Catalyzing the scale-up of community-based primary healthcare in a rural impoverished region of northern Ghana (Publications)
Ghana's Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative develops accessible healthcare with participatory community support, using strategies developed and tested by a project of the Na
Burden and historical trend of Buruli ulcer prevalence in selected communities along the Offin River of Ghana (Publications)
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans with more than two thirds of the global cases reported in West Africa. A nationwide active BU case search conduc
Limited genetic diversity of hepatitis B virus in the general population of the Offin River valley in Ghana (Publications)
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections account for approximately 780,000 deaths per year, most of which occur in the developing world. Co-infection with HBV and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) may lead to the
Sustaining control of schistosomiasis mansoni in western Côte d'Ivoire: results from a SCORE study, one year after initial praziquantel... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) has launched several large-scale trials to determine the best strategies for gaining and sustaining control o
Seeing beyond 2020: an economic evaluation of contemporary and emerging strategies for elimination of <em>Trypanosoma brucei gambiense</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma brucei (T b) gambiense is targeted to reach elimination as a public health problem by 2020 and full elimination by 2030. To achieve these goals, stakeholders need to consider s
Interventions that effectively target <em>Anopheles funestus</em> mosquitoes could significantly improve control of persistent malaria transmission in... (Publications)
Malaria is transmitted by many Anopheles species whose proportionate contributions vary across settings. We re-assessed the roles of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, and examined potential
Isolation and characterization of an alpha 2-type zebrafish glycine receptor subunit (Publications)
The complementary DNA for a novel alpha subunit of the glycine receptor, alphaZ2, was isolated from a zebrafish adult brain library. The molecular characteristics, phylogenetic relationships and messe
Natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to particle components: an analysis of 19 European cohorts within the multi-center ESCAPE project (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown associations between mortality and long-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution. Few cohort studies have estimated the effects of the elemental composition of