Cross-sectional study of the burden and determinants of non-medical and opportunity costs of accessing chronic disease care in rural Tanzania (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are seeking to improve access to healthcare through health insurance. However, patients still bear non-medical costs and opportunity costs in terms of lost
A data browsing application for accessing gene and module-level blood transcriptome profiles of healthy pregnant women from high- and low-resource... (Publications)
Transcriptome profiling data, generated via RNA sequencing, are commonly deposited in public repositories. However, these data may not be easily accessible or usable by many researchers. To enhance da
Assessing the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention on hand hygiene and well-being in primary health care centers and schools lacking... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene is crucial in health care centers and schools to avoid disease transmission. Currently, little is known about hand hygiene in such facilities in protracted conflict settings.
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