Assembling a global database of child pneumonia studies to inform WHO pneumonia management algorithm: methodology and applications (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The existing World Health Organization (WHO) pneumonia case management guidelines rely on clinical symptoms and signs for identifying, classifying, and treating pneumonia in children up to
General insights on obstacles to dog vaccination in Chad on community and institutional level (Publications)
Domestic dogs are responsible for 95% of all human rabies cases worldwide and continue to be the main reservoir for this fatal virus in African and Asian countries. Interrupting the spread of the dise
Chemically diverse <em>S. mansoni</em> HDAC8 inhibitors reduced viability in worm larval and adult stages (Publications)
Schistosoma mansoni HDAC8 is a reliable target to fight schistosomiasis, and several inhibitors have been reported in the literature up to now. Nevertheless, only a few displayed selectivity over the
Integrating statistical and agent-based modelling for activity-based ambient air pollution exposure assessment (Publications)
Assessment of long-term human exposure to spatiotemporally highly variable air pollution requires accounting for human space–time activity. Individual exposure and space–time track data are not availa
Chronic wounds in Sierra Leone: searching for Buruli ulcer, a NTD caused b<em>y Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>, at Masanga Hospital (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Chronic wounds pose a significant healthcare burden in low- and middle-income countries. Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, causes wounds with high morbidity an
Leprosy in wild chimpanzees (Publications)
Humans are considered as the main host for Mycobacterium leprae(1), the aetiological agent of leprosy, but spillover has occurred to other mammals that are now maintenance hosts, such as nine-banded a
Challenges and experiences in linking community level reported out-of-pocket health expenditures to health provider recorded health expenditures:... (Publications)
Out of pocket health payment (OOPs) has been identified by the System of Health Accounts (SHA) as the largest source of health care financing in most low and middle-income countries. This means that m
Covid-19 – Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. Beiträge in Zeiten der Pandemie (Publications)
Das Virus verstehen, Todesfälle verhindern, Chaos vermeiden, Fakten aufzeigen und den Boden bereiten für gesellschaftliches Mittragen von Massnahmen – Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft kamen sich
Co-administration of routine paediatric vaccines in England often deviates from the immunisation schedule (Publications)
Vaccine co-administration can facilitate the introduction of new vaccines in immunisation schedules and improve coverage. We analysed real life data to quantify the extent of routine paediatric vaccin
