Long-lasting insecticidal nets retain bio-efficacy after 5 years of storage: implications for malaria control programmes (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the most sustainable and effective malaria control tool currently available. Global targets are for 80% of the population living in malaria endem
Electronic clinical decision support algorithms incorporating point-of-care diagnostic tests in low-resource settings: a target product profile (Publications)
Health workers in low-resource settings often lack the support and tools to follow evidence-based clinical recommendations for diagnosing, treating and managing sick patients. Digital technologies, by
Implications of asymptomatic infection for the natural history of selected parasitic tropical diseases (Publications)
Progress has been made in the control or elimination of tropical diseases, with a significant reduction of incidence. However, there is a risk of re-emergence if the factors fueling transmission are n
Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso (Publications)
The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Burkina Faso increasingly employs cyanideleaching to exploit the natural resource gold. The long-term consequences of chronic cyanide exposur
Prescription of concomitant medications in patients treated with nifurtimox eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) for <em>T.b. gambiense</em> second... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Nifurtimox eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly called sleeping sickness, was added to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Essen
Short term seasonal effects of airborne fungal spores on lung function in a panel study of schoolchildren residing in informal settlements of the... (Publications)
Background The individual effects of biological constituents of particulate matter (PM) such as fungal spores, on lung function in children are not well known. This study investigated the seasonal sho