"I can't read and don't understand": Health literacy and health messaging about folic acid for neural tube defect prevention in a migrant population... (Publications)
that has been used in surveys of the population since 1995. Health literacy was low, with 194/525 (37.0%) of tested women demonstrating adequate health literacy, despite 63.1% (331/525) self-reporting being
Network analysis of dairy cattle movement and associations with bovine tuberculosis spread and control in emerging dairy belts of Ethiopia (Publications)
farms having one or more outgoing cattle showed a decrease on the likelihood of BTB infection (OR = 0.57) compared to farms which maintained their cattle. CONCLUSION: This study showed that the patterns
Efficacy and safety of ascending dosages of albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> in preschool-aged children, school-aged children and... (Publications)
did not differ significantly among treatment arms and flat dose-responses were observed. 17.9% and 0.4% of participants reported any adverse event at 3 and 24 h follow-up, respectively. Interpretation:
control group versus 3386 (81%) of 4174 in the intervention group (odds ratio 3·00 [95% CI 2·52–3·59]; p<0·0001). Secondary distribution of oral-fluid HIV self-tests during home-based testing increases testing [...] the control group due to the increased coverage. Main funding Swiss National Science Foundation (IZ07Z0_160876/1; PCEFP3_181355; 323530_177576) & International AIDS Society (CIPHER grant) Trial registration
Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global... (Publications)
Africa and the Middle East (9·3% [8·7-9·9]) and, at the regional level, in Oceania (12·3% [11·5-13·0]). Nationally, Qatar had the world's highest age-specific prevalence of diabetes, at 76·1% (73·1-79·5) [...] prevalence-especially among older adults-primarily reflects type 2 diabetes, which in 2021 accounted for 96·0% (95·1-96·8) of diabetes cases and 95·4% (94·9-95·9) of diabetes DALYs worldwide. In 2021, 52·2% (25·5-71·8)
Population genetic structure and hybridization of schistosomes in schoolchildren in Côte d’Ivoire (Publications)
a set of 18 microsatellite markers. Results: Of 1,187 schoolchildren, the overall prevalence was 14.0% for S. haematobium and 6.1% for S. mansoni. In the southern part of Côte d’Ivoire, the prevalence of [...] belonging to 12 haplotypes. Of 40 ITS2 sequences analysed, 77.5% were assigned to pure S. haematobium, 10.0% to pure S. bovis and 12.5% to S. haematobium x S. bovis hybrids. The literature review elucidated that
Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria (Publications)
slightly lower but this was not significant (PE 6%), but mean haemoglobin was higher (mean difference 0.85 g/dL).In one CBA trial in Nigeria, IRS showed protection against malaria prevalence during the wet [...] by passive case detection, no difference was found in children aged one to five years (risk ratio = 0.88, direction in favour of IRS). No difference was found for malaria prevalence or haemoglobin.Unstable
Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global... (Publications)
Africa and the Middle East (9·3% [8·7-9·9]) and, at the regional level, in Oceania (12·3% [11·5-13·0]). Nationally, Qatar had the world's highest age-specific prevalence of diabetes, at 76·1% (73·1-79·5) [...] prevalence-especially among older adults-primarily reflects type 2 diabetes, which in 2021 accounted for 96·0% (95·1-96·8) of diabetes cases and 95·4% (94·9-95·9) of diabetes DALYs worldwide. In 2021, 52·2% (25·5-71·8)
Population genetic structure and hybridization of schistosomes in schoolchildren in Côte d’Ivoire (Publications)
a set of 18 microsatellite markers. Results: Of 1,187 schoolchildren, the overall prevalence was 14.0% for S. haematobium and 6.1% for S. mansoni. In the southern part of Côte d’Ivoire, the prevalence of [...] belonging to 12 haplotypes. Of 40 ITS2 sequences analysed, 77.5% were assigned to pure S. haematobium, 10.0% to pure S. bovis and 12.5% to S. haematobium x S. bovis hybrids. The literature review elucidated that
Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria (Publications)
slightly lower but this was not significant (PE 6%), but mean haemoglobin was higher (mean difference 0.85 g/dL).In one CBA trial in Nigeria, IRS showed protection against malaria prevalence during the wet [...] by passive case detection, no difference was found in children aged one to five years (risk ratio = 0.88, direction in favour of IRS). No difference was found for malaria prevalence or haemoglobin.Unstable
