Evolution of COVID-19 mortality over time: results from the Swiss hospital surveillance system (CH-SUR) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: When the periods of time during and after the first wave of the ongoing SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic in Europe are compared, the associated COVID-19 mortality seems to have decreased subst
Dietary patterns measured by principal component analysis and its association with stunting among Nepalese schoolchildren in Nepal (Publications)
Background There is a gap of knowledge on the link of major dietary patterns with stunting among schoolchildren in Nepal. Objective To identify dietary patterns in rural Nepalese households in two dis
Surveillance of leishmaniasis cases from 15 European centres, 2014 to 2019: a retrospective analysis (Publications)
BackgroundSurveillance of human leishmaniasis in Europe is mostly limited to country-specific information from autochthonous infections in the southern part. As at the end of 2021, no integrated analy
Community perceptions of enrolment of indigents into the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: a case study of the Livelihood Empowerment against... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) programme in Ghana as part of its beneficiary programme, identifies the poor/indigents for exemptions from premium payments in the Nationa
Characterising co-infections with <em>Plasmodium </em>spp., <em>Mansonella perstans</em> or <em>Loa loa </em>in asymptomatic children, adults and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Regular and comprehensive epidemiological surveys of the filarial nematodes Mansonella perstans and Loa loa in children, adolescents and adults living across Bioko Island, Equatorial Guine
Defining clinical trial quality from the perspective of resource-limited settings: a qualitative study based on interviews with investigators,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Increasing clinical trial cost and complexity, as well as a high waste of clinical trial investment over the past decades, have changed the way clinical trial quality is managed. Recent ev
Impact of a school-based health intervention program on body composition among South African primary schoolchildren: results from the KaziAfya... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing among African children potentially predisposing them to greater obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adulthood. This risk