Drug use in the management of uncomplicated malaria in public health facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
However, progress is slower in DRC, which shares with Nigeria 39% of deaths related to malaria globally. Inappropriate use of drugs may be one of the factors of this below-average performance. The aim of this [...] describe the use of drugs in the management of uncomplicated malaria in public health facilities in DRC. METHODS: A drug use study was carried out in DRC from January to March 2014. In each of the former [...] regimens were used. The drugs recommended by the National Malaria Control...
Drug use in the management of uncomplicated malaria in public health facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
However, progress is slower in DRC, which shares with Nigeria 39% of deaths related to malaria globally. Inappropriate use of drugs may be one of the factors of this below-average performance. The aim of this [...] describe the use of drugs in the management of uncomplicated malaria in public health facilities in DRC. METHODS: A drug use study was carried out in DRC from January to March 2014. In each of the former [...] regimens were used. The drugs recommended by the National Malaria Control...
Illness costs to households are a key barrier to access diagnostic and treatment services for tuberculosis in Tajikistan (Publications)
Financial factors were considered the most important determinants of access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Expenditure for drugs and consultations, for transport, and for special foods as well as lost [...] FINDINGS: Focus group discussions were conducted in order to investigate access to TB services. A conceptual framework for access to care guided the analysis. Thirteen focus group discussions involving [...] discussions and a rating to quantify the relative importance of...
Illness costs to households are a key barrier to access diagnostic and treatment services for tuberculosis in Tajikistan (Publications)
Financial factors were considered the most important determinants of access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Expenditure for drugs and consultations, for transport, and for special foods as well as lost [...] FINDINGS: Focus group discussions were conducted in order to investigate access to TB services. A conceptual framework for access to care guided the analysis. Thirteen focus group discussions involving [...] discussions and a rating to quantify the relative importance of...
Uptake of guidelines on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Tanzania: time for change (Publications)
steps of the PMTCT pathway. Effective uptake of PMTCT guidelines has been shown to be extremely challenging in this setting. The continuously changing recommendations on PMTCT stress the need for a much [...] to improve the uptake of these guidelines to prevent avoidable new HIV infections of infants. In 2010 the World Health Organisation presented its new PMTCT guidelines, offering two options for short courses [...] finishing breastfeeding. Tanzania has adopted Option A, and it is currently...
Uptake of guidelines on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Tanzania: time for change (Publications)
steps of the PMTCT pathway. Effective uptake of PMTCT guidelines has been shown to be extremely challenging in this setting. The continuously changing recommendations on PMTCT stress the need for a much [...] to improve the uptake of these guidelines to prevent avoidable new HIV infections of infants. In 2010 the World Health Organisation presented its new PMTCT guidelines, offering two options for short courses [...] finishing breastfeeding. Tanzania has adopted Option A, and it is currently...
Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions (Publications)
result of the scaling-up of control interventions. The aim of eliminating malaria from the Island remains elusive, however, underscoring the need to adapt control to the local context. Understanding the factors [...] according to need. The single most important risk factor identified was travel to mEG, in line with previous investigations, and represents a great challenge for the success of malaria control on the Island. [...] factors driving the risk of malaria infection is critical to inform...
Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions (Publications)
result of the scaling-up of control interventions. The aim of eliminating malaria from the Island remains elusive, however, underscoring the need to adapt control to the local context. Understanding the factors [...] according to need. The single most important risk factor identified was travel to mEG, in line with previous investigations, and represents a great challenge for the success of malaria control on the Island. [...] factors driving the risk of malaria infection is critical to inform...
Consultations in primary care for symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields--a survey among general practitioners (Publications)
of mobile phones as the main EMF sources suspected to be associated to symptoms. GPs judged the association between EMF and the symptoms to be plausible in 54% of the cases. There was no combination of [...] consistently judged to be a plausible cause of the symptoms. CONCLUSION: In our survey, GPs often judged the association between the health problems and the suspected exposure to be plausible. This plausibility [...] up persons who attribute symptoms to EMF. It is unclear to what extent EMFs...
Consultations in primary care for symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields--a survey among general practitioners (Publications)
of mobile phones as the main EMF sources suspected to be associated to symptoms. GPs judged the association between EMF and the symptoms to be plausible in 54% of the cases. There was no combination of [...] consistently judged to be a plausible cause of the symptoms. CONCLUSION: In our survey, GPs often judged the association between the health problems and the suspected exposure to be plausible. This plausibility [...] up persons who attribute symptoms to EMF. It is unclear to what extent EMFs...
