Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic... (Publications)
while India saw a 30.8-point disparity, from 64.8 (59.6-68.8) in Goa to 34.0 (30.3-38.1) in Assam. Japan recorded the smallest range in subnational HAQ performance in 2016 (a 4.8-point difference), whereas [...] spending per capita. FINDINGS: In 2016, HAQ Index performance spanned from a high of 97.1 (95% UI 95.8-98.1) in Iceland, followed by 96.6 (94.9-97.9) in Norway and 96.1 (94.5-97.3) in the Netherlands, to [...] as 18.6 (13.1-24.4) in the Central African Republic, 19.0 (14.3-23.7) in...
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic... (Publications)
while India saw a 30.8-point disparity, from 64.8 (59.6-68.8) in Goa to 34.0 (30.3-38.1) in Assam. Japan recorded the smallest range in subnational HAQ performance in 2016 (a 4.8-point difference), whereas [...] spending per capita. FINDINGS: In 2016, HAQ Index performance spanned from a high of 97.1 (95% UI 95.8-98.1) in Iceland, followed by 96.6 (94.9-97.9) in Norway and 96.1 (94.5-97.3) in the Netherlands, to [...] as 18.6 (13.1-24.4) in the Central African Republic, 19.0 (14.3-23.7) in...
Concurrently measured concentrations of atmospheric mercury in indoor (household) and outdoor air of Basel, Switzerland (Publications)
locations (29–31 days) in Basel, Switzerland. Average Hg concentrations ranged from 2.0 to 10.8 ng m–3 indoors and from 1.8 to 2.5 ng m–3 outdoors. These results reveal that households are a net source of Hg to
Effects of climate variability on malaria transmission in southern Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa (Publications)
predicted an increase in malaria transmissions in both scenarios (RCP8.5 and RCP4.5) for the time period 2030 to 2080. The monthly EIR for RCP8.5 was very high (1.74 to 1131.71 bites/person) compared to RCP4
Head-to-head comparison of nasal and nasopharyngeal sampling using SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in Lesotho (Publications)
2131 had a valid PCR result (61% female, median age 41 years, 8% children), 84.5% were symptomatic. Overall PCR positivity rate was 5.8%. The sensitivity for nasopharyngeal, nasal, and combined nasal
Schistosomiasis in the People’s Republic of China – down but not out (Publications)
surveyed; animals were only found in Hunan. The prevalence of schistosomiasis in humans was 1.8% in Jiangxi and 8.0% in Hunan determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), while 18.3% of animals
Safety and efficacy of the 10-day melarsoprol schedule for the treatment of second stage rhodesiense sleeping sickness (Publications)
(CI 5-17%) and 13% (CI 9-17%) in the historic data. The respective case fatality rates were 8.4% (CI 3-13.8%) and 9.3% (CI 6-12.6%). All patients discharged alive were free of parasites at end of treatment
Safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of new formulations of the <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>malaria peptide SPf66 combined with the... (Publications)
tolerability and immunogenicity in healthy adults. The vaccines were found to be safe in 87/89 (97.8%) volunteers studied. However, two individuals developed severe vaccine allergy following the third [...] CD4+ T cell response, the QS-21 formulations exhibited the potential to also elicit SPf66-specific CD8+ responses. These observations demonstrate that the use of QS-21 can substantially enhance the immu
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Achillea ptarmica</em> (Asteraceae) and its main alkamide constituents (Publications)
the isolation and identification of five alkamides from the most active fractions. Pellitorine and 8,9-Z-dehyropellitorine are the main components of the extract. Beside these olefinic acid amides, four [...] the most active compound so far within this study against P. falciparum (IC50 = 3.3 microg/mL), while 8,9-Z-dehydropellitorine was most active against T. b. rhodesiense (IC50 = 2.0 microg/mL). The activity
Quantitative microbial risk assessment related to urban wastewater and lagoon water reuse in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
E. coli (12.8 CFU/100 mL to 2.97 x 10(4)CFU/100 mL and from 0 cyst/L to 18.5 cysts/L, respectively). Estimates of yearly average infection risks for E. coli (90.07-99.90%, assuming that 8% of E. coli were
