Efficacy and safety of praziquantel in preschool-aged children in an area co-endemic for <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> and <em>S. haematobium</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa the recommended strategy to control schistosomiasis is preventive chemotherapy. Emphasis is placed on school-aged children, but in high endemicity areas, preschool-ag
Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rainfall data have potential use for malaria prediction. However, the relationship between rainfall and the number of malaria cases is indirect and complex. METHODS: The statistical relati
Formation of the circumsporozoite protein of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in <em>Anopheles stephensi</em> (Publications)
The place and time of synthesis of the circumsporozoite protein of P. falciparum was analysed with a monoclonal antibody directed against the (NANP)3 repetitive epitope of the CS protein. By using an
Socio-cultural determinants of adiposity and physical activity in preschool children: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Both individual socio-cultural determinants such as selected parental characteristics (migrant background, low educational level and workload) as well as the regional environment are relat
Acceptability - a neglected dimension of access to health care: findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Acceptability is a poorly conceptualized dimension of access to health care. Using a study on childhood convulsion in rural Tanzania, we examined social acceptability from a user
Weight status and gender-related differences in motor skills and in child care-based physical activity in young children (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Over the last decades, a decline in motor skills and in physical activity and an increase in obesity has been observed in children. However, there is a lack of data in young chil
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and tr