Risk factors for schistosomiasis in an urban area in northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
(odds ratio [OR] = 0.29, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.13-0.70) and abstaining from swimming in open freshwater bodies (OR = 0.16, 95% CI: 0.04-0.56) were significantly associated with decreased odds
Impact of a complex gender-transformative intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: protocol of... (Publications)
Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews will be conducted. All narrative data will be coded (open coding) with the help of qualitative data analysis software (Atlas TI). DISCUSSION: Women's empowerment
Mass campaigns combining antimalarial drugs and anti-infective vaccines as seasonal interventions for malaria control, elimination and prevention of... (Publications)
threatened by resistance. METHODS: Malaria transmission and intervention dynamics were simulated using OpenMalaria, an individual-based simulation model of malaria transmission, by considering a seasonal t
Assessing the population coverage of a health demographic surveillance system using satellite imagery and crowd-sourcing (Publications)
System was established in the area that surrounds the Majete Wildlife Reserve (1600 km2), using the OpenHDS data system. We compared house locations obtained using GPS recordings on mobile devices during
Same day ART initiation versus clinic-based pre-ART assessment and counselling for individuals newly tested HIV-positive during community-based HIV... (Publications)
pre-ART assessment often requiring several clinic visits before ART-initiation. METHODS: This two-armed open-label randomized controlled trial compares in individuals tested HIV-positive during community-based
Malaria treatment for prevention: a modelling study of the impact of routine case management on malaria prevalence and burden (Publications)
treatment of symptomatic cases impacts malaria prevalence and incidence. METHODS: Leveraging the OpenMalaria stochastic agent-based transmission model, we first simulated an array of transmission intensities
Europe-wide high-spatial resolution air pollution models are improved by including traffic flow estimates on all roads (Publications)
Europe-wide air pollution models. We built separate random forests (RF) models for different road types in OpenStreetMap (highway, primary, secondary and tertiary, and residential roads). We collected observations
How Gold Mining Affects the Spread of Malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/how-gold-mining-affects-the-spread-of-malaria
mining expands, it drives migration and creates breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Open pit mines and deforestation increase mosquito habitats. Miners' behaviours such as working at mosquito
A 24-week, all-oral regimen for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis (Publications)
have a more acceptable side-effect profile than current regimens are needed. METHODS: We conducted an open-label, phase 2-3, multicenter, randomized, controlled, noninferiority trial to evaluate the efficacy
Child health and infection with low density (CHILD) malaria: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the long-term health and... (Publications)
detecting and treating LMI in a low transmission setting. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The study is a 3-arm open-label individually randomised controlled trial enrolling 600 children aged 6 months to 10 years in