Coarse particles from Saharan dust and daily mortality (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Winds from the Sahara-Sahel desert region regularly transport large amounts of dust to the Americas, North Africa, and Europe. The presence of high dust concentrations for long periods of
Quantifying the evolution and impact of antimalarial drug resistance: drug use, spread of resistance, and drug failure over a 12-year period in Papua... (Publications)
BACKGROUND. Antimalarial use is a key factor driving drug resistance and reduced treatment effectiveness in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but there are few formal, quantitative analyses of this proce
BMI group-related differences in physical fitness and physical activity in preschool-age children: a cross-sectional analysis (Publications)
In the Ballabeina study, we investigated age- and BMI-group-related differences in aerobic fitness (20 m shuttle run), agility (obstacle course), dynamic (balance beam) and static balance (balance pla
An evaluation of health workers for change in seven settings: a useful management and health system development tool (Publications)
This paper presents the findings of a multi-centre study assessing the impact of Health Workers for Change (HWFC) workshops in seven different primary care sites, based on the common core protocol des
Support for provision of early medical abortion by mid-level providers in Bihar and Jharkhand, India (Publications)
Medical abortion has the potential to increase the number, cadre and geographic distribution of providers offering safe abortion services in India. This study reports on a sample of family planning pr
Saharan dust, particulate matter and cause-specific mortality: a case-crossover study in Barcelona (Spain) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Studies measuring health effects of Saharan dust based on large particulate matter (PM) fraction groups may be masking some effects. Long distant transport reduces the amount of heavier an