Effective coverage and systems effectiveness for malaria case management in sub-Saharan African countries (Publications)
decade resulted in substantial declines in mortality and morbidity from the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and many other parts of the world. Sustaining these gains will depend on the health system performance [...] some patients will not adhere and others will be treated with counterfeit or substandard medication leading to treatment failures and spread of drug resistance. We apply systems effectiveness concepts that
Investigating the association between African spontaneously fermented dairy products, faecal carriage of <em>Streptococcus infantarius</em> subsp.... (Publications)
Consumption of traditional fermented dairy products (tFDP) in Africa leads to the ingestion of up to 10(8)Streptococcus infantarius subspecies infantarius (Sii) per millilitre of spontaneously fermented
Data integration for the assessment of population exposure to ambient air pollution for global burden of disease assessment (Publications)
Air pollution is a leading global disease risk factor. Tracking progress (e.g. for Sustainable Development Goals) requires accurate, spatially resolved, routinely updated exposure estimates. A Bayesian [...] particular increases in populous South Asian countries and from Saharan dust transported to West Africa. Concentrations in China were high (2016 population-weighted mean: 56.4 microg/m3) but stable during
<em>In vitro</em> antischistosomal activity of <em>Bridelia ferruginea, Clausena anisata, Khaya senegalensis, </em>and <em>Vernonia amygdalina</em> (Publications)
sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana. The current therapeutic agent for managing this disease solely relies on praziquantel. The continual dependence on this single available drug could lead to possible
Severe malaria and concomitant bacteraemia in children admitted to a rural Mozambican hospital (Publications)
life-threatening condition in many endemic African settings. In Mozambique, S. pneumoniae is the leading pathogen in this interaction, possibly as a consequence of the high HIV prevalence in the area. Measures [...] at reducing the burden of both those infections are urgently needed to reduce child mortality in Africa
A novel approach for measuring the burden of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: application to data from Zambia (Publications)
parasite prevalence surveys. The use of burden estimates that do not consider effects of treatment, leads to under-estimation of the impact of improvements in case management. Official estimates of burden [...] very likely massively underestimate the impact of the roll-out of ACT as first-line therapy across Africa. This paper proposes a novel approach for estimating burden of disease based on the point prevalence
Effective coverage and systems effectiveness for malaria case management in sub-Saharan African countries (Publications)
decade resulted in substantial declines in mortality and morbidity from the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and many other parts of the world. Sustaining these gains will depend on the health system performance [...] some patients will not adhere and others will be treated with counterfeit or substandard medication leading to treatment failures and spread of drug resistance. We apply systems effectiveness concepts that
Investigating the association between African spontaneously fermented dairy products, faecal carriage of <em>Streptococcus infantarius</em> subsp.... (Publications)
Consumption of traditional fermented dairy products (tFDP) in Africa leads to the ingestion of up to 10(8)Streptococcus infantarius subspecies infantarius (Sii) per millilitre of spontaneously fermented
Data integration for the assessment of population exposure to ambient air pollution for global burden of disease assessment (Publications)
Air pollution is a leading global disease risk factor. Tracking progress (e.g. for Sustainable Development Goals) requires accurate, spatially resolved, routinely updated exposure estimates. A Bayesian [...] particular increases in populous South Asian countries and from Saharan dust transported to West Africa. Concentrations in China were high (2016 population-weighted mean: 56.4 microg/m3) but stable during
in her research using data from cohort studies, cancer registries, and data warehouses. She also leads studies to evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests in collaboration with the International Agency [...] machine learning and Big Data in collaboration with partners from the National Cancer Registry in South Africa and the University of Berne. Through this comprehensive approach, Julia Bohlius aims to draw a d
