Safe start at home: what parents of newborns need after early discharge from hospital - a focus group study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The length of postpartum hospital stay is decreasing internationally. Earlier hospital discharge of mothers and newborns decreases postnatal care or transfers it to the outpatient setting.
Dose-response relationships and tegumental surface alterations in <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> following treatment with mefloquine in vivo and in... (Publications)
The treatment and control of opisthorchiasis relies on a single drug, praziquantel; hence, there is a need to develop novel opisthorchicidal drugs. We investigated the in vitro and in vivo activity of
Spatial distribution of, and risk factors for, <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> infection in southern Lao PDR (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Opisthorchis viverrini is a food-borne trematode species that might give rise to biliary diseases and the fatal cholangiocarcinoma. In Lao PDR, an estimated 2.5 million individuals are inf
Respiratory hospital admission risk near large composting facilities (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Large-scale composting can release bioaerosols in elevated quantities, but there are few studies of health effects on nearby communities. METHODS: A cross-sectional ecological small area d
A new approach to chemotherapy: drug-induced differentiation kills African trypanosomes (Publications)
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp. The parasites are transmitted by tsetse flies and adapt to their different hosts and
Novel nucleoside-based antimalarial compounds (Publications)
The malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum employs a salvage pathway for the biosynthesis of nucleotides, in contrast to de novo biosynthesis that is utilized by the human host. A series of tw
Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: the strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The last 5-10 years have seen significant international momentum build around the field of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR?+?A). Strengthening post-graduate teaching
Same day ART initiation versus clinic-based pre-ART assessment and counselling for individuals newly tested HIV-positive during community-based HIV... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in Sub-Sahara Africa is challenged by a weak care-cascade with poor linkage to care and retention in care. Community-based HIV testing and counse