Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage: a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Competing priorities in health systems necessitate difficult choices on which health actions and investments to fund: decisions that are complex, value-based, and highly political. In ligh
Epitope mapping and fine specificity of human T and B cell responses for novel candidate blood-stage malaria vaccine P27A (Publications)
P27A is a novel synthetic malaria vaccine candidate derived from the blood stage Plasmodium falciparum protein Trophozoite Exported Protein 1 (TEX1/PFF0165c). In phase 1a/1b clinical trials in malaria
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in rural Tanzania: the prospective Kilombero and Ulanga antiretroviral cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, diagnosis and management of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) remains a major challenge. This study aimed to characterize the epid
Implications of asymptomatic infection for the natural history of selected parasitic tropical diseases (Publications)
Progress has been made in the control or elimination of tropical diseases, with a significant reduction of incidence. However, there is a risk of re-emergence if the factors fueling transmission are n
Pharmacokinetic profiles of boosted darunavir, dolutegravir and lamivudine in aging people living with HIV (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs may differ in elderly people living with HIV (PLWH) because of age-related physiological changes. We aimed to assess the pharmacokinetics of se
Repeated mosquito net distributions, improved treatment, and trends in malaria cases in sentinel health facilities in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN), improved diagnosis and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) have reduced malaria prevalence in Papua New Guinea since 2008. Yet, national inci
Declining burden of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> in a population in northwestern Thailand from 1995 to 2016 before comprehensive primaquine prescription... (Publications)
All Plasmodium cases have declined over the last decade in northwestern Thailand along the Myanmar border. During this time, Plasmodium vivax has replaced Plasmodium falciparum as the dominant species