Risk factors for brucellosis and knowledge-attitude practice among pastoralists in Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a neglected bacterial zoonotic disease with substantial economic impact on households. Pastoral communities are a potential risk group due to their way of life being closely
Emulator-based Bayesian optimization for efficient multi-objective calibration of an individual-based model of malaria (Publications)
Individual-based models have become important tools in the global battle against infectious diseases, yet model complexity can make calibration to biological and epidemiological data challenging. We p
Lived experiences and perceptions of childbirth among pastoralist women in north-eastern Ethiopia: a multimethod qualitative analysis to the WHO... (Publications)
Maternity should be a time of hope and joy. However, for women in pastoralist communities in Ethiopia, the reality of motherhood is often grim. This problem is creating striking disparities of skilled
Economic evaluation of disease elimination: an extension to the net-benefit framework and application to human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
The global health community has earmarked a number of diseases for elimination or eradication, and these goals have often been praised on the premise of long-run cost savings. However, decision makers
Targeting the IspD enzyme in the MEP pathway: identification of a novel fragment class (Publications)
Enzymes of the 2-C-methylerythritol-d-erythritol 4-phosphate 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway (MEP pathway or non-mevalonate pathway) are responsible for the synthesis of universal pre
An intra-COVID-19 assessment of hand hygiene facility, policy and staff compliance in two hospitals in Sierra Leone: is there a difference between... (Publications)
Although hand hygiene (HH) is the most effective intervention to reduce the spread of infections, there are limited data on HH facilities, policy, and compliance in sub-Saharan Africa. This cross-sect
A practical approach to screening for<em> Strongyloides stercoralis</em> (Publications)
Strongyloides stercoralis, causative agent of a neglected tropical disease, is a soil-transmitted helminth which may cause lifelong persisting infection due to continuous autoinfection. In the case of
Parental cohabitation and breastfeeding outcomes among United States adolescent mothers (Publications)
Abstract Background: Adolescent mothers in the United States experience disproportionately lower rates of breastfeeding compared to older mothers. Evidence suggests that paternal support helps improve
Association of soybean-based food with the prevalence of anemia among reproductive aged men and women in rural Central Java, Indonesia (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between soybean consumption and anemic status in Central Java, Indonesia. DESIGN: As part of an overarching sanitation improvement intervention in Central Java, In
High prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in a desert population: results from an exploratory study around the Ounianga lakes in Chad (Publications)
Background: Researching a water-borne disease in the middle of the Sahara desert might not seem the most relevant concern. However, nomadic Sahelian pastoralist’s health concerns regarding their lives