Tobacco-related cancer mortality: projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland (Publications)
PRINCIPLES: Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons of variable population size and cultural characteristics. Although a federal law to protect against passive smoking and a national tobacco control pr
Can action research strengthen district health management and improve health workforce performance? A research protocol (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: The single biggest barrier for countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to scale up the necessary health services for addressing the three health-related Millennium Development Goals and ac
Bromopyrrole alkaloids as lead compounds against protozoan parasites (Publications)
In the present study, 13 bromopyrrole alkaloids, including the oroidin analogs hymenidin (2), dispacamide B (3) and dispacamide D (4), stevensine (5) and spongiacidin B (6), their derivatives lacking
Ethanolamine phosphoglycerol attachment to eEF1A is not essential for normal growth of <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)
Eukaryotic elongation factor 1A (eEF1A) is the only protein modified by ethanolamine phosphoglycerol (EPG). In mammals and plants, EPG is attached to conserved glutamate residues located in eEF1A doma
Discovery and evaluation of thiazinoquinones as anti-protozoal agents (Publications)
Pure compound screening has identified the dioxothiazino-quinoline-quinone ascidian metabolite ascidiathiazone A (2) to be a moderate growth inhibitor of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (IC50 3.1 muM)
Emergence and spread of extensively and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa (Publications)
Factors driving the increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, are not understood. A convenience sample of 309 drug-susceptible and 342 multidrug-resistan
Weather and mortality: a 10 year retrospective analysis of the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Burkina Faso (Publications)
Background: A growing body of evidence points to the emission of greenhouse gases from human activity as a key factor in climate change. This in turn affects human health and wellbeing through consequ
An analysis of interprovincial migration in Vietnam from 1989 to 2009 (Publications)
Background: In Vietnam, reports either present general patterns of internal migration or the migration characteristics of specific subgroups. Reports are often based on small numbers and do not examin