Birth weight and adult earnings: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
While substantial evidence has identified low birth weight (LBW;
Community-based management of epilepsy in Southeast Asia: two intervention strategies in Lao PDR and Cambodia (Publications)
Background: Epilepsy affects more than 50 million people worldwide, 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Southeast Asia, the prevalence is moderate (6 per thousand), and th
Costs and outcomes of integrated human African trypanosomiasis surveillance system using rapid diagnostic tests, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
We integrated sleeping sickness case detection into the primary healthcare system in 2 health districts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We replaced a less field-friendly serologic test with a
Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzanian prison and computer-aided interpretation of chest X-rays (Publications)
SETTING: Tanzania is a high-burden country for tuberculosis (TB), and prisoners are a high-risk group that should be screened actively, as recommended by the World Health Organization. Screening algor
Extrinsic skin ageing in German, Chinese and Japanese women manifests differently in all three groups depending on ethnic background, age and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that extrinsic skin ageing manifests differently in Caucasians versus East Asians. In particular, from previous studies it was concluded that Caucasians are more pron
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics' resources: focus on curated databases (Publications)
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (www.isb-sib.ch) provides world-class bioinformatics databases, software tools, services and training to the international life science community in academia