Iodine nutritional status and risk factors for goitre among schoolchildren in South Tajikistan (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Iodine deficiency affects nearly 1.9 billion people worldwide, but it can be prevented by salt iodization. This cross-sectional survey assessed current iodine status, iodized salt coverage
Helminth infection in southern Laos: high prevalence and low awareness (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Helminthiasis is a public health concern in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR, Laos). This study aimed to understand helminth infection and associated risk factors in relation to e
Health system support for childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: results from a health facility census (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Progress towards reaching Millennium Development Goals four (child health) and five (maternal health) is lagging behind, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite increasing efforts to s
Giving adolescents a voice? Using videos to represent reproductive health realities of adolescents in Tanzania (Publications)
Visual research forms part of a growing field in participatory research. Lately new discussions among scientists evolved about conceptual considerations and methodological approaches related to the us
Water, sanitation, hygiene, and soil-transmitted helminth infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy represents a powerful but short-term control strategy for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Since humans are often re-infected rapidly, long-term solutions require im
Beyond antimalarial stock-outs: implications of health provider compliance on out-of-pocket expenditure during care-seeking for fever in south east... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To better understand how stock-outs of the first line antimalarial, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) and other non-compliant health worker behaviour, influence household expendi