Efficacy and safety of ascending doses of praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infection in preschool-aged and school-aged children:... (Publications)
(32/41) and 68.3% (28/41) at 20, 40 and 60 mg/kg and 47.5% (19/40) for placebo. In SAC, CRs were 10.8% for placebo (4/37), 55.6% for 20 mg/kg (25/45), 68.3% for 40 mg/kg (28/41) and 60.5% for 60 mg/kg (26/43)
Epidemiological characterization of malaria in rural southern Tanzania following China-Tanzania pilot joint malaria control baseline survey (Publications)
an average malaria parasite prevalence of 13% across the selected site. Its distribution was 5.6, 12.8, 16.7, and 18% from Ikwiriri, Kibiti, Bungu, and Chumbi wards, respectively. The corresponding LLIN
Assessing whether universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets has been achieved: is the right indicator being used? (Publications)
7-9 people, mean population ITN access was 41.0% (95% CI 36.5-45.6), whereas only 6.2% (95% CI 4.0-8.3) of these same households owned at least 1 ITN for 2 people. On average, 60% of the individual protection
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
Identification of risk factors for rabies exposure and access to post-exposure prophylaxis in Chad (Publications)
non-compliance observed in rural areas. Access to vaccine before the study was alarmingly low, with only 8.5% accessing PEP. Despite facilitated collaboration between human health and veterinary services through
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
for washing hands. However, in rural areas, dedicated hand washing stations have been observed in 24.8% of all households. Among the members of these households, only 44.6% used water and soap for hand washing
modalities (including teleradiology) in combination with health information systems. Today, about 1.8 million population benefit from substantially enhanced radiology services each year. Target Groups The
legal long-term standards (annual mean) for particulate matter PM 10 , PM 2.5 , NO 2 , SO 2 including 8-h limits for ozone (last update: June 2016) in comparison to the air quality limit values from 2005
Nutritional and health status of children 15 months after integrated school garden, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions: a... (Publications)
health and nutritional status in two districts of Nepal. METHODS: The trial included 682 children aged 8-17 years from 12 schools. The schools were randomly allocated to one of three interventions: (a) school
