How to scale-up: a comparative case study of scaling up a district health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The need to scale up public health interventions in low- and middle-income countries to ensure equitable and sustainable impact is widely acknowledged. However, there has been little under
The importance of the treatment rationale for pain in animal-assisted interventions: a randomized controlled trial in healthy participants (Publications)
Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) is a promising treatment approach for pain, but possible mechanisms still need to be elucidated. This study set out to investigate the analgesic effects of an anim
The association of road traffic noise with cognition in adolescents: a cohort study in Switzerland (Publications)
Environmental noise exposure has been shown to affect children's cognition, but the concept of cognition is multifaceted, and studies on associations with noise are still inconclusive and fragmented.
Patient and provider perceptions of a peer-delivered intervention ('<em>Khanya</em>') to improve anti-retroviral adherence and substance use in South... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite a high prevalence of problematic substance use among people living with HIV in South Africa, there remains limited access to substance use services within the HIV care system. To a
Synthesis and antiprotozoal activity of azabicyclo-nonane pyrimidine hybrids (Publications)
2,4-Diaminopyrimidines and (dialkylamino)azabicyclo-nonanes possess activity against protozoan parasites. A series of fused hybrids were synthesized and tested in vitro against pathogens of malaria tr
The association between apparent temperature and hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease in Limpopo province, South Africa (Publications)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have a high disease burden both globally and in South Africa. They have also been found to be temperature-sensitive globally. The association between temperature and CVD
Implementation research of a cluster randomized trial evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: It has been more than 20 years since the malaria epidemiologic shift to school-aged children was noted. In the meantime, school-aged children (5-15 years) have become increasingly more vul
Factors affecting the successful implementation of a digital intervention for health financing in a low-resource setting at scale: semistructured... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Digital interventions for health financing, if implemented at scale, have the potential to improve health system performance by reducing transaction costs and improving data-driven decisio
Peru: progress in health and sciences in 200 years of independence (Publications)
Peru celebrates 200 years of independence in 2021. Over this period of independent life, and despite the turbulent socio-political scenarios, from internal armed conflict to economic crisis to politic
