africa (Publications)
Gqeberha region, SA. Methods. A cluster-randomised controlled trial was carried out with children from 8 schools. Schools were randomly assigned, either to a 10-week school-based intervention (4 schools) or [...] of skinfolds (triceps and subscapular). Results. Overall, 898 children (458 boys and 440 girls) aged 8 - 11 years participated in the trial. Children’s BMI, BMI-for-age and percentage body fat increased
Multi-decade changes in pollen season onset, duration, and intensity: a concern for public health? (Publications)
days; oak: 5–13 days; grasses: 8–25 days; and nettle/hemp: 6–25 days). There is also consensus (p < 0.05) for modified MPS duration among hazel (21–104% longer), nettle/hemp (8–52% longer), and ash (18–38%
Health seeking behavior among adults and elderly with chronic health condition(s) in Albania (Publications)
when facing health problems (56%), compared to those aged 18–59 years (49%, p < 0,001). Over the last 8 weeks, 82% (914/1,116) of participants sought care. Binary and multinomial logistic regression analyses [...] facilities were reported as the main providers for initiating care and the main providers used in the 8 weeks prior to the interview. While a majority of elderly people visited a PHC to initiate treatment
The incidence of malaria in travellers to South-East Asia: is local malaria transmission a useful risk indicator? (Publications)
(range 1 to 11.8-case per 100,000 visits). The remaining six countries rates were < 1 case per 100,000 visits. The number of visitors arriving from source countries increased by 60% from 8.5 Million to 13
Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout... (Publications)
was less common in the post-RDT implementation area (20.9%; 95% CI, 14.7-28.8) compared to the pre-RDT implementation area (45.8%; 95% CI, 37.2-54.6) (p?
The unmet need for emergency obstetric care in Tanga Region, Tanzania (Publications)
indications performed amongst women living in urban areas was 1.8% of all deliveries, while in rural areas it was only 0.7%. The high proportion (8.3%) of negative maternal outcomes in terms of morbidity and
Malaria: a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
most affected (40.3%, 95% CI 0.32-0.49). Haemoglobin levels were found to be low; 11.0 g/dl (95% CI 10.8-11.1) for men and 10.4 g/dl (95% CI 10.3-10.5) for women, respectively. Plasmodium falciparum infections [...] malaria cases, 13-20% were HOP employees. On average, an employee sick with malaria was absent for 1.8 days, resulting in a total of 9,313 workdays lost between 2005 and 2006. Sleeping outside of the house
Elimination of schistosomiasis transmission in Zanzibar: baseline findings before the onset of a randomized intervention trial (Publications)
school children and adults was 4.3% (range: 0-19.7%) and 2.7% (range: 0-26.5%) in Unguja, and 8.9% (range: 0-31.8%) and 5.5% (range: 0-23.4%) in Pemba, respectively. Heavy infections were detected in 15.1%
