Monitoring ESBL-<em>Escherichia coli</em> in Swiss wastewater between November 2021 and November 2022: insights into population carriage (Publications)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global health threat, causing millions of deaths annually, with expectations of increased impact in the future. Wastewater surveillance offers a cost-effective,
Health impact and cost-effectiveness of expanding routine immunization coverage in India through Intensified Mission Indradhanush (Publications)
Many children do not receive a full schedule of childhood vaccines, yet there is limited evidence on the cost-effectiveness of strategies for improving vaccination coverage. Evidence is even scarcer o
A critical evaluation of parametric models for predicting faecal indicator bacteria concentrations in greywater (Publications)
Greywater reuse is a strategy to address water scarcity, necessitating the selection of treatment processes that balance cost-efficiency and human health risks. A key aspect in evaluating these risks
Estimating prevalence and infection intensity of soil-transmitted helminths using quantitative polymerase chain reaction and kato-katz in school-age... (Publications)
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is gaining recognition in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) diagnostics, especially for Strongyloides stercoralis and differentiating hookworm species. Howe
Modelling Europe-wide fine resolution daily ambient temperature for 2003-2020 using machine learning (Publications)
To improve our understanding of the health impacts of high and low temperatures, epidemiological studies require spatiotemporally resolved ambient temperature (Ta) surfaces. Exposure assessment over v
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (Publications)
BACKGROUND: WHO, as requested by its member states, launched the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in 1974 to make life-saving vaccines available to all globally. To mark the 50-year anniversar
Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: During the last two decades, Caesarean section rates (C-sections), overweight and obesity rates increased in rural Peru. We examined the association between pre-pregnancy body mass index (
Barriers and facilitators to health insurance enrolment among people working in the informal sector in Morogoro, Tanzania (Publications)
Background: Health insurance is a crucial pathway towards the achievement of universal health coverage. In Tanzania, health-financing reforms are underway to speed up universal health coverage in the