Maternal stimulation and early child development in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Kenya and Zambia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite major improvements in child survival over the past decade, many children in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain at risk of not reaching their developmental potential due
Can participatory processes lead to changes in the configuration of local mental health networks? a social network analysis (Publications)
Systems modeling offers a valuable tool to support strategic decision-making for complex problems because it considers the causal inter-relationships that drive population health outcomes. This tool c
"Flexible lockdown" in Switzerland individual responsibility and the daily navigation of risk and protection (Publications)
This chapter focuses on this small, multilingual, mountainous country of 8.5 million inhabitants. It presents the preliminary results of a medical anthropology study called SociocoViD, which was devel
Safety and pharmacokinetics of praziquantel in european pond turtles (<em>Emys orbicularis</em>) (Publications)
Spirorchiidosis, caused by blood flukes of the genus Spirorchis, is a disease of great concern for the critically endangered European pond turtle (EPT; Emys orbicularis) in Switzerland. The endogenous
Demand and supply of adolescent and young adult’s sexual and reproductive health services during COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (Publications)
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated containment strategies have significantly impacted the logistics of supplying sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to adolescents and young adults (AY
A community based seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Somali Region, eastern Ethiopia (Publications)
Background: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is life-threatening infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused a global pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 has been widely transmitted throughout Ethiopi
Social context of intimate partner violence and system response during COVID-19 in Africa: a scoping review (Publications)
(through EBSCO), Africa Journal Archive, ProQuest (Coronavirus Research Library; Middle East and Africa Collection; Psychology, Sociology, and Social Science Database), and Google Scholar, also extend
Sociocultural framework for psychiatric case formulation (Publications)
A Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) field trial in India, widely reported racist violence in the United States, and casteist and religious communal conflicts in India highlighted inattention to str