Evaluation of the novel substrate RUG™ for the detection of<em> Escherichia coli</em> in water from temperate (Zurich, Switzerland) and tropical... (Publications)
Direct testing of water quality to promote drinking water safety contributes to the sustainable development goals, which call for universal access to safely-managed drinking water services by 2030. En
Evaluation of a treatment protocol for anaemia in pregnancy nested in routine antenatal care in a limited-resource setting (Publications)
Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is typically due to iron deficiency (IDA) but remains a complex and pervasive problem, particularly in low resource settings. At clinics on the Myanmar-Thailand border
A systematic literature review of reported challenges in health care delivery to migrants and refugees in high-income countries - the 3C model (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Migrants and refugees have important health needs and face inequalities in their health status. Health care delivery to this patient group has become a challenging public health focus in h
Rapid transcriptional responses to serum exposure are associated with sensitivity and resistance to antibody-mediated complement killing in invasive... (Publications)
Background: Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 exhibits signatures of adaptation to invasive human infection, including higher resistance to humoral immune responses than gastrointestinal isolates. Full res
Health worker transfer processes within the public health sector in Ghana: a study of three districts in the Eastern Region (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: The lack of appropriate policies and procedures to ensure transparent transfer practices is an important source of dissatisfaction among health workers in low- and middle-income countrie
Evaluation of the Clinitek®, a point-of-care urinalysis system for the measurement of clinically significant urinary metabolites and detection of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Urinary schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma haematobium, remains a significant public health problem worldwide, despite years of efforts to control it. Haematuria is one of the notable
"I can't read and don't understand": Health literacy and health messaging about folic acid for neural tube defect prevention in a migrant population... (Publications)
Health literacy is increasingly recognized as an important determinant of health outcomes, but definition, measurement tools, and interventions are lacking. Conceptual frameworks must include both ind
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and its associated risk factors in the emerging dairy belts of regional cities in Ethiopia (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) has become an economically important disease in dairy herds found in and around Addis Ababa City and is emerging in regional cities like Gondar, Hawassa and Mekelle because o
