Evaluating and enhancing an educational intervention to reduce smallholder farmers' exposure to pesticides in Uganda through a digital, systematic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Smallholder farmers receive educational interventions on safe pesticide handling by governmental agencies, industries, or nongovernmental organizations to reduce exposure risks. However, e
Rapid detection of the source of a <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em> outbreak in Switzerland through routine interviewing of patients and whole-genome... (Publications)
AIMS OF THE STUDY: Listeriosis is a notifiable disease in Switzerland. In summer 2022, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health noticed an increase in reports of listeriosis cases, indicating a possi
Temperature frequency and mortality: assessing adaptation to local temperature (Publications)
Assessing the association between temperature frequency and mortality can provide insights into human adaptation to local ambient temperatures. We collected daily time-series data on mortality and tem
Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) intervention in Lao People's Democratic Republic: protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Children in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) receive suboptimal nutrition because of low breastfeeding rates, undermining their developmental potential. While major public health
HIV co-infection is associated with reduced <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> transmissibility in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
Persons living with HIV are known to be at increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease upon infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). However, it has remained unclear how HIV co-infe
On-target, dual aminopeptidase inhibition provides cross-species antimalarial activity (Publications)
To combat the global burden of malaria, development of new drugs to replace or complement current therapies is urgently required. Here, we show that the compound MMV1557817 is a selective, nanomolar i
Accelerating progress towards the 2030 neglected tropical diseases targets: how can quantitative modeling support programmatic decisions? (Publications)
Over the past decade, considerable progress has been made in the control, elimination, and eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite these advances, most NTD programs have recently ex
Effects of performance-based financing on availability, quality, and use of family planning services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an impact... (Publications)
Access to high-quality family planning services remains limited in many low- and middle-income countries, resulting in a high burden of unintended pregnancies and adverse health outcomes. We used data
Antiprotozoal activity of plants used in the management of sleeping sickness in Angola and bioactivity-guided fractionation of <em>Brasenia... (Publications)
Folk medicine is widely used in Angola, even for human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in spite of the fact that the reference treatment is available for free. Aiming to validate herbal re
