Decreasing incidence of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in people with HIV in South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The main risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva (SCCC) are immunodeficiency and exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Little is known about the SCCC epidemiology among pe
Sexual and reproductive health services use among adolescents in pastoralist settings, northeastern Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Adolescents have special sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and are susceptible to poor health outcomes. The global burden of ill sexual health includes a significant proportion o
Socioeconomic inequalities in cervical precancer screening among women in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe: analysis of... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: We examined age, residence, education and wealth inequalities and their combinations on cervical precancer screening probabilities for women. We hypothesised that inequalities in screening
Residential greenspace and lung function decline over 20 years in a prospective cohort: the ECRHS study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The few studies that have examined associations between greenspace and lung function in adulthood have yielded conflicting results and none have examined whether the rate of lung function
Outdoor air pollution exposure and cognitive performance: findings from the enrolment phase of the CONSTANCES cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Air pollution exposure is one of the modifiable risk factors of cognitive decline. We aimed to test the association between exposure to several outdoor air pollutants and domain-specific c
Bedeutung der Gesetzgebung zur Luftreinhaltung in der Prävention umweltbedingter Erkrankungen (Publications)
Air pollution, for example from particulate matter, nitrogen oxides or ozone, is harmful to health. Short-term increases in air pollution can lead to exacerbation of existing lung diseases. Long-term
Species composition and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Ellibou, southern Côte d’Ivoire and first finding of <em>Anopheles... (Publications)
Background Knowing the species composition and insecticide resistance status of the target vector population is important to guide malaria vector control. The aim of this study was to characterize the