Immediate postpartum care in low- and middle-income countries: a gap in health care quality research and practice (Publications)
The immediate postpartum period carries significant risks of complications such as postpartum hemorrhage and sepsis. Postpartum monitoring, including taking vital signs and monitoring blood loss, is i
Discovery and characterization of potent, efficacious, orally available antimalarial plasmepsin X inhibitors and preclinical safety assessment of... (Publications)
Plasmepsin X (PMX) is an essential aspartyl protease controlling malaria parasite egress and invasion of erythrocytes, development of functional liver merozoites (prophylactic activity), and blocking
Effectiveness of rectal artesunate as pre-referral treatment for severe malaria in children under 5 years of age: a multi-country observational study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To prevent child deaths from severe malaria, early parenteral treatment is essential. Yet, in remote rural areas, accessing facilities offering parenteral antimalarials may be difficult. A
Effects of a dog-assisted social- and emotional-competence training for prisoners: a controlled study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Previous research has called for improving psychological interventions and developing new treatments for prisoners. Animal-assisted prison-based programmes have increasingly been used as a
Efficacy and safety of Shenfu injection for severe pneumonia in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on Western and Eastern... (Publications)
Background: Although increasing clinical trials studying Shenfu injection (SFI) comprising panaxoside 0.8 mg/ml extracted from Panax ginseng C.A. Mey. and aconitine 0.1 mg/ml extracted from Aconitum c
Examining African contributions to global health: reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation (Publications)
This article unites different disciplinary debates on 'southern innovation', 'theory from the South', and 'decolonisation of knowledge' in order to discuss existing understandings around the role of A
Adherence to Coronavirus Disease 2019 preventive measures in a representative sample of the population of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland (Publications)
Objectives: We quantified adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and explored associated factors, after the first and during the second Swiss epidemic waves. Methods: With an observational cohort s
Facility and community results-based financing to improve maternal and child nutrition and health in The Gambia (Publications)
In 2013, the Government of The Gambia implemented a novel results-based financing (RBF) intervention designed to improve maternal and child nutrition and health through a combination of community, fac