Knowledge and practices of mothers and caregivers on diarrhoeal management among under 5-year-old children in a medium-size town of Senegal (Publications)
confidence interval (CI) 18.9-27.8%) of respondents had good management practice of diarrhoea, while 40.0% (95% CI: 34.5-45.6%) had high level of knowledge about diarrhoea. Mothers and caregivers having sought
Clinical evaluation for morbidity associated with soil-transmitted helminth infection in school-age children on Pemba Island, Tanzania (Publications)
beds, and palmar creases predicted lower Hb values (-3.8 g/dl, 95% confidence interval (CI): -6.9, -0.6 g/dl). When examining longitudinal trends, we did not find improvements to Hb or face Wong-Baker Likert
Associations between long-term air pollution exposure and mortality and cardiovascular morbidity: a comparison of mobility-integrated and... (Publications)
and the residential exposure showed very high correlations for both pollutants and cohorts (R(2) > 0.97). The mean exposure was 1-2 % and the exposure contrast 10-20 % lower for the mobility-integrated
Exploring the potential of introducing an electronic death registration system in South Africa (Publications)
Mentimeter and was perceived as a means to strengthen the timeliness of mortality information. However, 43.0% (68/158) of the workshop participants who responded to this question on Mentimeter saw poor internet
Does growing up in a physical activity-friendly neighborhood increase the likelihood of remaining active during adolescence and early adulthood? (Publications)
middle or lowest tertile, children were significantly less active cross-sectionally in 2014 (-41.1 (-78.0;-4.2) and -52.4 (-88.6;-16.2) counts per minute, cpm), and five years later (-52.4 (-88.6;-16.2) and
Respiratory and allergic outcomes among farmworkers exposed to pesticides in Costa Rica (Publications)
of the fungicide pyrimethanil) were associated with increased odds of eczema (aOR = 1.11; 95 % CrI: 0.99, 1.24). Several inverse associations of herbicide concentrations with respiratory and allergic outcomes
Evaluation of C-reactive protein and computer-aided analysis of chest X-rays as tuberculosis triage tests at health facilities in Lesotho and South... (Publications)
respectively. At thresholds corresponding to 90% sensitivity, specificity was 68.2% (95% CI: 65.4-71.0%) and 38.2% (95% CI: 35.3-41.1%) for CAD4TBv7 and CRP, respectively. CAD4TBv7 detected tuberculosis
Europe-wide high-spatial resolution air pollution models are improved by including traffic flow estimates on all roads (Publications)
cross-validation result showed our estimates overall captured variations in AADT between road types (R2 = 0.82). Our result showed variability in AADT within and between road types, documenting the benefit of
Simultaneous alleviation of verification and reference standard biases in a community-based tuberculosis screening study using Bayesian latent class... (Publications)
standard (CRS) of Xpert Ultra and culture. Through simulation with an overall true prevalence of 2.0%, we evaluated the ability of the models to alleviate both biases simultaneously. RESULTS: Based on
Health impact and cost-effectiveness of expanding routine immunization coverage in India through Intensified Mission Indradhanush (Publications)
million from an immunization program perspective and increased vaccine delivery by an estimated 2.2 (-0.5 to 4.8) million doses over a 12-month period, averting an estimated 1,413 (-350 to 3,129) deaths.
