The cost-effectiveness of introducing hepatitis B vaccine into infant immunization services in Mozambique (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of introducing hepatitis B vaccine into routine infant immunization services in Mozambique, which took place in the year 2001. METHODS: A decision analyti
The equity impacts of community financing activities in three African countries (Publications)
Although the Bamako Initiative from its very beginning was caught up in wider debates about the potential equity impact of any form of user financing, to date there has been little empirical investiga
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in pastoral cattle herds in the Oromia region, southern Ethiopia (Publications)
A cross-sectional study of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) was conducted in pastoral cattle herds in southern Ethiopia, from February to August 2008 using the comparative intradermal tuberculin test. The pr
Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: insights from Ecohealth (Publications)
Most emerging diseases of humans originate in animals, and zoonotic emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) threaten human, animal, and environment health. We report on a scoping study to assess actors, l
High prevalence of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> among school children in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out in rural Cote d'Ivoire, the first in 5 primary schools in the Lake Taabo area, and the second in the primary school of Azaguie-Institute de Recherche sur l
Effect of an armed conflict on relative socioeconomic position of rural households: case study from western Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Current conceptual frameworks on the interrelationship between armed conflict and poverty are based primarily on aggregated macro-level data and/or qualitative evidence and usual
The importance of mosquito behavioural adaptations to malaria control in Africa (Publications)
Over the past decade the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), in combination with improved drug therapies, indoor residual spraying (IRS), and better health infrastructure, has helped reduce
Bidirectional correlation of NMR and capillary electrophoresis fingerprints: a new approach to investigating <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection in... (Publications)
We demonstrate the statistical integration of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and capillary electrophoresis (CE) data in order to describe a pathological state caused by Schistosoma mans