KaziBantu - Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities. 2017 onwards [Video] (Publications)
Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities – KaziBantu builds on existing evidence that school-based health interventions can improve the health of schoolchildren and teachers in low-resource settings. T
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of brain tumor: the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) (Publications)
Background: Epidemiological evidence on the association between ambient air pollution and brain tumor risk is sparse and inconsistent. Methods: In 12 cohorts from six European countries, individual es
Efficacy and safety of a single-dose mebendazole 500 mg chewable, rapidly-disintegrating tablet for <em>Ascaris lumbricoides</em> and <em>Trichuris... (Publications)
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluated the efficacy and safety of a new chewable, rapidly-disintegrating mebendazole (MBZ) 500 mg tablet for Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichur
Quantifying human-environment interactions using videography in the context of infectious disease transmission (Publications)
Quantitative data on human-environment interactions are needed to fully understand infectious disease transmission processes and conduct accurate risk assessments. Interaction events occur during an i
Sedentary behaviour in Swiss children and adolescents: disentangling associations with the perceived and objectively measured environment (Publications)
Identifying correlates of sedentary behaviour across all levels of the ecological model and understanding their interrelations is a promising method to plan effective interventions. The present study
The impact of the scale-up of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on the routine clinical diagnosis procedures for febrile illness: a series of repeated... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: This paper examines the impact of the scale-up of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) on routine clinical diagnosis procedures for febrile illness in primary healthcare settings in Papua
Cleaning at home and at work in relation to lung function decline and airway obstruction (Publications)
RATIONALE: Cleaning tasks may imply exposure to chemical agents with potential harmful effects to the respiratory system, and increased risk of asthma and respiratory symptoms among professional clean
Screening a repurposing library, the Medicines for Malaria Venture Stasis Box, against <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The development of new treatments against schistosomiasis is imperative but lacks commercial interest. Drug repurposing represents a suitable strategy to identify potential treatments, whi
Prevalence and clinical significance of respiratory viruses and bacteria detected in tuberculosis patients compared to household contact controls in... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of respiratory pathogens in tuberculosis (TB) patients and in their household contact controls, and to determine the clinical significance of respiratory pathoge