Healthcare access and quality index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: National levels of personal health-care access and quality can be approximated by measuring mortality rates from causes that should not be fatal in the presence of effective medical care (
Diagnostic preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks (Publications)
Diagnostics are crucial in mitigating the effect of disease outbreaks. Because diagnostic development and validation are time consuming, they should be carried out in anticipation of epidemics rather
Long-term exposure to road traffic noise, ambient air pollution, and cardiovascular risk factors in the HUNT and lifelines cohorts (Publications)
Aims: Blood biochemistry may provide information on associations between road traffic noise, air pollution, and cardiovascular disease risk. We evaluated this in two large European cohorts (HUNT3, Lif
Evolution and patterns of global health financing 1995-2014: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An adequate amount of prepaid resources for health is important to ensure access to health services and for the pursuit of universal health coverage. Previous studies on global health fina
Antimalarial efficacy of MMV390048, an inhibitor of <em>Plasmodium</em> phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (Publications)
As part of the global effort toward malaria eradication, phenotypic whole-cell screening revealed the 2-aminopyridine class of small molecules as a good starting point to develop new antimalarial drug
Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding (Publications)
The Baby-Friendly Hospital (BFH) Initiative has led to an increase in breastfeeding rates and duration worldwide. But little is known about whether the beneficial effects persist beyond a facility's d
Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Although the rising pandemic of obesity has received major attention in many countries, the effects of this attention on trends and the disease burden of obesity remain uncertain. METHODS: