Risk reduction of diarrhea and respiratory infections following a community health education program - a facility-based case-control study in rural... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Diarrheal and acute respiratory infections remain a major cause of death in developing countries especially among children below 5 years of age. About 80% of all hospital attendances in Ke
Effects of transportation noise and particulate matter on the cardiovascular system: what is the new evidence? (Publications)
SUMMARY: Several decades of research provides compelling evidence that exposure to air pollution causes various diseases. Time series studies in Europe and the USA examined the short term effects on m
Prospective assessment of loss to follow-up: incidence and associated factors in a cohort of HIV-positive adults in rural Tanzania (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves health outcomes for HIV-positive individuals, but is jeopardized by irregular clinic attendance and hence poor adherence. Loss to follow-up
Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Globally, an estimated two-thirds of all deaths occur in the community, the majority of which are not attended by a physician and remain unregistered. Identifying and registering these dea
Incidence trends of airflow obstruction among European adults without asthma: a 20-year cohort study (Publications)
Investigating COPD trends may help healthcare providers to forecast future disease burden. We estimated sex- and smoking-specific incidence trends of pre-bronchodilator airflow obstruction (AO) among