Towards a coherent global framework for health financing: recommendations and recent developments (Publications)
The articles in this special issue have demonstrated how unprecedented transitions have come with both challenges and opportunities for health financing. Against the background of these challenges and
Controlling schistosomiasis with praziquantel: how much longer without a viable alternative? (Publications)
The current approach of morbidity control of schistosomiasis, a helminth disease of poverty with considerable public health and socioeconomic impact, is based on preventive chemotherapy with praziquan
False-negative malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Rwanda: impact of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> isolates lacking <em>hrp2</em> and declining malaria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for histidine rich protein 2 (HRP2) are often used to determine whether persons with fever should be treated with anti-malarials. However, Plasmodium falcipar
An association of particulate air pollution and traffic exposure with mortality after lung transplantation in Europe (Publications)
Air pollution from road traffic is a serious health risk, especially for susceptible individuals. Single-centre studies showed an association with chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) and surviva
Community-associated<em> Staphylococcus aureus</em> from sub-Saharan Africa and Germany: a cross-sectional geographic correlation study (Publications)
Clonal clusters and gene repertoires of Staphylococcus aureus are essential to understand disease and are well characterized in industrialized countries but poorly analysed in developing regions. The
Outdoor air pollution and risk for kidney parenchyma cancer in 14 European cohorts (Publications)
Several studies have indicated weakly increased risk for kidney cancer among occupational groups exposed to gasoline vapors, engine exhaust, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other air pollutants,
3-year follow-up results of bone mineral content and density after a school-based physical activity randomized intervention trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: As an important modifiable lifestyle factor in osteoporosis prevention, physical activity has been shown to positively influence bone mass accrual during growth. We have previously shown t