Investigating masking effects of age trends on the correlations among tree ring proxies (Publications)
Age-related trends are present in tree-ring widths (TRW), but their presence in tree rings isotope is debated. It is unclear how cambial age influences the relationships between TRW and isotopes. Tree
WHO global vaccine safety multi-country collaboration project on safety in pregnancy: assessing the level of diagnostic certainty using standardized... (Publications)
Standardized case definitions strengthen post-marketing safety surveillance of new vaccines by improving generated data, interpretation and comparability across surveillance systems. The Global Alignm
COVID-19 pandemic and health related quality of life in primary school children in Switzerland: a repeated cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting containment measures had and still have a profound impact on everyday life. Both the fear of infection and the imposed restrictions can have biopsyc
Reproductive governance in a fragile and population-dense context: family planning policies, discourses, and practices in Burundi (Publications)
This article describes the reproductive governance deployed in Burundi, which promotes fertility control through uptake of modern contraceptives as a solution to the economic hardship and land pressur
Epidemiology and risk factors of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis </em>infection in Papua, Indonesia: a molecular diagnostic study (Publications)
Strongyloides stercoralis is a parasitic worm that is of considerable clinical relevance. Indeed, it may persist asymptomatically for many years, but can lead to potentially fatal dissemination when t
Extracting cause of death from verbal autopsy with deep learning interpretable methods (Publications)
The international standard to ascertain the cause of death is medical certification. However, in many low and middle-income countries, the majority of deaths occur outside of health facilities. In the
Determining the impact of a school-based health education package for prevention of intestinal worm infections in the Philippines: protocol for a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Repeated mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelminthics to at-risk populations is still the main strategy for the control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. However, MDA, as