Epidemiological and health systems implications of evolving HIV and hypertension in South Africa and Kenya (Publications)
Health systems in sub-Saharan Africa are facing an ongoing HIV epidemic and increasing burden of noncommunicable disease. With the focus shifting to the development of comprehensive primary health car
Identification of 2,4-disubstituted imidazopyridines as hemozoin formation inhibitors with fast-killing kinetics and <em>in vivo</em> efficacy in the... (Publications)
A series of 2,4-disubstituted imidazopyridines, originating from a SoftFocus Kinase library, was identified from a high throughput phenotypic screen against the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falci
Pyridine-4(1<em>H</em>)-one alkaloids from <em>Waltheria indica</em> as antitrypanosomatid agents (Publications)
Twelve new pyridine-4(1H)-one derivatives, namely, 8-demethoxywaltherione F (1), waltheriones R-V (2, 6, 7, 10, and 11), 1-methoxywaltherione O (3), (S)-15-hydroxywaltherione G (4), (8R)-8-hydroxywalt
A network analysis of patient referrals in two district health systems in Tanzania (Publications)
Patient referral systems are fragile and overlooked components of the health system in Tanzania. Our study aims at exploring patient referral networks in two rural districts in Tanzania, Kilolo and Ms
Inactivated trivalent influenza vaccination is associated with lower mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Brazil (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate associations between trivalent influenza vaccination and COVID-19 mortality as well as severe clinical outcomes among hospitalised patients. DESIGN: Retrospective observational
Hyperendemicity, heterogeneity and spatial overlap of leprosy and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the southern Amazon region of Brazil (Publications)
Neglected tropical diseases characterized by skin lesions are highly endemic in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. We analyzed the spatial distribution of leprosy and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) and i
A systematic literature review of microscopy methods reported in malaria clinical trials (Publications)
Microscopy of stained blood films is essential for the diagnosis of malaria, differentiation of parasite species, and estimation of parasite density performed for assessments of antimalarial drug effi
Digital antianxiety treatment and cognitive performance: an experimental study (Publications)
We study the impact of an innovative antianxiety digital treatment on performance in a cognitive demanding task using a randomized control trial design. We exogenously manipulate a cognitive bias asso