Workplace support and breastfeeding duration: the mediating effect of breastfeeding intention and self-efficacy (Publications)
indirect effects showed that self-efficacy in attaining breastfeeding goals accounted for 40.8% (P-value=0.032) of the total effect; however, all other mediation ratios did not show statistical significance
Temporal trends in legionellosis national notification data and the effect of COVID-19, Switzerland, 2000-2020 (Publications)
The annual crude notification rate for legionellosis cases increased from 1.1/100,000 population (CI: 0.9-1.4) in 2000 to 5.6/100,000 population (CI: 5.1-6.1) in 2020. In recent years, the summer peaks have
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasite prevalence in East Africa: updating data for malaria stratification (Publications)
(95% Bayesian Credible Interval 2.6–36.9) in Kenya, 10.6% (3.4–39.2) in mainland Tanzania, and 9.5% (4.0–48.3) in Uganda. In 2019, more than 12.7 million people resided in communities where parasite prevalence
Surveillance of leishmaniasis cases from 15 European centres, 2014 to 2019: a retrospective analysis (Publications)
disease, respectively. Of these, 68% were men, and 32% women, with the median age of 37 years (range: 0-90) at diagnosis. Visceral leishmaniasis was mainly acquired in Europe (88%; 167/190), while cutaneous
Evaluation of two-year recall of self-reported pesticide exposure among Ugandan smallholder farmers (Publications)
found instances of better recall (e.g., overall agreement > 70% and Area Under the Curve (AUC) values > 0.7) for the use of some active ingredients, commonly used PPE items, and washing clothes after application
Substantial reduction in particulate matter air pollution across Europe during 2006-2019: a spatiotemporal modeling analysis (Publications)
(52.6, 91.8%) in 2006 to 28.4% (16.2, 43.7%) in 2019; for PM2.5, the decrease was smaller: from 91.0% (61.3, 99.1%) exposed in 2006 to 53.6% (33.5, 76.3%) in 2019. Although there is a clear improvement
Preventing leprosy with retrospective active case finding combined with single-dose rifampicin for contacts in a low endemic setting: results of the... (Publications)
10,410 contacts in their household and 5 immediate neighbor houses listed. Among these contacts, 72.0% could be screened while most others were absent on the screening day. A total of 33 new leprosy cases
The role of children and adolescents in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a rapid review (Publications)
information descriptively and attempted to report findings separately for: infants and small children (0-5 years) who are mostly pre-school; school children (6-12 years) broadly covering primary school years;
Cost-effectiveness analysis of an intervention project engaging traditional and religious leaders to improve uptake of childhood immunization in... (Publications)
Cross River State. The impact of the intervention on the uptake of routine vaccination among children 0 to 23 months was assessed using a cluster randomized trials. Outcome assessments were performed at the
New antiparasitic flexible triaryl diamidines, their prodrugs and aza analogues: synthesis, <em>in vitro</em> and<em> in vivo</em> biological... (Publications)
melting analysis measurement ΔT(m) for this series of diamidines/poly (dA-dT) complexes fell between 0.5 and 19 °C with 6c showing the highest binding to the DNA minor groove. Finally, a 50 ns molecular
