Effects of procurement practices on quality of medical device or service received: a qualitative study comparing countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We know little about how procurement of a high-risk medical device (HRMD) affects clinical practice and outcomes. In health systems in high-income countries, and specifically those that ma
Property rights, food security and child growth (Publications)
This paper provides arguments for discussions of the role of property rights for food security and child nutrition in rural Africa. The results are drawn from a case study in the Kafue Flats of Zambia
Transmission dynamics and elimination potential of zoonotic tuberculosis in Morocco (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is an endemic zoonosis in Morocco caused by Mycobacterium bovis, which infects many domestic animals and is transmitted to humans through consumption of raw milk or from cont
Integrating community-based verbal autopsy into civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS): system-level considerations (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Reliable and representative cause of death (COD) statistics are essential to inform public health policy, respond to emerging health needs, and document progress towards Sustainable Develo
Consensus numbering system for the rifampicin resistance-associated rpoB gene mutations in pathogenic mycobacteria (Publications)
The rpoB gene codes for the RNA polymerase beta subunit, which is the target of rifampicin, an essential drug in the treatment of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections. This gene is present