Information und Wissen – Beiträge zum transdisziplinären Diskurs (Publications)
Information und Wissen stellen einen wesentlichen sozialen, kulturellen und ökonomischen Faktor der Gesellschaft dar. In dem Band, der auf ein Symposion 2016 in Berlin zurückgeht, werden sie aus erken
Effect and cost of two successive home visits to increase HIV testing coverage: a prospective study in Lesotho, Southern Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Home-based HIV testing and counselling (HB-HTC) is frequently used to increase awareness of HIV status in sub-Saharan Africa. Whereas acceptance of HB-HTC is usually high, testing coverage
Determinants of vaccine hesitancy in Switzerland: study protocol of a mixed-methods national research programme (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Vaccine hesitancy is a complex public health issue referring to concerns about the safety, efficacy or need for vaccination. Relatively little is known about vaccine hesitancy in Switzer
Prescription of concomitant medications in patients treated with nifurtimox eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) for <em>T.b. gambiense</em> second... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Nifurtimox eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly called sleeping sickness, was added to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Essen
Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: We compared pregnancy identification methods and outcome capture across 31 Health Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) sites in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. METHODS: From
Dietary magnesium, vitamin D, and animal protein intake and their association to the linear growth trajectory of children from birth to 24 months of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests lack of understanding of the association of specific nutrients with different time points of linear growth trajectory. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the role of dietary macr
Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010-2018 (Publications)
background: Inequalities in early childhood development(ECD) tend to persist into adulthood and amplify across the life course. To date, little research on inequalities in early childhood care and dev