Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between characteristics of daily rainfall (intensity, duration, and frequency) and all cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality. DESIGN: Two stage time s
Human resources for health: a framework synthesis to put health workers at the centre of healthcare (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Human resources are a key determinant for the quality of healthcare and health outcomes. Several human resource management approaches or practices have been proposed and implemented to bet
Spatiotemporal modelling of airborne birch and grass pollen concentration across Switzerland: a comparison of statistical, machine learning and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Statistical and machine learning models are commonly used to estimate spatial and temporal variability in exposure to environmental stressors, supporting epidemiological studies. We aimed
Examining the acceptability of helminth education packages "Magic Glasses Lower Mekong" and "Magic Glasses Opisthorchiasis" and their impact on... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Helminths are a major global health issue, impacting health, educational, and socioeconomic outcomes. Infections, often starting in childhood, are linked to anemia, malnutrition, cognitive
Does residential address-based exposure assessment for outdoor air pollution lead to bias in epidemiological studies? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution have consistently documented associations with morbidity and mortality. Air pollution exposure in these epidemiologic
The future backbone of nutritional science: integrating public health priorities with system-oriented precision nutrition (Publications)
Adopting policies that promote health for the entire biosphere (One Health) requires human societies to transition towards a more sustainable food supply as well as to deepen the understanding of the
Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by diabetic retinopathy: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020 (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To estimate global and regional trends from 2000 to 2020 of the number of persons visually impaired by diabetic retinopathy and their proportion of the total number of vision-impaired indi
Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by Uncorrected Refractive Error: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is a readily treatable cause of visual impairment (VI). This study provides updated estimates of global and regional vision loss due to URE, presenting t
Gestational SARS-CoV-2 infection in a Ugandan birth cohort: high incidence, mild maternal disease, and evidence of association with transient infant... (Publications)
Many questions remain about the prevalence and effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in malaria-endemic African countries like Uganda, particularly in vulnerable groups such as pregnant women. We describe S
