Dental care behaviour in Switzerland (Publications)
Improvements in oral health are changing the requirements for oral health care provision. This study assessed the frequency and major reason of dental visits and personal oral hygiene measures in Swit
Efficacy and safety of ascending dosages of moxidectin and moxidectin-albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> in adolescents: a randomized... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy is the main strategy to control soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. Albendazole and Mebendazole are ubiquitously used but they are not sufficiently effectiv
A 5-year intervention study on elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: parasitological results of annual cross-sectional surveys (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Zanzibar Elimination of Schistosomiasis Transmission (ZEST) project aimed to eliminate urogenital schistosomiasis as a public health problem from Pemba and to interrupt Schistosoma hae
Nutrition in transition: historical cohort analysis summarising trends in under- and over-nutrition among pregnant women in a marginalised population... (Publications)
The objective of the present study is to summarise trends in under- and over-nutrition in pregnant women on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Refugees contributed data from 1986 to 2016 and migrants from 1
Resistance to Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACTs): do not forget the partner drug! (Publications)
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have become the mainstay for malaria treatment in almost all malaria endemic settings. Artemisinin derivatives are highly potent and fast acting antimala
Lifetime economic impact of the burden of childhood stunting attributable to maternal psychosocial risk factors in 137 low/middle-income countries (Publications)
Introduction: The first 1000 days of life is a period of great potential and vulnerability. In particular, physical growth of children can be affected by the lack of access to basic needs as well as p