Time trends of positivity rates from foodborne pathogen testing in Switzerland, 2003 to 2012 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis are important foodborne diseases in Europe, including in Switzerland. In 2014, notification rates for Switzerland were 92.9 per 100 000 population for
Simulations for designing and interpreting intervention trials in infectious diseases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Interventions in infectious diseases can have both direct effects on individuals who receive the intervention as well as indirect effects in the population. In addition, intervention combi
Identification of steroid-like natural products as antiplasmodial agents by 2D and 3D similarity-based virtual screening (Publications)
The emergence of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to available antimalarial drugs has challenged current antimalarial treatments. New antimalarials, particularly those with novel mechanisms of
Assessing the reach and effectiveness of mHealth: evidence from a reproductive health program for adolescent girls in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: While mobile health (mHealth) programs are increasingly used to provide health information and deliver interventions, little is known regarding the relative reach and effectiveness of thes
malERA: an updated research agenda for combination interventions and modelling in malaria elimination and eradication (Publications)
This paper summarises key advances and priorities since the 2011 presentation of the Malaria Eradication Research Agenda (malERA), with a focus on the combinations of intervention tools and strategies
malERA: an updated research agenda for characterising the reservoir and measuring transmission in malaria elimination and eradication (Publications)
This paper summarises key advances in defining the infectious reservoir for malaria and the measurement of transmission for research and programmatic use since the Malaria Eradication Research Agenda
malERA: an updated research agenda for health systems and policy research in malaria elimination and eradication (Publications)
Health systems underpin disease elimination and eradication programmes. In an elimination and eradication context, innovative research approaches are needed across health systems to assess readiness f