Elimination of tropical disease through surveillance and response [Editorial] (Publications)
Surveillance and response represent the final crucial steps in achieving effective control and particularly elimination of communicable diseases as recognized in the area of neglected tropical disease
Costs and cost-effectiveness of vector control in Eritrea using insecticide-treated bed nets (Publications)
BACKGROUND: While insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a recognized effective method for preventing malaria, there has been an extensive debate in recent years about the best large-scale implementation
"Communicate to vaccinate": the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vaccination is a cost-effective public health measure and is central to the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. However, childhood vaccination coverage remains sub-opt
Fexinidazole: a new oral nitroimidazole drug candidate entering clinical development for the treatment of sleeping sickness (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is a fatal parasitic disease caused by trypanosomes. Current treatment options for HAT are scarce, toxic, no longer ef
Bovine tuberculosis at a cattle-small ruminant-human interface in Meskan, Gurage region, central Ethiopia (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is endemic in Ethiopian cattle. The aim of this study was to assess BTB prevalence at an intensive contact interface in Meskan Woreda (district) in catt
The contribution of reduction in malaria as a cause of rapid decline of under-five mortality: evidence from the Rufiji Health and Demographic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Under-five mortality has been declining rapidly in a number of sub-Saharan African settings. Malaria-related mortality is known to be a major component of childhood causes of death and mal
Agreement between parent and child report on parental practices regarding dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours: the ENERGY... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Parents and their parenting practices play an important role in shaping their children's environment and energy-balance related behaviours (EBRBs). Measurement of parenting practices can b
Identifying the impediments and enablers of ecohealth for a case study on health and environmental sanitation in Ha Nam, Vietnam (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To date, research has shown an increasing use of the term "ecohealth" in literature, but few researchers have explicitly described how it has been used. We investigated a project on health