Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: rationale for and challenges of guidance development (Publications)
In the first paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch and colleagues examine how guidance is currently formulated in low- and middle-income countries, and the ch
Models for short term malaria prediction in Sri Lanka (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria in Sri Lanka is unstable and fluctuates in intensity both spatially and temporally. Although the case counts are dwindling at present, given the past history of resurgence of outbr
Accuracy of urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) test for <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> diagnosis in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Promising results have been reported for a urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) test for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni. We assessed the accuracy of a commercially available CCA
Social and cultural aspects of 'malaria' and its control in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A sound local understanding of preventive measures and health-seeking behaviour is important for the effective control of malaria. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, at
HIV infection disrupts the sympatric host-pathogen relationship in human tuberculosis (Publications)
The phylogeographic population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis suggests local adaptation to sympatric human populations. We hypothesized that HIV infection, which induces immunodeficiency, wil
