Inputs for universal health coverage: a methodological contribution to finding proxy indicators for financial hardship due to health expenditure (Publications)
BackgroundUniversal health coverage is high on national health agendas of many countries at the moment. Absence of financial hardship is a key component of universal health coverage and should be moni
Effective autodissemination of pyriproxyfen to breeding sites by the exophilic malaria vector <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> in semi-field settings in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria vector control strategies that target adult female mosquitoes are challenged by the emergence of insecticide resistance and behavioural resilience. Conventional larviciding is rest
The epidemiology of malaria and anaemia in the Bonikro mining area, central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of malaria and anaemia is characterized by small-scale spatial and temporal heterogeneity, which might be influenced by human activities, such as mining and related distur
Field comparison of circulating antibody assays <em>versus</em> circulating antigen assays for the detection of <em>Schistosomiasis japonica</em> in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis remains a serious public health problem in affected countries, and routine, highly sensitive and cost-effective diagnostic methods are lacking. We evaluated two immunodiagn
Modelling heterogeneity in malaria transmission using large sparse spatio-temporal entomological data (Publications)
Background: Malaria transmission is measured using entomological inoculation rate (EIR), number of infective mosquito bites/person/unit time. Understanding heterogeneity of malaria transmission has be
Effect of home-based counselling on newborn care practices in southern Tanzania one year after implementation: a cluster-randomised controlled trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Sub-Saharan Africa over one million newborns die annually. We developed a sustainable and scalable home-based counselling intervention for delivery by community volunteers in rural sout
Population genomics of two invasive mosquitoes (<em>Aedes aegypti </em>and <em>Aedes albopictus</em>) from the Indo-Pacific (Publications)
The arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) and Ae. albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) are both common throughout the Indo-Pacific region, where 70% of global dengue transmission occurs
Patterns of pesticide usage in agriculture in rural Tanzania call for integrating agricultural and public health practices in managing... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Unrestricted use of pesticides in agriculture is likely to increase insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors. Unfortunately, strategies for managing insecticide resistance in agriculture
PfMAP-2 is essential for male gametogenesis in the malaria parasite<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
In malaria parasites, male gametogenesis is a proliferative stage essential for parasite transmission to the mosquito vector. It is a rapid process involving three rounds of genome replication alterna