Efficacy and safety of ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in school-aged children and adults infected with <em>Trichuris trichiura</em>:... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis affects almost 2 billion people worldwide in tropical climates. Preventive chemotherapy, using the benzimidazoles (albendazole and mebendazole) is the curren
Informing the medical education reform in Tajikistan: evidence on the learning environment at two nursing colleges (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Tajik medical education system is undergoing a complex reform to enhance the transition of the healthcare system from its soviet legacy of emphasizing secondary level care/specialisati
Evaluating next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods for routine monitoring of wild bees: metabarcoding, mitogenomics or NGS barcoding (Publications)
Implementing cost-effective monitoring programs for wild bees remains challenging due to the high costs of sampling and specimen identification. To reduce costs, next generation sequencing (NGS)-based
Spatial variability in air pollution exposure in relation to socioeconomic indicators in nine European metropolitan areas: a study on environmental... (Publications)
A limited number of studies have addressed environmental inequality, using various study designs and methodologies and often reaching contradictory results. Following a standardized multi-city data co
Reference set of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>clinical strains: a tool for research and product development (Publications)
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans and various other mammals. The human-adapted members of the MTBC comprise seven phylogenetic lineages that differ in th
The effects and contribution of childhood diseases on the geographical distribution of all-cause under-five mortality in Uganda (Publications)
Introduction: Information on the causes of death among under-five children is key in designing and implementation of appropriate interventions. In Uganda, civil death registration is incomplete which
Two successful decades of Swiss collaborations to develop new anti-malarials (Publications)
Over the last two decades there has been a renaissance in the pipeline of new drugs targeting malaria, with the launch of new products that help save the lives of children throughout the world. In add
