Why do marital partners of people living with HIV not test for HIV? A qualitative study in Lusaka, Zambia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of HIV status is crucial for HIV prevention and management in marital relationships. Yet some marital partners of people living with HIV decline HIV testing despite knowing the H
Increasing the reach: involving local muslim religious teachers in a behavioral intervention to eliminate urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar (Publications)
In Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, Madrassa schools are influential institutions, where children and adults can learn about the interpretation of the Koran. We aimed to explore the involvement
Improving institutional childbirth services in rural Southern Tanzania: a qualitative study of healthcare workers' perspective (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To describe health workers' perceptions of a quality improvement (QI) intervention that focused on improving institutional childbirth services in primary health facilities in Southern Tanza
The good clinical practice guideline and its interpretation - perceptions of clinical trial teams in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To explore the advantages and challenges of working with the Good Clinical Practice (GCP)-International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) E6 guideline and its interpretation from the persp
Analysis of diagnostic findings from the European mobile laboratory in Gueckedou, Guinea, March 2014 through March 2015 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A unit of the European Mobile Laboratory (EMLab) consortium was deployed to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) treatment unit in Gueckedou, Guinea, from March 2014 through March 2015. METHODS:
Discovery of a mosaic-like biosynthetic assembly line with a decarboxylative off-loading mechanism through a combination of genome mining and imaging (Publications)
The biosynthetic gene cluster for the antiplasmodial natural product siphonazole was identified by using a combination of genome mining, imaging, and expression studies in the natural producer Herpeto
Spatio-temporal distribution of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex strains in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is a perception that genomic differences in the species/lineages of the nine species making the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) may affect the efficacy of distinct control
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin, synriam, synriam-praziquantel <em>versus</em> praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> and <em>S.... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis affects millions of people, yet treatment options are limited. The antimalarial Synriam (piperaquine 150 mg/arterolane 750 mg) and the anthelminthic moxidectin revealed pro
