Untapped potential of health impact assessment (Publications)
The World Health Organization has promoted health impact assessment (HIA) for over 20 years. At the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), HIA was discussed as a critical
Patient and physician acceptance of a campaign approach to promoting physical activity: The move for health project (Publications)
A campaign approach consisting of systematic screening and brief counselling of insufficiently active patients in general practice is feasible. Participating practices considered the amount of work as
Trypanocidal activity of diarylheptanoids from <em>Schrankia leptocarpa</em> DC (Publications)
Schrankia leptocara is a medicinal species use traditionally in Benin to treat malaria. A previous study showed interesting antimalarial activity against two strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Phytoche
Malaria seasonality and rainfall seasonality in Sri Lanka are correlated in space (Publications)
Correlation in space between seasonality of malaria and seasonality of rainfall was studied in Sri Lanka. A simple seasonality index was developed by making use of the bimodal seasonality of both mala
Mobile phone base stations and early childhood cancers: case-control study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk of early childhood cancers associated with the mother's exposure to radiofrequency from and proximity to macrocell mobile phone base stations (masts) during pregnanc
Mapping and predicting malaria transmission in the People's Republic of China, using integrated biology-driven and statistical models (Publications)
The purpose of this study was to deepen our understanding of Plasmodium vivax malaria transmission patterns in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China). An integrated modeling approach was employed
Facile synthesis of cyclohexanediones and dialkylresorcinols - bioactive natural products from entomopathogenic bacteria [Short communication] (Publications)
A synthesis for the recently identified, widespread bacterial natural product classes of dialkylresorcinols and cyclohexanediones was developed. The synthesis route is similar to the biosynthesis rout
Assessing willingness to pay for improved sanitation in rural Vietnam (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The willingness to pay (WTP) for the construction of bathrooms with a flush toilet was assessed in households in a rural community in northern Vietnam. We also examined the effects of socio
Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopian wildlife (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is endemic in Ethiopian cattle. However, the status of the disease in wildlife populations that often share habitat with livestock is unknown. We screened for BTB in wildlife
