Comparative performance of three experimental hut designs for measuring malaria vector responses to insecticides in Tanzania (Publications)
of paired differences. RESULTS: A total of 613 mosquitoes were collected in 36 nights, of which 13.5 % were Anopheles gambiae sensu lato, 21 % Anopheles funestus sensu stricto, 38 % Mansonia species and
Durability of Olyset campaign nets distributed between 2009 and 2011 in eight districts of Tanzania (Publications)
in unserviceable condition passed WHO bioefficacy criteria. Overall mean permethrin content was 16.5 g/kg (95 % CI 16.2-16.9) with 78 % of the sub-sampled nets retaining recommended permethrin content
Impact socio-économique du déversement de déchets toxiques à Abidjan en 2006 à l'échelle des ménages = Socio-economic impact at the household level of... (Publications)
households engaged expenses. Those were on average of 92 450 FCFA ( 141), with a minimum of 1 000 FCFA ( 1.5) and a maximum of 1500000 FCFA( 2.287), in spite of the advertisement of the exemption from payment
Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: the strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The last 5-10 years have seen significant international momentum build around the field of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR?+?A). Strengthening post-graduate teaching is
Effect of an integrated intervention package of preventive chemotherapy, community-led total sanitation and health education on the prevalence of... (Publications)
infection at follow-up. The intervention significantly impacted on reported latrine use (before: 15.5%, after: 94.6%), open defecation in the community surroundings (before: 75.0%, after: 16.7%) and awareness
Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin plus albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths: a systematic review meta-analysis and... (Publications)
soil-transmitted helminths (STH), Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms infect 1.5 billion people worldwide and cause an estimated burden of 3.3 million disability-adjusted life years
Higher rates of metabolic syndrome among women taking zidovudine as compared to tenofovir in rural Africa: preliminary data from the CART-1 study (Publications)
at a significance level /=35 years, AZT-backbone, NVP-base, BMI > /=25kg/m2 and taking ART for > /=4.5 years were associated with MS in univariate analysis. In the multivariate model only AZT (adjusted
Self-diagnosis of malaria by travellers: a cohort study on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests provided by a Swiss travel clinic (Publications)
secure, especially when travelling with children. CONCLUSIONS: 1/6 travellers experienced fever and 4/5 of those reacted appropriately: more than half used RDTs and a quarter consulted immediately. Four
Malaria prevention recommendations for risk groups visiting sub-Saharan Africa: a survey of European expert opinion and international recommendations (Publications)
(59.57%) and for 2 months (68.09%), for a pregnant VFR (74.47%), for a breast-feeding mother with her 5 kg infant (72.34%) and for a VFR family with limited budget (63.83%). For an adult traveller with renal
Impact of malaria interventions on child mortality in endemic African settings: comparison and alignment between LiST and Spectrum-Malaria model (Publications)
interventions, on malaria infection prevalence, case incidence and mortality in children 0-4 years, 5-14 years of age and adults. Spectrum-Malaria uses statistical models fitted to simulations of the dynamic
