A pilot of a chronic disease self-management programme in Moldova (Publications)
participants’ self-efficacy significantly increase between baseline and follow-up (from mean score of 5.3 to 8.3; t(58) = -12.2, p < 0.001), they also improved their knowledge on every individual item on
A combined school survey and reactive case detection reveals minimal local transmission of malaria in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea (Publications)
members. The average annual malaria incidence in the catchment areas was 3.7 cases per 1000 [95% CI 2.6, 5.3] among the general population, while children under 15 years accounted for 19% [95% CI 14, 27] of
Conditional and unconditional social transfers, early-life nutrition, and child growth: a randomized clinical trial (Publications)
growth (height, weight, and head circumference). RESULTS: A total of 298 mothers (mean [SD] age, 27.2 [6.5] years) were identified from a large birth cohort and randomized into a conditional social transfer
Meteorological factors, population immunity, and COVID-19 incidence: a global multi-city analysis (Publications)
results showed an association between temperature and absolute humidity on COVID-19 transmission. At 5 °C, the relative risk of COVID-19 incidence is 1.22-fold higher compared to a reference level at 17
Waiting for surgery after hip fracture - health and/or economic risk? (Publications)
discharge to in-patient rehabilitation. Reimbursement persisted at an average revenue in the low 4-5-digit range, depending on implant costs. CONCLUSIONS: While there has been a reduction of waiting times
Incidence and duration of human papillomavirus infections in young women: insights from a bimonthly follow-up cohort (Publications)
associated with an increased risk of new positive detection (hazard ratio 2.40 with a 95%CI from 1.07 to 5.39). In contrast, vaccination was associated with a lower risk of displaying incident infections (hazard
The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and the association with non-communicable and communicable disorders in a population of sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
History of tuberculosis (OR 3.75, 95% CI 1.66-8.18; p = 0.001) and schistosomiasis (OR 2.49, 95% CI 1.13-5.18; p = 0.02) were associated with CKD. A trend was seen for increasing systolic blood pressure (OR
Importance of routine viral load monitoring: higher levels of resistance at ART failure in Uganda and Lesotho compared with Switzerland (Publications)
virological failure (n = 61) was selected. Results: We found that 50.8% of individuals in the SHCS, 72.5% in Uganda and 81.0% in Lesotho harboured HIV with high-level resistance to at least two drugs from
Current use and costs of electronic health records for clinical trial research: a descriptive study (Publications)
the 17 EHR-supported trials varied from US$44 to US$2000, and total RCT costs from US$67 750 to US$5 026 000. In the remaining 172 RCTs (91.0%), EHRs were used as a modality of intervention. INTERPRETATION:
Prevalence and adverse obstetric outcomes of female genital mutilation among women in rural northern Ghana (Publications)
those without. Similarly, they had a 4-fold increased risk of post-partum haemorrhage (4.69 [3.74, 5.88]) and more than 2-fold risk lacerations/episiotomy (2.57 [1.86, 3.21]) during delivery. Average duration