Gender determinants of vaccination status in children: evidence from a meta-ethnographic systematic review (Publications)
Using meta-ethnographic methods, we conducted a systematic review of qualitative research to understand gender-related reasons at individual, family, community and health facility levels why millions
Point-of-care screening for syphilis and HIV in the borderlands: challenges in implementation in the Brazilian Amazon (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care (POC) screening for HIV and syphilis using rapid testing was implemented in indigenous communities in the triple-border area of the Brazilian Amazon. We describe the context
Epidemiology of malaria in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, south-central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A deep understanding of the local epidemiology of malaria is essential for the design and implementation of setting-specific control and elimination efforts. In Cote d'Ivoire, new initiati
Implications of heterogeneous biting exposure and animal hosts on <em>Trypanosomiasis brucei gambiense</em> transmission and control (Publications)
The gambiense form of sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease, which is presumed to be anthroponotic. However, the parasite persists in human populations at levels of considerable rarity and
Structural forces and the production of TB-related stigma among Haitians in two contexts (Publications)
In recent years renewed interest in health-related stigma has underscored the importance of better understanding the structural underpinnings of stigma processes. This study investigated the influence
Putative compensatory mutations in the <em>rpoC</em> gene of rifampicin-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> are associated with ongoing... (Publications)
Rifampicin resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis arises primarily through the selection of bacterial variants harbouring mutations in the 81 base-pair rifampicin resistance det
Risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a European cohort of young adults (Publications)
RATIONALE: Few studies have investigated the factors associated with the early inception of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVE: We investigated COPD risk factors in an internation