Time of exposure and assessment influence the mortality induced by insecticides against metabolic resistant mosquitoes (Publications)
significantly lower M24 than those performed in the day for DM: odds ratio (OR) 0.14 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.06-0.30, p
Impact of a teen club model on HIV outcomes among adolescents in rural Neno district, Malawi: a retrospective cohort study (Publications)
y of VL suppression. The age at antiretroviral treatment initiation below 15 years (aHR=0.37; 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.82) reduced the risk of attrition from HIV care, while underweight status (aHR=3.18; 95% CI:
Cause of death estimation from verbal autopsies: is the open response redundant or synergistic? (Publications)
The experimental layout compares existing Computer Coding Verbal Autopsy methods such as Tariff 2.0 with other approaches well suited to the processing of structured inputs as is the case of the CQs. [...] the CQs and the OR. Empirical results corroborated that the CoD prediction capability of the Tariff 2.0 algorithm is outperformed by our method taking into account the valuable information conveyed by the [...] ility of the results attained with a version implemented in R to make the...
A remote parenting program and parent and staff perspectives: a randomized trial (Publications)
Intervention increased parent activities that support child development, effect size 0.34 SD (95% confidence interval 0.03-0.53), and use of praise, odds 2 times higher with intervention. There were no benefits
Short interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes in women of advanced age: a population-based study (Publications)
extremely preterm birth (0-5 months IPI: adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07-5.52; 6-11 months IPI: AOR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.09-4.31), very preterm birth (0-5 months IPI: AOR = [...] = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.04-2.56), and extremely low birth weight (0-5 months IPI: AOR = 2.43, 95% CI = 1.28-4.60) in the second delivery. An inverse relationship between short IPI and post-term birth was observed
Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental... (Publications)
adult mortality. New facilities reduced the risk of post-neonatal infant mortality by 46% (HR 0.54, 95% CI 0.31 to 0.94, p
Hand hygiene and face mask wearing practices for COVID-19 prevention: a non-intrusive observation of patrons of community convenience shops in Accra,... (Publications)
g, appropriate handwashing was negatively associated with adherence to IPC guidelines [aOR=0.1 (95% CI=0.01-0.59)].Conclusion:adherence to and appropriate performance of IPC measures of handwashing and
The additive effect of interpregnancy interval and maternal body mass index on pregnancy induced hypertension in the U.S (Publications)
in combination with underweight BMI was found to be inversely associated with PIH (AOR = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.53, 0.78). CONCLUSIONS: When combined, IPI and BMI are crucial risk factors for PIH. The highest
Current use pesticides in soil and air from two agricultural sites in South Africa: implications for environmental fate and human exposure (Publications)
concentrations (up to 63.6, 1.10 and 0.212 ng g(-1), respectively). In air, 16 CUPs were found, with carbaryl, tebuconazole and terbuthylazine having the highest levels (up to 25.0, 22.2 and 1.94 pg m(-3), res [...] The estimated daily intake via soil ingestion and inhalation of individual pesticides ranged from 0.126 fg kg(-1) day(-1) (isoproturon) to 14.7 ng kg(-1) day(-1) (chlorpyrifos). Except for chlorpyrifos
Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: comparison of exposimeters with a novel body-worn distributed meter (Publications)
Results: Across 267 microenvironments, medians and IQR of total BWDM measured RF-EMF exposure was 0.13 (0.05–0.33) mW/m2. Difference: IQR of exposimeters minus BWDM exposure levels was
