The cost-effectiveness of introducing hepatitis B vaccine into infant immunization services in Mozambique (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of introducing hepatitis B vaccine into routine infant immunization services in Mozambique, which took place in the year 2001. METHODS: A decision analyti
The equity impacts of community financing activities in three African countries (Publications)
Although the Bamako Initiative from its very beginning was caught up in wider debates about the potential equity impact of any form of user financing, to date there has been little empirical investiga
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in pastoral cattle herds in the Oromia region, southern Ethiopia (Publications)
A cross-sectional study of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) was conducted in pastoral cattle herds in southern Ethiopia, from February to August 2008 using the comparative intradermal tuberculin test. The pr
Using human rights to improve maternal and neonatal health: history, connections and a proposed practical approach (Publications)
We describe the historical development of how maternal and neonatal mortality in the developing world came to be seen as a public-health concern, a human rights concern, and ultimately as both, leadin
High prevalence of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> among school children in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out in rural Cote d'Ivoire, the first in 5 primary schools in the Lake Taabo area, and the second in the primary school of Azaguie-Institute de Recherche sur l
In vivo investigations of selected diamidine compounds against <em>Trypanosoma evansi</em> using a mouse model (Publications)
Surra is an animal pathogenic protozoan infection, caused by Trypanosoma evansi, that develops into a fatal wasting disease. Control measures rely on diagnosis and treatment. However, with the continu
<em>myo</em>-inositol uptake is essential for bulk inositol phospholipid but not glycosylphosphatidylinositol synthesis in <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)
myo-Inositol is an essential precursor for the production of inositol phosphates and inositol phospholipids in all eukaryotes. Intracellular myo-inositol is generated by de novo synthesis from glucose
Structure-activity relationship studies of orally active antimalarial 3,5-substituted 2-aminopyridines (Publications)
In an effort to address potential cardiotoxicity liabilities identified with earlier frontrunner compounds, a number of new 3,5-diaryl-2-aminopyridine derivatives were synthesized. Several compounds e