Gender in public health research: reflections on design and process across four research projects in low-and middle-income countries (Publications)
A growing body of work clearly documents the gendered inequalities in health. The COVID-19 pandemic further exposed these deep inequities: men appear to be more vulnerable to poorer outcomes, but most
The relative transmission fitness of multidrug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> in a drug resistance hotspot (Publications)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is among the most frequent causes of death due to antimicrobial resistance. Although only 3% of global TB cases are MDR, geographical hotspots with up to 40%
A duplex tetra-primer ARMS-PCR assay to discriminate three species of the <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> group: <em>Schistosoma curassoni, S. bovis,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The use of applications involving single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has greatly increased since the beginning of the 2000s, with the number of associated techniques expanding rapidly
Decentralization of viral load testing to improve HIV care and treatment cascade in rural Tanzania: observational study from the Kilombero and Ulanga... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Monitoring HIV viral load (HVL) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is recommended by the World Health Organization. Implementation of HVL testing programs
Socioeconomic inequalities in cervical precancer screening among women in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe: analysis of... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: We examined age, residence, education and wealth inequalities and their combinations on cervical precancer screening probabilities for women. We hypothesised that inequalities in screening
Residential greenspace and lung function decline over 20 years in a prospective cohort: the ECRHS study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The few studies that have examined associations between greenspace and lung function in adulthood have yielded conflicting results and none have examined whether the rate of lung function
The MTego trap: a potential tool for monitoring malaria and arbovirus vectors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Odour-baited traps are useful for vector surveillance and control. However, most existing traps have shown inconsistent recapture rates across different mosquito species, necessitating the
Mortality attributable to ambient fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide in Switzerland in 2019: use of two-pollutant effect estimates (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Air pollution health risk assessments have traditionally used single-pollutant effect estimates for one proxy ambient air pollutant such as PM(2.5). Two-pollutant effect estimates, i.e.
An End-to-End Simple Record Linkage Tool (Publications)
Advantages and disadvantages of record linkage method has been presented, and a framework for efficient record linkage (e2elink) and its implementation has been described.