Operational coverage and timeliness of reactive case detection for malaria elimination in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Publications)
Since 2012, the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program has been implementing reactive case detection (RACD). Health facility (HF) staff send individual malaria case notifications by using mobile phones,
Amplicon deep sequencing improves <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> genotyping in clinical trials of antimalarial drugs (Publications)
Clinical trials monitoring malaria drug resistance require genotyping of recurrent Plasmodium falciparum parasites to distinguish between treatment failure and new infection occurring during the trial
Analysis of hepatobiliary disorder reports associated with the use of herbal medicines in the global suspected ADR database Vigibase (Publications)
Introduction: Use of herbal medicines (HMs) is widespread across the world, with many people relying on HMs for their primary healthcare or using HMs in the context of a healthy life style. HMs origin
The potential of pregnant women as a sentinel population for malaria surveillance (Publications)
BACKGROUND: With increasing spatial heterogeneity of malaria transmission and a shift of the disease burden towards older children and adults, pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) have been p
Activation of TCR Vδ1+ and Vδ1-Vδ2- γδ T cells upon controlled infection with <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in Tanzanian volunteers (Publications)
Our understanding of the human immune response to malaria remains incomplete. Clinical trials using whole-sporozoite-based vaccination approaches such as the Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine, followed by control
Quality of care for children with severe disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite the almost universal adoption of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of sick children under the age of five in low- and mid
Prospective assessment of loss to follow-up: incidence and associated factors in a cohort of HIV-positive adults in rural Tanzania (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves health outcomes for HIV-positive individuals, but is jeopardized by irregular clinic attendance and hence poor adherence. Loss to follow-up
Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage: a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Competing priorities in health systems necessitate difficult choices on which health actions and investments to fund: decisions that are complex, value-based, and highly political. In ligh