A randomised, controlled trial of once daily and multi-dose daily gentamicin in young Kenyan infants (Publications)
AIMS: To test the suitability of a simple once daily (OD) gentamicin regimen for use in young infants where routine therapeutic drug monitoring is not possible. METHODS: In an open, randomised, contro
Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment programs in rural Southern Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Data on outcomes of antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs in rural sub-Saharan African are scarce. We describe early losses and long-term outcomes in 6 rural programs in Southern Africa
Ocular findings in HIV-1 positive and HIV-1 negative participants in a rural population-based cohort in Uganda (Publications)
PURPOSE: To report the ocular findings in HIV-1 seropositive individuals and HIV-negative controls in a population-based cohort in rural Uganda. METHODS: Participants were examined by an ophthalmologi
Comprehensive sterilization of malaria vectors using pyriproxyfen: a step closer to malaria elimination (Publications)
One of the main challenges to malaria elimination is the resilience of vectors, such as Anopheles arabiensis, that evade lethal exposure to insecticidal control measures or express resistance to their
Provider-patient interaction in rural Cameroon: how it relates to the patient's understanding of diagnosis and prescribed drugs, the patient's concept... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional survey examines the relation between provider-patient interaction and several patient-outcomes in a rural health district in Cameroon. METHODS: We used structured patie
Early assessment of the implementation of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Cameroon and the effects... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To assess the availability of equipment and the staff's knowledge to prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) in rural healthcare facilities recently covered by the national PMTCT prog
Bridging the gap: how traditional healers interact with their patients. A comparative study in Cameroon (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare traditional healers (TH) and Cameroonian representatives of Western medicine (Western providers (WP)) in terms of patient characteristics and communication patterns during the co