Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania (Publications)
education, the biomedical concept of malaria has largely been adopted by the community. 87.5% (78.2-93.8) of the fever cases in children and 80.7% (68.1-90.0) in adults were treated with one of the recommended [...] Health facility attendance increased the odds of receiving an antimalarial (OR = 7.7) but did not have an influence on correct dosage. The exemption system for under-fives in public health facilities [...] ls. Yet, quality of case-management was far from satisfactory as was the...
Variation in calculating and reporting antimalarial efficacy against<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of... (Publications)
ACT efficacy for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection was reported. The primary outcome was a composite indicator for study methodology consistent with WHO guidelines for statistical [...] analysis where new infections were excluded from the numerator and denominator. Of 581 articles screened, we identified 279 for the review. Molecular correction was used in 83% (232/279) to distinguish new [...] particular artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), are critical tools...
Variation in calculating and reporting antimalarial efficacy against<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of... (Publications)
ACT efficacy for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection was reported. The primary outcome was a composite indicator for study methodology consistent with WHO guidelines for statistical [...] analysis where new infections were excluded from the numerator and denominator. Of 581 articles screened, we identified 279 for the review. Molecular correction was used in 83% (232/279) to distinguish new [...] particular artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), are critical tools...
A real-world quality assessment study in six ExpoM-RF measurement devices (Publications)
We modelled the geometric mean levels of RF-EMF as a function of orientation, position, device ID, whether the device was recently calibrated, correcting for the microenvironment in which each measurement [...] impact considering the negligible differences between devices. This supports the validity of previous exposure measurement studies relying on ExpoM-RF devices, which did not correct for device ID. We further [...] using single, well-defined signals such as the center frequency of each...
A real-world quality assessment study in six ExpoM-RF measurement devices (Publications)
We modelled the geometric mean levels of RF-EMF as a function of orientation, position, device ID, whether the device was recently calibrated, correcting for the microenvironment in which each measurement [...] impact considering the negligible differences between devices. This supports the validity of previous exposure measurement studies relying on ExpoM-RF devices, which did not correct for device ID. We further [...] using single, well-defined signals such as the center frequency of each...
Temperature-related overestimation of energy expenditure, based on heart-rate monitoring in obese boys (Publications)
activity. Estimated outdoor EE corrected for the influence of temperature was 2.46 (2.37) MJ; the uncorrected value was 2.68 (2.45) MJ. The respective values for the waking hours and over 24 h were 7.34 (2 [...] developed to reduce the error in predicting energy expenditure (EE) from heart rate (HR) monitoring, by correcting for climate-related HR increases. To evaluate the effects of such a correction in a "real life" [...] fat; n=14] was monitored for 6 days during the summertime. An activity...
Temperature-related overestimation of energy expenditure, based on heart-rate monitoring in obese boys (Publications)
activity. Estimated outdoor EE corrected for the influence of temperature was 2.46 (2.37) MJ; the uncorrected value was 2.68 (2.45) MJ. The respective values for the waking hours and over 24 h were 7.34 (2 [...] developed to reduce the error in predicting energy expenditure (EE) from heart rate (HR) monitoring, by correcting for climate-related HR increases. To evaluate the effects of such a correction in a "real life" [...] fat; n=14] was monitored for 6 days during the summertime. An activity...
Inference with difference-in-differences with a small number of groups: a review, simulation study, and empirical application using SHARE data (Publications)
compare the empirical coverage rates and power of these methods using a Monte Carlo simulation study in scenarios in which we vary the degree of error correlation, the group size balance, and the proportion [...] popular as an approach to evaluate the effect of a group-level policy on individual-level outcomes. Several statistical methodologies have been proposed to correct for the within-group correlation of model [...] model errors resulting from the clustering of data. Little is known about...
Inference with difference-in-differences with a small number of groups: a review, simulation study, and empirical application using SHARE data (Publications)
compare the empirical coverage rates and power of these methods using a Monte Carlo simulation study in scenarios in which we vary the degree of error correlation, the group size balance, and the proportion [...] popular as an approach to evaluate the effect of a group-level policy on individual-level outcomes. Several statistical methodologies have been proposed to correct for the within-group correlation of model [...] model errors resulting from the clustering of data. Little is known about...
Air Pollution Research at Swiss TPH and Its Impact on Policy | Impact Stories (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/air-pollution-research-at-swiss-tph-and-its-impact-on-policy
provided the scientific basis for the Swiss Federal Council to introduce a limit value for particulate matter in 1998. About ten years later, researchers from the SAPALDIA study provided the world's first [...] such as osteoarthritis, diabetes and lung cancer, which ultimately reduce life expectancy. The global burden of the disease is large: according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around seven million [...] today about the effects of air pollution on health has been demonstrated...
