Young people's experiences using an on-demand mobile health sexual and reproductive health text message intervention in Kenya: qualitative study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Digital health usability assessments can help explain how well mobile health (mHealth) apps targeting young people with sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information performed and wheth
Effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy strategies for sustaining the control of schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire: results of a 5-year... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy using praziquantel is the mainstay for schistosomiasis control. However, there is little evidence on what is supposed to be the most effective school-based treatmen
Longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high-touch surfaces in a community setting (Publications)
Environmental surveillance of surface contamination is an unexplored tool for understanding transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in community settings. We conducted longitudinal swab sampling of high-touch non-
A comparative evaluation of mobile medical APPS (MMAS) for reading and interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends confirmatory diagnosis by microscopy or malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in patients with suspected malaria. In recent years, mobile medical app
Management of severe malaria cases learnings and challenges from the field (Publications)
A presentation on the management of severe malaria cases learnings and challenges from the field by Manuel Hetzel of the CARAMAL project.
Residential radon - comparative analysis of exposure models in Switzerland (Publications)
Residential radon exposure is a major public health issue in Switzerland due to the known association between inhaled radon progeny and lung cancer. To confirm recent findings of an association with s
Identification of adult <em>Fasciola </em>spp. using matrix-assisted laser/desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (Publications)
Fascioliasis is a neglected trematode infection caused by Fasciola gigantica and Fasciola hepatica. Routine diagnosis of fascioliasis relies on macroscopic identification of adult worms in liver tissu
Short-term personal and outdoor exposure to ultrafine and fine particulate air pollution in association with blood pressure and lung function in... (Publications)
Studies reporting on associations between short-term exposure to outdoor fine (PM2.5), and ultrafine particles (UFP) and blood pressure and lung function have been inconsistent. Few studies have chara