Out-of-pocket expenditures for primary health care in Tajikistan: a time-trend analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Aligned with the international call for universal coverage of affordable and quality health care, the government of Tajikistan is undertaking reforms of its health system aiming amongst ot
Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: As the population of Africa rapidly urbanizes it may be possible to protect large populations from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Here we present a baseline
Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of infection with the three common soil-transmitted helminths (i.e. Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm) in Bolivia is among the highest in Latin America
A high force of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> blood-stage infection drives the rapid acquisition of immunity in Papua New Guinean children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: When both parasite species are co-endemic, Plasmodium vivax incidence peaks in younger children compared to P. falciparum. To identify differences in the number of blood stage infections o
A novel electronic data collection system for large-scale surveys of neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Large cross-sectional household surveys are common for measuring indicators of neglected tropical disease control programs. As an alternative to standard paper-based data collection, we ut
Health access livelihood framework reveals potential barriers in the control of schistosomiasis in the Dongting Lake area of Hunan Province, China (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Access to health care is a major requirement in improving health and fostering socioeconomic development. In the People's Republic of China (P.R. China), considerable changes have occurred