Changes in self-reported physical activity predict health-related quality of life among South African schoolchildren: Findings from the DASH... (Publications)
Introduction: Regular physical activity is associated with multiple health benefits for children. Evidence from cross-sectional studies suggests that physical activity is positively associated with he
Multisectoral approach to support use of insecticide-treated net for malaria prevention among mobile and migrant populations in Myanmar: a systematic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Myanmar is a premalaria elimination country with artemisinin-resistant malaria. A strategy for transmission control is focused on vulnerable groups such as mobile and migrant populations (
Study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of strategies to increase antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) remains low in many countries. Evidence on the most ef
Sleeping hearts: 12 years after a follow up study on cardiac findings due to sleeping sickness (Publications)
Both American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) and Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) are diseases caused by single-celled flagellate protozoan parasites. While cardiac complications such as conducti
Genotype-Informed Versus Empiric Management Of VirEmia (GIVE MOVE): study protocol of an open-label randomised clinical trial in children and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Globally, the majority of people living with HIV have no or only limited access to HIV drug resistance testing to guide the selection of antiretroviral drugs. This is of particular concern
Structure of trypanosome coat protein VSGsur and function in suramin resistance (Publications)
Suramin has been a primary early-stage treatment for African trypanosomiasis for nearly 100 yr. Recent studies revealed that trypanosome strains that express the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) VSG
Young people's experiences using an on-demand mobile health sexual and reproductive health text message intervention in Kenya: qualitative study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Digital health usability assessments can help explain how well mobile health (mHealth) apps targeting young people with sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information performed and wheth
Effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy strategies for sustaining the control of schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire: results of a 5-year... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy using praziquantel is the mainstay for schistosomiasis control. However, there is little evidence on what is supposed to be the most effective school-based treatmen
Longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high-touch surfaces in a community setting (Publications)
Environmental surveillance of surface contamination is an unexplored tool for understanding transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in community settings. We conducted longitudinal swab sampling of high-touch non-