The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice (Publications)
healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development in the next 1000 days (ages 2-5 years), this paper summarises the benefits and costs of key strategies to support children's development
Contributions of the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) to schistosomiasis control and elimination: key... (Publications)
through adaptive strategies; 4) annual MDA is more effective than biennial MDA in high-prevalence areas; 5) the current WHO thresholds for decision-making based on the prevalence of heavy infections should be
SCORE studies on the impact of drug treatment on morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> and<em> Schistosoma haematobium</em> infection (Publications)
children had less undernutrition, less portal vein dilation, and increased quality of life in Year 5 compared with baseline. We also conducted a pilot study of the Behavioral Assessment System for Children
Caregiver depression is associated with hair cortisol in a low-income sample of preschool-aged children (Publications)
preschool-aged children. METHODS: 154 caregivers comprised mostly of mothers and their children (2-to-5 years) who were enrolled in a birth cohort study conducted in poor urban neighborhoods of Sao Paulo
Drug interaction studies of cabamiquine: ganaplacide combination against hepatic <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> (Publications)
appearance of blood stage parasites when a systemic plasma C(av0-24)/EC(50) ratio > 2 for ganaplacide and > 5 for cabamiquine was achieved. These findings demonstrate that chemoprevention using a combination of
The molecular clock of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
MTB. For data sets where such calibration was possible, we obtained a clock rate between 1x10-8 and 5x10-7 nucleotide changes per-site-per-year (0.04-2.2 SNPs per-genome-per-year), with substantial differences
Self-reported sleep disturbance from road, rail and aircraft noise: exposure-response relationships and effect modifiers in the SiRENE Study (Publications)
random sample of their dwelling. Self-reported sleep disturbance was measured using an ICBEN-style 5-point verbal scale. The survey was carried out in four waves at different times of the year. Source-specific
Burden of injuries in Vietnam: emerging trends from a decade of economic achievement (Publications)
RESULTS: Between 2007 and 2017, the age-standardised incidence rate of all injuries increased by 14.6% (11.5%-18.2%), while the age-standardised mortality rate decreased by 11.6% (3.0%-20.2%). Interpersonal violence
Traditional milk transformation schemes in Côte d'Ivoire and their impact on the prevalence of <em>Streptococcus bovis</em> complex bacteria in dairy... (Publications)
Sii with 62.8% and 38.8% as well as Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus with 7.0% and 7.5% were the predominant SBSEC species identified among fermented and unfermented milk samples, respectively
Long-term effect of asthma on the development of obesity among adults: an international cohort study, ECRHS (Publications)
on the development of obesity. RESULTS: We included 7576 participants in the period ECRHS I-II (51.5% female, mean (SD) age of 34 (7) years) and 4976 in ECRHS II-III (51.3% female, 42 (8) years). 9% of
