Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, weight status, and body composition among South African primary schoolchildren (Publications)
Background: Over the past decades, childhood overweight has increased in many African countries. We examined the relationship between sedentary behaviour, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
Safety of routine childhood vaccine coadministration versus separate vaccination (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: As new vaccines are developed more vaccine coadministrations vaccines are being offered to make delivery more practical for health systems and patients. We compared the safety of coadmin
Key factors predicting suspected severe malaria case management and health outcomes: an operational study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that pre-referral Rectal Artesunate (RAS) can be a life-saving intervention for severe malaria in remote settings in Africa. Recognition of danger signs indicative of sev
Factors associated to COVID-19 vaccination performance across countries (Publications)
Background On April 24th, 2020, the coalition between Gavi, CEPI, and the WHO, launched COVAX, a multilateral facility to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and to guarant
Profiles of anti-COVID-19 vaccines currently in use and their contribution to current vaccination coverage rates (Publications)
Background Vaccines are one of the key interventions to control COVID-19 pandemic. By July 16th, 2021, nineteen COVID-19 vaccines had been approved. Vaccines have varied properties and potential to co
Participatory approaches for raising awareness among subsistence farmers in Tanzania about the spread of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Insecticide resistance is a key barrier to long-term malaria control, and it may be exacerbated by poor agricultural pesticide use. Current practices, however, do not link public health an
Perceived barriers to physical activity behaviour among patients with diabetes and hypertension in Kosovo: a qualitative study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In a cohort of primary health care users across Kosovo (KOSCO cohort), high rates and poor control of diabetes and hypertension were observed. These conditions can be prevented and better
Stratification of malaria incidence in Papua New Guinea (2011–2019): contribution towards a sub-national control policy (Publications)
Malaria risk in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is highly heterogeneous, between and within geographical regions, which is operationally challenging for control. To enhance targeting of malaria interventions i
Examining decentralization and managerial decision making for child immunization program performance in India (Publications)
Despite widespread adoption of decentralization reforms, the impact of decentralization on health system attributes, such as access to health services, responsiveness to population health needs, and e
<em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> genetic diversity and drug resistance conferring mutations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
Background: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) belongs to the 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries and to the 27 high-burden multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB countries. To date, there are no
