Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health systems' weakness remains one of the primary obstacles towards achieving universal access to quality healthcare in low-income settings. Performance-based financing (PBF) programs ha
The Ready-to-Go questionnaire predicts health outcomes during travel: a smartphone application-based analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Ready-To-Go (R2G) Questionnaire is a tool for rapid assessment of health risks for travel consultation. This study aims to assess the utility of the R2G Questionnaire in identifying hi
Investigation of optimized observation periods for estimating a representative home range of free-roaming domestic dogs (Publications)
Free-roaming domestic dogs (FRDD), as vectors of zoonotic diseases, are of high relevance for public health. Understanding roaming patterns of dogs can help to design disease control programs and dise
Health system quality and COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional analysis in 14 countries (Publications)
The social and behavioural determinants of COVID-19 vaccination have been described previously. However, little is known about how vaccinated people use and rate their health system. We used surveys c
The effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields exposure on tinnitus, migraine and non-specific symptoms in the general and working population: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Applications emitting radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF; 100 kHz to 300 GHz) are widely used for communication (e.g. mobile phones), in medicine (diathermy) and in industry (RF
Digital support systems to improve child health and development in Peru: protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Children living in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at greater risk for experiencing adversities that can undermine their health and early development. Recently launched digital
A digital health algorithm to guide antibiotic prescription in pediatric outpatient care: a cluster randomized controlled trial (Publications)
Excessive antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance are major global public health threats. We developed ePOCT+, a digital clinical decision support algorithm in combination with C-reactive protein
Development of WHO recommendations for the final phase of elimination and prevention of re-establishment of malaria (Publications)
The WHO recommends that all affected countries work toward the elimination of malaria, even those still experiencing a high burden of disease. However, malaria programs in the final phase of eliminati
A case for ongoing structural support to maximise infectious disease modelling efficiency for future public health emergencies: a modelling... (Publications)
This short communication reflects upon the challenges and recommendations of multiple COVID-19 modelling and data analytic groups that provided quantitative evidence to support health policy discussio