Publications

Bapolisi W.A, Makelele J, Ferrari G, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Schindler C, Merten S. Engaging men in women's empowerment: impact of a complex gender transformative intervention on household socio-economic and health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo using a longitudinal survey. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):443. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17717-5

Ferrari G, Lwamushi S.M, Balaluka G.B, Lafta R.K, Schindler C, Bugugu D, Lurhangire E, Tediosi F, Mendoza J.R, Merten S. Understanding context of violence against healthcare through citizen science and evaluating the effectiveness of a co-designed code of conduct and of a tailored de-escalation of violence training in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq: a study p. Trials. 2023;24:814. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07839-3

Makali S.L, Karemere H, Banywesize R, Eboma C.M, Mwene-Batu P, Lembebu C, Ferrari G, Paul E, Balaluka G.B, Donnen P. Adaptive mechanisms of health zones to chronic traumatic events in eastern DRC: a multiple case study. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2023;12(1):8001. DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.8001

Makali S.L, Lembebu J.C, Boroto R, Zalinga C.C, Bugugu D, Lurhangire E, Rosine B, Chimanuka C, Mwene-Batu P, Molima C, Mendoza J.R, Ferrari G, Merten S, Bisimwa G. Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Confl Health. 2023;17:44. DOI: 10.1186/s13031-023-00541-w

Bapolisi W, Ferrari G, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Gendered determinants of food insecurity in ongoing regional conflicts, North and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Agric Food Secur. 2021;10:13. DOI: 10.1186/s40066-021-00285-x

Bapolisi W.A, Ferrari G, Blampain C, Makelele J, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Impact of a complex gender-transformative intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: protocol of a longitudinal parallel mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:51. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8084-3

Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Ross A, Schmidlin S, Kalemwa D.M, Tshefu A.K, Lengeler C. Identifying risk factors for Plasmodium infection and anaemia in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malar J. 2016;15:362. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1412-5

Ferrari G, Ntuku H.M, Burri C, Kitoto A.T, Duparc S, Hugo P, Mitembo D.K, Ross A, Ngwala P.L, Luwawu J.N, Musafiri P.N, Ngoie S.E, Lengeler C. An operational comparative study of quinine and artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in hospitals and health centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the MATIAS study. Malar J. 2015;14:226. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0732-1

Ferrari G. Epidemiology and treatment of malaria in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2015. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science DOI: 10.5451/unibas-006692041