Evaluating decontamination protocols for the isolation of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> from swabs (Publications)
potential decontamination agents for the isolation of M. ulcerans from swabs. RESULTS: Povidone iodine at 0.5 and 1% exhibited the lowest contamination and recovery rate for microbial contaminants and M. ulcerans [...] recovery rate of 2% CPC/4% NaC and the other protocols was however not statistically significant (p = 0.76). CONCLUSIONS: Two percent (2%) cetylpyridinium chloride/4% sodium chloride can be conveniently used
Morphological diversity of <em>Trichuris</em> spp. eggs observed during an anthelminthic drug trial in Yunnan, China, and relative performance of... (Publications)
administration. The observed prevalence of standard-sized T. trichiura eggs was reduced from 93.0% to 87.0% after treatment. Considerably more cases of large Trichuris spp. eggs and slightly more cases
study was established to investigate this question. In total, we included 997 children aged between 0 and 15 years and residents in Switzerland, born between the 4th of December 2000 (date of census) and [...] system tumour was observed. Mean exposure to non-ionising radiation from broadcast transmitters was 0.14 V/m. Again childhood cancer was not related to this exposure source.
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic... (Publications)
of personal health care and access on cancer survival. We transformed each cause to a scale of 0-100, with 0 as the first percentile (worst) observed between 1990 and 2016, and 100 as the 99th percentile [...] from 91.5 (89.1-93.6) in Beijing to 48.0 (43.4-53.2) in Tibet (a 43.5-point difference), while India saw a 30.8-point disparity, from 64.8 (59.6-68.8) in Goa to 34.0 (30.3-38.1) in Assam. Japan recorded [...] components analysis to construct the HAQ Index using all scaled cause values,...
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic... (Publications)
of personal health care and access on cancer survival. We transformed each cause to a scale of 0-100, with 0 as the first percentile (worst) observed between 1990 and 2016, and 100 as the 99th percentile [...] from 91.5 (89.1-93.6) in Beijing to 48.0 (43.4-53.2) in Tibet (a 43.5-point difference), while India saw a 30.8-point disparity, from 64.8 (59.6-68.8) in Goa to 34.0 (30.3-38.1) in Assam. Japan recorded [...] components analysis to construct the HAQ Index using all scaled cause values,...
Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community-level services (Publications)
may lower the early default (prior to starting treatment) or default during treatment (RR 0.67, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.96; 3 trials, 849 participants, low-certainty evidence). However, this intervention may have [...] printed information about going to clinic, may increase tuberculosis case detection (RR 1.24, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.79; 4 trials, 6,458,591 participants in 297 clusters, low-certainty evidence); and probably [...] no clear effect due to imprecision and differences in care between the two...
Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community-level services (Publications)
may lower the early default (prior to starting treatment) or default during treatment (RR 0.67, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.96; 3 trials, 849 participants, low-certainty evidence). However, this intervention may have [...] printed information about going to clinic, may increase tuberculosis case detection (RR 1.24, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.79; 4 trials, 6,458,591 participants in 297 clusters, low-certainty evidence); and probably [...] no clear effect due to imprecision and differences in care between the two...
Adherence to intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in Papua New Guinean infants: a pharmacological study alongside the randomized controlled... (Publications)
(range) blood concentration AQ in AQ arm was 9.3 ng/mL (0-1427.8 ng/mL), (Quartiles 1-3: 2.4 ng/mL -22.2 ng/mL). The median (range) for DAQ was 162.0 ng/mL (0-712 ng/mL), (Quartiles 1-3: 80.4 ng/mL-267.7 ng/mL) [...] double-blinded IPTi trial, each child was prescribed one dose of SP (day 0) and 3 doses of either AQ or artesunate (AS) at day 0, 1 & 2 adjusted to weight or placebo. Treatments were given at 3, 6, 9 and
Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2021: findings from the Global... (Publications)
global stillbirth rate was 23·0 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 19·7-27·2) per 1000 births (stillbirths plus livebirths) at 20 weeks' gestation or longer, compared to 16·1 (13·9-19·0) per 1000 births at 28 weeks' [...] of the global total, an increase from 60·3% (3·07 million of 5·08 million) in 1990. In 2021, 0·926 million (0·792-1·10) stillbirths, corresponding to 30·5% of the global total (3·04 million), occurred between [...] million (95% UI 4·07-6·35) in 1990 to 3·04 million...
Adherence to intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in Papua New Guinean infants: a pharmacological study alongside the randomized controlled... (Publications)
(range) blood concentration AQ in AQ arm was 9.3 ng/mL (0-1427.8 ng/mL), (Quartiles 1-3: 2.4 ng/mL -22.2 ng/mL). The median (range) for DAQ was 162.0 ng/mL (0-712 ng/mL), (Quartiles 1-3: 80.4 ng/mL-267.7 ng/mL) [...] double-blinded IPTi trial, each child was prescribed one dose of SP (day 0) and 3 doses of either AQ or artesunate (AS) at day 0, 1 & 2 adjusted to weight or placebo. Treatments were given at 3, 6, 9 and
