Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure (Publications)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use fam
Optimizing malaria vector control in the Greater Mekong Subregion: a systematic review and mathematical modelling study to identify desirable... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), new vector-control tools are needed to target mosquitoes that bite outside during the daytime and night-time to advance malaria elimination. METHODS:
Rabies surveillance-response in Mali in the past 18 years and requirements for the future (Publications)
CONTEXT: Rabies is endemic in Mali, but little is known about the distribution of rabies and its surveillance across the country. Documenting the evolution of rabies and the problems related to survei
Disability progression among leprosy patients released from treatment: a survival analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Leprosy can be cured, but physical disability (PD) as a result of the infection can progress in the post-release from treatment phase. This study evaluated the likelihood of, and factors a
Future use-cases of vaccines in malaria control and elimination (Publications)
Malaria burden has significantly changed or decreased over the last 20 years, however, it remains an important health problem requiring the rigorous application of existing tools and approaches, as we
Lidar reveals activity anomaly of malaria vectors during pan-African eclipse (Publications)
Yearly, a quarter billion people are infected and a half a million killed by the mosquito-borne disease malaria. Lack of real-time observational tools for continuously assessing the unperturbed mosqui
Perceived health impacts of watershed development projects in southern India: a qualitative study (Publications)
Watershed development (WSD) projects-planned for over 100 million ha in semi-arid areas of India-should enhance soil and water conservation, agricultural productivity and local livelihood, and contrib