Achieving high coverage of larval-stage mosquito surveillance: challenges for a community-based mosquito control programme in urban Dar es Salaam,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventing malaria by controlling mosquitoes in their larval stages requires regular sensitive monitoring of vector populations and intervention coverage. The study assessed the effectiven
Health and survival of young chlidren in southern Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: With a view to developing health systems strategies to improve reach to high-risk groups, we present information on health and survival from household and health facility perspectives in f
Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania after switch to artemisinin combination therapy and the introduction of accredited drug... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To improve access to treatment in the private retail sector a new class of outlets known as Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDO) was created in Tanzania. Tanzania changed its first-li
Low utilization of health care services following screening for hypertension in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): a prospective population-based study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Drug therapy in high-risk individuals has been advocated as an important strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease in low income countries. We determined, in a low-income urban population,
Abietane-type diterpenoid amides with highly potent and selective activity against <em>Leishmania donovani</em> and <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> (Publications)
Dehydroabietylamine (1) was used as a starting material to synthesize a small library of dehydroabietyl amides by simple and facile methods, and their activities against two disease-causing trypanosom
Ambient air pollution exposure estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013 (Publications)
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major risk factor for global disease. Assessment of the impacts of air pollution on population health and evaluation of trends relative to other major risk facto