Benefits and limitations of a community-engaged emergency referral system in a remote, impoverished setting of northern Ghana (Publications)
Although Ghana has a well-organized primary health care system, it lacks policies and guidelines for developing or providing emergency referral services. In 2012, an emergency referral pilot-the Susta
Comparison of molecular quantification of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> gametocytes by <em>Pfs</em>25 qRT-PCR and QT-NASBA in relation to mosquito... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Quantifying gametocyte densities in natural malaria infections is important to estimate malaria transmission potential. Two molecular methods (Pfs25 mRNA quantitative reverse transcriptase
Examples of coupled human and environmental systems from the extractive industry and hydropower sector interfaces (Publications)
Large-scale corporate projects, particularly those in extractive industries or hydropower development, have a history from early in the twentieth century of creating negative environmental, social, an
Raising more domestic money for health: prospects for low- and middle-income countries (Publications)
Since the 2007/2008 financial crisis, the rhetoric in the development assistance dialogue has shifted away from raising more international funding for health, to requesting countries to move toward se
Exposure of <em>Heligmosomoides polygyrus</em> and <em>Trichuris muris</em> to albendazole, albendazole sulfoxide, mebendazole and oxantel pamoate... (Publications)
Millions of people are treated with anthelmintics to control soil-transmitted helminth infections; yet, drug distribution in the plasma and gastrointestinal tract compartments and the pathway of drug
Monitoring of selected health indicators in children living in a copper mine development area in northwestern Zambia (Publications)
The epidemiology of malaria, anaemia and malnutrition in children is potentially altered in mining development areas. In a copper extraction project in northwestern Zambia, a health impact assessment
Low efficacy of albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infection in schoolchildren from Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Albendazole is one of two standard drugs for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis. METHODS: A total of 149 schoolchildren from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, were examined for soil
Antimalarial pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles: lead optimization, parasite life cycle stage profile, mechanistic evaluation, killing kinetics, and <em>in... (Publications)
Further structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on the recently identified pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole (PBI) antimalarials have led to the identification of potent, metabolically stable compounds