Towards a global One Health index: a potential assessment tool for One Health performance (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A One Health approach has been increasingly mainstreamed by the international community, as it provides for holistic thinking in recognizing the close links and inter-dependence of the hea
Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and selected health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
The health effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) continue to be of important public health interest. Following its well-cited 2010 critical review, the Health Effects Institute (HEI) appoint
Timely completion of childhood vaccination and its predictors in Burkina Faso (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite important progress in global vaccination coverage, many countries are still facing preventable disease outbreaks. Timely vaccination is important in getting adequate protection aga
A systematic molecular epidemiology screen reveals numerous human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 superinfections in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Studying HIV-1 superinfection is important to understand virus transmission, disease progression, and vaccine design. But detection remains challenging, with low sampling frequencies, and
Drug resistance in leprosy: an update following 70 years of chemotherapy (Publications)
Leprosy is one of the oldest infectious diseases, reported for more than 2,000 years. Leprosy elimination goal as a public health problem set by the World Health Organization, aiming for a global prev
Detection of asymptomatic malaria in Asian countries: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy (Publications)
Background: Achieving malaria elimination requires the targeting of the human reservoir of infection, including those patients with asymptomatic infection. The objective was to synthesise evidence on
Preparing Liberia for rabies control: human-dog relationship and practices, and vaccination scenarios (Publications)
To reach zero dog-related human rabies deaths by 2030, Liberia must prioritize rabies as a public health threat. Understanding dog demography parameters are imperative and sets the basis for planning