Human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
cases. The treatment-related mortality rate consequently dropped from 5% with melarsoprol to around 0.5%. A single-dose oral treatment, acoziborole, has completed Phase III trials and may further revolutionize
Computer-aided detection thresholds for digital chest radiography interpretation in tuberculosis diagnostic algorithms (Publications)
status determined; 142 had tuberculosis. Prevalence estimates varied between methodological approaches (0.83-2.72%). Using multiple imputation to estimate tuberculosis status for those eligible but not tested
Urinary pesticide mixture patterns and exposure determinants in the adult population from the Netherlands and Switzerland: application of a suspect... (Publications)
Within-individual correlations in repeated samples (summer/winter) from the Netherlands were low (≤0.3), and no seasonal differences in average exposures were observed in Switzerland. CONCLUSION: High
Development and evaluation of PlasmoPod: a cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test for rapid malaria diagnosis and surveillance (Publications)
than 30 minutes. Our analytical performance evaluation indicates that a limit-of-detection as low as 0.02 parasites/μL can be achieved and no cross-reactivity with other pathogens common in malaria endemic
Seroprevalence trends of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and associated risk factors: a population-based study (Publications)
Seroprevalence was 3.7% (95% CI 2.1-4.9) in period 1, 16.2% (95% CI 14.4-17.5) in period 2, and 72.0% (95% CI 70.3-73.8) in period 3, with regional variations. In period 1, younger age (20-64) was the
Microbiological quality and antimicrobial resistance of bacteria species recovered from ready-to-eat food, water samples, and palm swabs of food... (Publications)
spp. (10.1 %), Enterococcus faecalis (7.8 %), Pseudomonas spp. (6.7 %) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (4.0 %) occurred in food. Isolates from water and palm were Klebsiella pneumoniae (20.8 %), Aeromonas spp
Large gains in schooling and income are possible from minimizing adverse birth outcomes in 121 low- and middle-income countries: a modelling study (Publications)
from reducing low birthweight to the theoretical minimum were 20.3 million school years (95% CI: 6.0,34.8) and US$ 68.8 billion (95% CI: 20.3,117.9) in lifetime income gains per birth cohort. As for preterm
Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic-evidence from Zambia (Publications)
health distress among women increased marginally over the first two waves of the pandemic (aOR1.22, CI 0.99-1.49). Women under age 30, with lower educational background, with less than three children, and
Does global health governance walk the talk? Gender representation in World Health Assemblies, 1948-2021 (Publications)
composed of a majority of men, and no WHA had more than 30% of women Chief Delegates (ranging from 0% to 30%). Wide variation in trends over time could be observed across different geographical regions
Clustered cardiovascular disease risk among children aged 8-13 years from lower socioeconomic schools in Gqeberha, South Africa (Publications)
identified in 17% (n=104) of the sample; girls exhibited a significantly higher CRS > 1 SD than boys (p=0.036). The estimated odds of an elevated clustered risk are doubled every 2 mL/kg/min decrease in VO(2)max
