Poor mental health of livestock farmers in Africa: a mixed methods case study from Ghana (Publications)
self-reported physical illnesses in farmers, but positively associated with increasing herd size [F (8,278) = 14.18, p < 0.001, R(2) = 0.29]. CONCLUSIONS: Livestock diseases are the leading cause of losses
Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern... (Publications)
(0.999, 1.007), and 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), respectively, per inter-quartile range (IQR) increment (18.8 μg/m3 for PM2.5, 12.6 ppb for NO2, and 31.5 for AQI). In multi-pollutant models, the PM2.5 associations
n programmes as well as teaching and training both in Switzerland and in endemic areas. December 7/8, 2017, Swiss TPH hosts an international symposium on the topic of "Helminth Infection - From Transmission
Adaptation of the CUGH global health competency framework in the Chinese context: a mixed-methods study (Publications)
ral, Political Awareness and Policy Promotion; 7. Personal Competencies and Professional Practice; 8. Capacity strengthening; 9. Collaboration, Partnering and Communication; 10. Programme Management. The
Non-optimal apparent temperature and cardiovascular mortality: the association in Puducherry, India between 2011 and 2020 (Publications)
to non-optimal temperatures, with a slightly higher burden attributable to heat (9.1%) than cold (8.3%). We also found that males were more vulnerable to colder temperature; females above 60 years were
Developing sero-diagnostic tests to facilitate <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> serological test-and-treat approaches: modeling the balance between public... (Publications)
for radical cure. This provides a potential solution to selectively treat the vivax reservoir with 8-aminoquinolines. METHODS: PvSeroTAT can identify likely hypnozoite carriers with ~80% sensitivity and
Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin and albendazole in school-aged children and adults infected with <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> in... (Publications)
showed significantly higher cure rates against T trichiura than albendazole in Laos (66% [140 of 213]vs 8% [16 of 194]; difference 58 percentage points, 95% CI 50 to 65, p
Morbidity associated with <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
blood in the stool (21.5%). Hepatosplenic morbidity consisted of abnormal liver parenchyma patterns (42.8%), hepatomegaly (26.5%) and splenomegaly (25.3%). Liver pathology (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.20, 95%
Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2.5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations (Publications)
was calculated. FINDINGS: 65.6 million all-cause deaths, 15.1 million cardiovascular deaths, and 6.8 million respiratory deaths were included in our analyses. The pooled RRs of mortality associated with
Prevalence of sero-markers and non-invasive assessment of liver cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis B virus infection in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a... (Publications)
bilirubin [aOR 12.1, 95% CI (1.9-63.0); p = 0.003], and elevated total bilirubin [aOR 16.1, 95% CI (3.2-80.8); p = 0.001] were independent predictors of cirrhosis. CONCLUSION: Although most patients with HBV infection
