Louse-borne relapsing fever-a systematic review and analysis of the literature: part 2-mortality, jarisch-herxheimer reaction, impact on pregnancy (Publications)
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is a classical epidemic disease, which in the past was associated with war, famine, poverty, forced migration, and crowding under poor hygienic conditions around the
Short-term, medium-term and long-term effects of early parenting interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Parenting interventions during early childhood are known to improve various child development outcomes immediately following programme implementation. However, less is known about whethe
How to bring research evidence into policy? Synthesizing strategies of five research projects in low-and middle-income countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Addressing the uptake of research findings into policy-making is increasingly important for researchers who ultimately seek to contribute to improved health outcomes. The aims of the Swiss
Durchgängiger Strategieprozess als Erfolgsfaktor einer exzellenten Organisation (Publications)
Das Generieren von neuem Wissen zu drängenden Fragen der öffentlichen Gesundheit, deren Umsetzung und Skalierung sind ressourcenintensive Tätigkeiten, die nicht alleine über kompetitive Forschungsgeld
The pharmacokinetics and drug-drug interactions of ivermectin in <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquitoes (Publications)
Mosquitoes are vectors of major diseases such as dengue fever and malaria. Mass drug administration of endectocides to humans and livestock is a promising complementary approach to current insecticide
Antiprotozoal structure-activity relationships of synthetic leucinostatin derivatives and elucidation of their mode of action (Publications)
Leucinostatin A is one of the most potent antiprotozoal compounds ever described, but little was known on structure-activity relationships (SAR). We used Trypanosoma brucei as a protozoal model organi
Conjunctival cancer in people living with HIV (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Historically, conjunctival cancer has been associated with HIV particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The human papilloma virus (HPV) has been implicated as a potential causative agent
Constructing a malaria-related health service readiness index and assessing its association with child malaria mortality: an analysis of the Burkina... (Publications)
Background: The Service Availability and Readiness Assessment surveys generate data on the readiness of health facility services. We constructed a readiness index related to malaria services and deter
Single blinded semi-field evaluation of MAÏA® topical repellent ointment compared to unformulated 20% DEET against <em>Anopheles gambiae</em>,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) topical mosquito repellents are effective personal protection tools. However, DEET-based repellents tend to have low consumer acceptability because the
Increasing rabies data availability: the example of a One Health research project in Chad, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali (Publications)
Rabies is a fatal but preventable disease that remains notoriously underreported. Weak data availability hampers advocacy, constitutes a barrier to resource allocation and inhibits effective preventio
