Anderswo altern (Publications)
Die Lebensumstände und der Stellenwert alter Menschen sind im globalen Süden drastisch anders als in der Schweiz. Die Vorstellung, in Südostasien etwa sei ein liebevoller Umgang mit Pflegebedürftigen
Vieillir ailleurs (Publications)
Les conditions de vie et l’importance des personnes âgées sont radicalement différentes dans les pays du Sud par rapport à la Suisse. L’idée qu’en Asie du Sud-Est, par exemple, une approche aimante en
Adherence to standard treatment guidelines among prescribers in primary healthcare facilities in the Dodoma region of Tanzania (Publications)
Background: Tanzania's primary healthcare system suffers from a scarcity of financial and human resources that impedes its effectiveness to deliver dependable and uniform quality healthcare. Adherence
A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma and belongs to the neglected tropical diseases. The disease has been reported in 78 countries, wit
Abundance of <em>Opisthorchis felineus </em>metacercariae in cyprinid fish in the middle Ob river basin (Tomsk region, Russia) (Publications)
Infection with the liver fluke, Opisthorchis felineus, caused by the consumption of infected raw or undercooked cyprinid fish is common in humans and carnivores in the middle Ob River basin (Tomsk reg
Relation between organophosphate pesticide metabolite concentrations with pesticide exposures, socio-economic factors and lifestyles: a... (Publications)
Evidence on the relationship between lifestyle, socio-economic factors and pesticide exposure and urinary concentrations of organophosphate (OP) pesticide metabolites among children is generally incom
How does it affect service delivery under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana? Health providers and insurance managers perspective on... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: In 2003, the Government of Ghana launched the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to enable all Ghanaian residents to have access to health services at the point of care without fina
The cell surface protein MUL_3720 confers binding of the skin pathogen <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> to sulfated glycans and keratin (Publications)
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the chronic, necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer. Modes of transmission and molecular mechanisms involved in the establishment of M. ulcerans infecti