Operational performance and analysis of two rabies vaccination campaigns in N'Djamena, Chad (Publications)
Transmission of rabies from animals to people continues despite availability of good vaccines for both human and animal use. The only effective strategy to achieve elimination of dog rabies and the re
Profile: the rusinga health and demographic surveillance system, western Kenya (Publications)
The health and demographic surveillance system on Rusinga Island, Western Kenya, was initiated in 2012 to facilitate a malaria intervention trial: the SolarMal project. The project aims to eliminate m
Potential for reduction of burden and local elimination of malaria by reducing <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria transmission: a mathematical... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rapid declines in malaria prevalence, cases, and deaths have been achieved globally during the past 15 years because of improved access to first-line treatment and vector control. We aimed
Ambiguous care: siblings and the economies of HIV-related care in Zambia (Publications)
While kinship used to be considered a backbone of the creation of mutual obligations for care in pre-industrial societies, economic and social change has altered how care is provided. Notwithstanding
Quinolone amides as anti-trypanosomal lead compounds with in vivo activity (Publications)
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a major tropical disease with few available drugs for treatment driving the need for novel active compounds. Recently, morpholino-substituted benzyl amides of th
Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rainfall data have potential use for malaria prediction. However, the relationship between rainfall and the number of malaria cases is indirect and complex. METHODS: The statistical relati
Acceptability - a neglected dimension of access to health care: findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Acceptability is a poorly conceptualized dimension of access to health care. Using a study on childhood convulsion in rural Tanzania, we examined social acceptability from a user
Weight status and gender-related differences in motor skills and in child care-based physical activity in young children (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Over the last decades, a decline in motor skills and in physical activity and an increase in obesity has been observed in children. However, there is a lack of data in young chil