Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that good district management practices can improve health system performance and conversely, that poor and inefficient management practices have detrimental e
Evaluation of a sampling strategy for estimation of long-term PM2.5 exposure for epidemiological studies (Publications)
As part of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) PM2.5 (particles collected with an upper 50% cut point of 2.5 microm aerodynamic diameter) was measured using an EPA-WINS (Environme
Carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen concentrations from cookstove-related woodsmoke in San Marcos, Peru (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Nearly half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to biomass-fueled fires. OBJECTIVE: We compare CO exposures and
Increase in diagnosed asthma but not in symptoms in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Information on the epidemiology of asthma in relation to age is limited and hampered by reporting error. To determine the change in the prevalence of asthma with age in young adults we ana
Safe drinking water and clean air: an experimental study evaluating the concept of combining household water treatment and indoor air improvement... (Publications)
Indoor air pollution and unsafe water remain two of the most important environmental risk factors for the global burden of infectious diseases. Improved stoves and household water treatment (HWT) meth
