Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: linking guidance development to policy development (Publications)
In the second paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, John Lavis and colleagues explore the challenge of linking guidance development and policy development at global and national lev
Diagnostic accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for detection of <em>Leishmania</em> DNA in buffy coat from visceral... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) remains as one of the most neglected tropical diseases with over 60% of the world's total VL cases occurring in the Indian subcontinent. Due to the in
Traffic-related air pollution and incident type 2 diabetes: results from the SALIA cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional and ecological studies indicate that air pollution may be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but prospective data are lacking. OBJECTIVE: We examined the association betwee
Toward an open-access global database for mapping, control, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: After many years of general neglect, interest has grown and efforts came under way for the mapping, control, surveillance, and eventual elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). D
Malaria and its possible control on the island of Príncipe (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria can be eradicated from islands. To assess the prospects for eradication of malaria from the island of Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, we fitted a mathematical model to age-prevalen
Malaria risk and access to prevention and treatment in the paddies of the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Kilombero Valley is a highly malaria-endemic agricultural area in south-eastern Tanzania. Seasonal flooding of the valley is favourable to malaria transmission. During the farming seas