Effect of home-based counselling on newborn care practices in southern Tanzania one year after implementation: a cluster-randomised controlled trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Sub-Saharan Africa over one million newborns die annually. We developed a sustainable and scalable home-based counselling intervention for delivery by community volunteers in rural sout
Relationship between child survival and malaria transmission: an analysis of the malaria transmission intensity and mortality burden across Africa... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The precise nature of the relationship between malaria mortality and levels of transmission is unclear. Due to methodological limitations, earlier efforts to assess the linkage have lead t
Prevalence and spatial distribution of<em> Theileria parva</em> in cattle under crop-livestock farming systems in Tororo district, eastern Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) present a major economic burden to communities across East Africa. Farmers in East Africa must use acaracides to target ticks and prevent transmission of tick-bo
Effect of deworming on school-aged children's physical fitness, cognition and clinical parameters in a malaria-helminth co-endemic area of Côte... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria and helminth infections are thought to negatively affect children's nutritional status and to impair their physical and cognitive development. Yet, the current evidence-base is wea
Exposure to multiple parasites is associated with the prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is common in developing countries, and it is often associated with parasitic infections. We investigated the relationship between exposure to parasitic infections, particularly mu
An experimental hut study to quantify the effect of DDT and airborne pyrethroids on entomological parameters of malaria transmission (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Current malaria vector control programmes rely on insecticides with rapid contact toxicity. However, spatial repellents can also be applied to reduce man-vector contact, which might ultima
Experimental infection of the pig with <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>: a novel model for studying the pathogenesis of Buruli ulcer disease (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a slowly progressing, necrotising disease of the skin caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Non-ulcerative manifestations are nodules, plaques and oedema, w
The effects of health worker motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention in Ghana: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Motivation and job satisfaction have been identified as key factors for health worker retention and turnover in low- and middle-income countries. District health managers in decentralized