Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In an effort to improve population health, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have expanded access to public primary care facilities and removed user fees for services in these
Projected health impacts from transportation noise: exploring two scenarios for 2030 (Publications)
This report provides outlooks to 2030 on population exposed to road, rail and aircraft noise as well as on health impacts. The outlooks comprise two scenarios, one that is conservative (i.e. the minim
Systematic review and meta-analysis of selected health effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution (Publications)
This comprehensive scientific review, available for downloading below, examines the evidence for associations between several adverse health effects and traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). The revie
Coarse particulate air pollution and daily mortality: a global study in 205 cities (Publications)
RATIONALE: The associations between ambient coarse particulate matter (PM2.5-10) and daily mortality is not fully understood at a global scale. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the short-term associations betw
An index of access to essential infrastructure to identify where physical distancing is impossible (Publications)
To identify areas at highest risk of infectious disease transmission in Africa, we develop a physical distancing index (PDI) based on the share of households without access to private toilets, water,
Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: a repeated metaresearch analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We previously found that 25% of 1,017 randomized clinical trials (RCTs) approved between 2000 and 2003 were discontinued prematurely, and 44% remained unpublished at a median of 12 years f
Mental distress and health-related quality of life in <em>gambiense </em>human African trypanosomiasis: a case-control study in the Democratic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The extent to which neuropsychiatric sequelae affects the mental health status and quality of life of former gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) patients is not known. METHODS:
Competent and deficient provision of childbirth services: a descriptive observational study assessing the quality of intrapartum care in two provinces... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A majority of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) give birth in a health facility, but maternal and newborn mortality remains high. In rural areas, the quality of facility-
Infection intensity-dependent accuracy of reagent strip for the diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma haematobium </em>and estimation of treatment prevalence... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Reagent strip to detect microhematuria as a proxy for Schistosoma haematobium infections has been considered an alternative to urine filtration for individual diagnosis and community-based
Population pharmacokinetics of antimalarial naphthoquine in combination with artemisinin in Tanzanian children and adults: dose optimization (Publications)
The combination antimalarial therapy of artemisinin-naphthoquine (ART-NQ) was developed as a single-dose therapy, aiming to improve adherence relative to the multiday schedules of other artemisinin co