free of charge. When and where Date Friday, 20 September 2024 Time 10:00 - 17:00 CEST Venue Swiss TPH Kreuzstrasse 2 4123 Allschwil Switzerland Room Seminar Room 4 Flyer Read more about Noma Noma: giving a [...] affected children in the long term. 4-year-old Maryam has already undergone four operations, most recently a skin graft. (Photo: Claire Jeantet, Fabrice Caterini/Inediz) 20 September 2024 Kreuzstrasse 2, 4123 [...] Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases 10:00 Welcome and Setting the...
more than 10 million people develop TB each year; 10.1 million people in 2020, 10.6 million people in 2021 (incidence; WHO estimates). And 1.6 million people died from TB in 2021. Of the 10.6 million with [...] with TB, 6 million were men, 3.4 million women and 1.2 million children. Of the 10.6 million cases, only 6.4 million were diagnosed and reported (60%). Disadvantaged, impoverished populations have great [...] about one-third of them received adequate treatment (which requires taking...
Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: a Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data (Publications)
interval: 8.0-13.0%), 4.3% (3.0-7.3%), and 0.6% (0.4-0.9%), respectively. There were 24 out of 64 districts with an estimated population-adjusted STH infection prevalence above 20%. The proportion of households [...] since 2008. To evaluate the success of this strategy, surveys were conducted between 2017 and 2020 in 10 out of 64 districts. We estimate the geographic distribution of STH infections by species at high spatial
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin-albendazole and ivermectin-albendazole combination therapy compared to albendazole monotherapy in adolescents and... (Publications)
arm, which did not differ significantly from the CR of 13.4% (9/67) in the albendazole arm (differences: 1.8%-points [95% confidence interval: -10.1 to 13.6]; 9.1%-points [-3.9 to 21.8], respectively). Most [...] Most common adverse events were abdominal pain (range across arms: 11.9-20.9%), headache (4.7-14.3%), and itching (5.8-13.1%), which were predominantly mild and transient. CONCLUSIONS: All therapies showed
Efficacy and safety of ivermectin against <em>Trichuris trichiura </em>in preschool- and school-aged children: a randomized controlled dose-finding... (Publications)
differ between 200 microg/kg ivermectin and placebo as expressed in cure rates (20.9% [95% CI 11.9-52.8%] vs. 19.5% [95% CI 10.4-49.9%]) and geometric mean egg-reduction rates (78.6% [95% CI 60.1-89.5%] vs [...] school-aged children even a dose of 600 microg/kg ivermectin revealed a low cure rate (12.2% [95% CI 4.8-32.3%] and moderate egg-reduction rate (66.3% [95% CI 43.8-80.2%]. Only mild adverse events and no
Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: a Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data (Publications)
interval: 8.0-13.0%), 4.3% (3.0-7.3%), and 0.6% (0.4-0.9%), respectively. There were 24 out of 64 districts with an estimated population-adjusted STH infection prevalence above 20%. The proportion of households [...] since 2008. To evaluate the success of this strategy, surveys were conducted between 2017 and 2020 in 10 out of 64 districts. We estimate the geographic distribution of STH infections by species at high spatial
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin-albendazole and ivermectin-albendazole combination therapy compared to albendazole monotherapy in adolescents and... (Publications)
arm, which did not differ significantly from the CR of 13.4% (9/67) in the albendazole arm (differences: 1.8%-points [95% confidence interval: -10.1 to 13.6]; 9.1%-points [-3.9 to 21.8], respectively). Most [...] Most common adverse events were abdominal pain (range across arms: 11.9-20.9%), headache (4.7-14.3%), and itching (5.8-13.1%), which were predominantly mild and transient. CONCLUSIONS: All therapies showed
Efficacy and safety of ivermectin against <em>Trichuris trichiura </em>in preschool- and school-aged children: a randomized controlled dose-finding... (Publications)
differ between 200 microg/kg ivermectin and placebo as expressed in cure rates (20.9% [95% CI 11.9-52.8%] vs. 19.5% [95% CI 10.4-49.9%]) and geometric mean egg-reduction rates (78.6% [95% CI 60.1-89.5%] vs [...] school-aged children even a dose of 600 microg/kg ivermectin revealed a low cure rate (12.2% [95% CI 4.8-32.3%] and moderate egg-reduction rate (66.3% [95% CI 43.8-80.2%]. Only mild adverse events and no
Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: a Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data (Publications)
interval: 8.0-13.0%), 4.3% (3.0-7.3%), and 0.6% (0.4-0.9%), respectively. There were 24 out of 64 districts with an estimated population-adjusted STH infection prevalence above 20%. The proportion of households [...] since 2008. To evaluate the success of this strategy, surveys were conducted between 2017 and 2020 in 10 out of 64 districts. We estimate the geographic distribution of STH infections by species at high spatial
Cumulative occupational exposures and lung function decline in two large general population cohorts (Publications)
population samples aged 18 to 62 were randomly selected in 1991-1993, and followed up approximately 10 and 20 years later. Spirometry (without bronchodilation) was performed at each visit. Coded complete job [...] and the FEV1/FVC ratio for exposure to biological dust, mineral dust and metals (FEV1 -15.1ml, -14.4ml and -18.7ml respectively, and FEV1/FVC -0.52%, -0.43% and -0.36% respectively, per 25 intensity-years
