Safe start at home: what parents of newborns need after early discharge from hospital - a focus group study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The length of postpartum hospital stay is decreasing internationally. Earlier hospital discharge of mothers and newborns decreases postnatal care or transfers it to the outpatient setting.
Respiratory hospital admission risk near large composting facilities (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Large-scale composting can release bioaerosols in elevated quantities, but there are few studies of health effects on nearby communities. METHODS: A cross-sectional ecological small area d
Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: the strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The last 5-10 years have seen significant international momentum build around the field of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR?+?A). Strengthening post-graduate teaching
Same day ART initiation versus clinic-based pre-ART assessment and counselling for individuals newly tested HIV-positive during community-based HIV... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in Sub-Sahara Africa is challenged by a weak care-cascade with poor linkage to care and retention in care. Community-based HIV testing and counse
Tuberculosis mortality and living conditions in Bern, Switzerland, 1856-1950 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a poverty-related disease that is associated with poor living conditions. We studied TB mortality and living conditions in Bern between 1856 and 1950. METHODS: We anal
Histological assessment of hard and soft tissues surrounding a novel ceramic implant: a pilot study in the minipig (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate clinical and soft/hard tissues histomorphological outcomes of a ceramic implant comparatively to a titanium implant in a minipig model. MATERIAL & METHODS: Eighteen soft tiss
Evolution of the national schistosomiasis control programmes in the People's Republic of China (Publications)
Schistosomiasis japonica is caused by the parasitic trematode Schistosoma japonicum. It is endemic in The People's Republic of China and has significant impact on human health and socioeconomic develo