<em>Orientia tsutsugamushi </em>dynamics in vectors and hosts: ecology and risk factors for foci of scrub typhus transmission in northern Thailand (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is an important neglected vector-borne zoonotic disease across the Asia-Pacific region, with an expanding known distribution. The disease ecology is poorly understood, despite
Cancer in HIV-positive and HIV-negative adolescents and young adults in South Africa: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the spectrum of cancers in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with and without HIV in South Africa. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study with cancer records provided by the Na
Proteome-wide analysis of a malaria vaccine study reveals personalized humoral immune profiles in Tanzanian adults (Publications)
Tanzanian adult male volunteers were immunized by direct venous inoculation with radiation-attenuated, aseptic, purified, cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (PfSPZ Vaccine) and prote
Rabies immunoglobulin: brief history and recent experiences in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rabies is a fatal viral zoonosis mainly transmitted via dog bites. The estimated 59'000 annual deaths caused by the disease are preventable through correct and timely administration of pos
How district health decision-making is shaped within decentralised contexts: a qualitative research in Malawi, Uganda and Ghana (Publications)
District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) are often entry points for the implementation of health interventions. Insight into decision-making and power relationships at district level could assist DHMT
Targeting the trypanosome kinetochore with CLK1 protein kinase inhibitors (Publications)
The kinetochore is a macromolecular structure that assembles on the centromeres of chromosomes and provides the major attachment point for spindle microtubules during mitosis. In Trypanosoma brucei, t
Strategies supporting the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic (Publications)
Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases represent a public health challenge of international concern. They include a large group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), many of which are of zoonotic
The determinants of information seeking behaviour and paying attention to earthquake-related information (Publications)
This study explores the process and determinants of finding information about earthquake-preparedness andof paying attention to earthquake-related information. Data were collected in Istanbul-Turkey,
Mixed-methods study on pharmacies as contraception providers to Kenyan young people: who uses them and why? (Publications)
Objectives: This study sought to answer two questions: (1) what are the characteristics of young Kenyans aged 18-24 who use contraception obtained at pharmacies, and (2) why are pharmacies appealing s
Drones and digital adherence monitoring for community-based tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: a cost-effectiveness analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Continuing tuberculosis control with current approaches is unlikely to reach the World Health Organization's objective to eliminate TB by 2035. Innovative interventions such as unmanned ae
