RTS,S malaria vaccine pilot studies: addressing the human realities in large-scale clinical trials (Publications)
A malaria vaccine as part of the integrated malaria control and elimination efforts will have a major impact on public health in sub-Sahara Africa. The first malaria vaccine, RTS,S, now enters pilot i
Linking human behaviours and malaria vector biting risk in south-eastern Tanzania (Publications)
To accelerate malaria elimination in areas where core interventions such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are already widely used, it is crucial to consider additional factors associated with persis
Genetic risk scores do not improve asthma prediction in childhood (Publications)
CAPSULE SUMMARY: Genetic risk scores have no added value above familial, perinatal and environmental risk factors in the first year of life to predict childhood asthma.
The feasibility and acceptability of collaborative learning in improving health worker performance on adolescent health: findings from implementation... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Collaborative learning has been shown to be effective in improving health worker performance, but relatively little is known about the feasibility or acceptability of collaborative learnin
Mortality of neurological disorders in Tanzania: analysis of baseline data from sample vital registration with verbal autopsy (SAVVY) (Publications)
Background: Neurological disorders (ND) have a profound consequence on human productivity, quality of life and survival. There are limited data on the burden of ND in Tanzania due to insufficient cove
Rapid spread of double East- and West-African <em>kdr </em>mutations in wild <em>Anopheles coluzzi</em> from Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Malaria morbidity and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasing. The scale-up of long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying have been the major contributors to the decrease
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults (Publications)
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities(1,2). This has led to a widely reported view that urbaniza