Factors associated with stunted growth in children under five years in Antananarivo, Madagascar and Bangui, Central African Republic (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: With a fourth of all under-five children affected, stunting remains one of the biggest health challenges worldwide. Even though the main underlying factors are known, the exact pathways to
Evaluation of the feasibility and sustainability of the joint human and animal vaccination and its integration to the public health system in the... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: One Health approaches such as the Joint human and animal vaccination programmes (JHAVP) are shown to be feasible and to increase health care access to hard-to-reach communities such as mob
Antimicrobial-resistant <em>Escherichia coli</em> strains and their plasmids in people, poultry, and chicken meat in Laos (Publications)
Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) Enterobacterales are widely distributed among the healthy population of the Indochinese peninsula, including Laos. However, the local reservoir of these pathogens are cur
Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making:... (Publications)
Background Health information systems are crucial to provide data for decision-making and demand for data is constantly growing. However, the link between data and decisions is not always rational or
CRISPR/Cas9-engineered inducible gametocyte producer lines as a valuable tool for <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>malaria transmission research (Publications)
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum replicates inside erythrocytes in the blood of infected humans. During each replication cycle, a small proportion of parasites commits to sexual development
Prevalence of sero-markers and non-invasive assessment of liver cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis B virus infection in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major global health problem. Although sub-Saharan Africa has a high proportion of the global burden of HBV, the epidemiology and clinical features of HBV in th
LuftiBus in the school (LUIS): a population-based study on respiratory health in schoolchildren (Publications)
Respiratory disease is common in children and strongly associated with lifestyle and environmental exposures. Thus, it is important to study the epidemiology locally. The LuftiBus in the School (LUIS)
Association between household solid fuel use and tuberculosis: cross-sectional data from the Mongolian national tuberculosis prevalence survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) and indoor air pollution (IAP) are equally critical public health issues in the developing world. Mongolia is experiencing the double burden of TB and IAP due to solid fu
Long-term exposure to black carbon and mortality: a 28-year follow-up of the GAZEL cohort (Publications)
Background: The current evidence on health effects of long-term exposure to outdoor airborne black carbon (BC) exposure remains scarce. Objectives: To examine the association between long-term exposur