Water and health in mining settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods geospatial visualization (Publications)
Industrial mining transforms local landscapes, including important health determinants like clean water and sanitation. In this paper, we combined macro-level quantitative and micro-level qualitative
Evaluation of a urogenital schistosomiasis behavioural intervention among students from rural schools in Unguja and Pemba islands, Zanzibar (Publications)
Urogenital schistosomiasis is a common experience among children in Zanzibar. There is a paucity of behavioural science-based, health education, and behaviour change (HEBC) interventions for school-ag
Greenspace exposure and cancer incidence: a 27-year follow-up of the French GAZEL cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Greenspace exposure has been suggested to be associated with a range of health outcomes. The available evidence on the association of this exposure with cancer is still very scarce and inc
Associations between neighborhood violence during pregnancy and birth outcomes: evidence from Sao Paulo's Western Region Birth Cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Low birth weight and prematurity remain leading causes of infant mortality and morbidity globally. Although extensive literature has highlighted the importance of socioenvironmental charac
Nowcasting COVID-19 incidence indicators during the Italian first outbreak (Publications)
A novel parametric regression model is proposed to fit incidence data typically collected during epidemics. The proposal is motivated by real-time monitoring and short-term forecasting of the main epi
Perceived built environment, health-related quality of life and health care utilization (Publications)
Previous research has shown that the built environment plays a crucial role for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health care utilization. But, there is limited evidence on the independence o
Effect of bovine tuberculosis on selected productivity parameters and trading in dairy cattle kept under intensive husbandry in Central Ethiopia (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) has substantial impact on fertility, milk, and meat productivity in cattle. However, these assumptions are based on outdated data. Recent global studies on the impact of BTB
Associations between household socioeconomic status, car ownership, physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness in South African primary... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Little is known whether physical activity (PA)-promoting environments are equally accessible to children with divergent socioeconomic status (SES) in low-/middle-income countries. The auth
Associations of growth impairment and body composition among South African school-aged children enrolled in the <em>KaziAfya </em>project (Publications)
(1) Background: Early childhood malnutrition may result in increased fat mass (FM) amongschool-aged children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We explored whether SouthAfrican children with
Integrated human-animal sero-surveillance of Brucellosis in the pastoral Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is widespread in Ethiopia with variable reported prevalence depending on the geographical area, husbandry practices and animal species. However, there is limited information on