Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal (Publications)
records among children under five years registered in 24 health facilities over a four-year period (2011-2014). Climatic data (i.e., daily temperature, night temperature and rainfall) for the same four-year
Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a multicentre comparative accuracy study (Publications)
for the detection of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis in high burden settings. METHODS: From May 2011 to September 2012, children with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis were enrolled at two Tanzanian sites
Socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: evidence from the Kassena-Nankana districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana (Publications)
Upper East region of Ghana. METHODS: Cross-sectional data was collected from January 2009 to December 2011 using the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System which monitors routine health and d
Health effects of ultrafine particles: a systematic literature review update of epidemiological evidence (Publications)
METHODS: We searched MEDLINE and the specialized LUDOK database for studies published between 01.01.2011 and 11.05.2017 investigating health effects of ambient air pollution-related UFP. We included epi
Determinants of health insurance enrolment in Ghana: evidence from three national household surveys (Publications)
Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2014, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey conducted in 2011 and the sixth wave of the Ghana Living Standard Survey conducted in 2012-13. Given the multilevel
Time patterns in internal human exposure data to bisphenols, phthalates, DINCH, organophosphate flame retardants, cadmium and polyaromatic... (Publications)
2000-2010, literature and aggregated data were collected in a harmonized way across studies. Between 2011-2012, biobanked samples from the DEMOCOPHES project were used. For 2014-2021, HBM data were generated
Tracking a tuberculosis outbreak over 21 years: strain-specific single nucleotide polymorphism-typing combined with targeted whole genome sequencing (Publications)
associated with the outbreak strain. Most were diagnosed in 1991-1995, but cases were observed until 2011. Two thirds belonged to the homeless and substance abuser milieu. Targeted WGS revealed 133 variable
Therapeutic effects of whole-body devices applying pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF): a systematic literature review (Publications)
without more scientific evidence from high-quality, double-blind trials. Bioelectromagnetics. (c) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc
Indifferent to disease: a qualitative investigation of the reasons why some Papua New Guineans who own mosquito nets choose not to use them (Publications)
under a mosquito net the night prior to survey. All IDIs were completed between December 2010 and June 2011. Analysis was informed by a general inductive methodology. Multiple impediments to regular mosquito
Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment programmes in rural Lesotho: health centres and hospitals compared (Publications)
two hospitals and 12 HCs. Patients > /=16 years starting ART at a hospital or HC between 2008 and 2011 were included. Loss to follow-up (LTFU) was defined as not returning to the facility for > /=180 days
