The economic impact of schistosomiasis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The economic impact of schistosomiasis and the underlying tradeoffs between water resources development and public health concerns have yet to be quantified. Schistosomiasis exerts large h
Risk factors for brucellosis and knowledge-attitude practice among pastoralists in Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a neglected bacterial zoonotic disease with substantial economic impact on households. Pastoral communities are a potential risk group due to their way of life being closely
Emulator-based Bayesian optimization for efficient multi-objective calibration of an individual-based model of malaria (Publications)
Individual-based models have become important tools in the global battle against infectious diseases, yet model complexity can make calibration to biological and epidemiological data challenging. We p
Lived experiences and perceptions of childbirth among pastoralist women in north-eastern Ethiopia: a multimethod qualitative analysis to the WHO... (Publications)
Maternity should be a time of hope and joy. However, for women in pastoralist communities in Ethiopia, the reality of motherhood is often grim. This problem is creating striking disparities of skilled
Economic evaluation of disease elimination: an extension to the net-benefit framework and application to human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
The global health community has earmarked a number of diseases for elimination or eradication, and these goals have often been praised on the premise of long-run cost savings. However, decision makers
Optimizing moxidectin dosing for <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infections: insights from pharmacometric modeling (Publications)
Moxidectin is a frontrunner drug candidate in the treatment of strongyloidiasis. A dose of 8 mg is recommended to treat this indication, which shows a reasonably good efficacy and tolerability profile
Parents' vaccination information seeking, satisfaction with and trust in medical providers in Switzerland: a mixed-methods study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to better understand parental trust in and satisfaction with information sources and medical providers regarding decision making about childhood vaccines. SETTING
Revisiting the effect of pharmaceuticals on transmission stage formation in the malaria parasite <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
Malaria parasites rely on specialized stages, called gametocytes, to ensure human-to-human transmission. The formation of these sexual precursor cells is initiated by commitment of blood stage parasit
The prevalence of mental disorders among intimate partner violence exposed and non-exposed Rwandans: findings from a national cross-sectional survey (Publications)
Despite mounting evidence indicating an increased risk of long-term mental disorders in Rwanda's general population, little is still known about the national prevalence of mental disorders among victi
Different gut microbial communities correlate with efficacy of albendazole-ivermectin against soil-transmitted helminthiases (Publications)
Soil-transmitted helminth infections represent a large burden with over a quarter of the world's population at risk. Low cure rates are observed with standard of care (albendazole); therefore, a more