Malaria in Angola: recent progress, challenges and future opportunities using parasite demography studies (Publications)
Over the past two decades, a considerable expansion of malaria interventions has occurred at the national level in Angola, together with cross-border initiatives and regional efforts in southern Afric
Factors associated with health-related quality of life among home-dwelling older adults aged 75 or older in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: HRQoL is an indicator of individuals' perception of their overall health, including social and environmental aspects. As a multidimensional concept, HRQoL can be influenced by a multitude
Depression trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic in the high-quality health care setting of Switzerland: the COVCO-Basel cohort (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: During the pandemic, Switzerland avoided stringent lockdowns and provided funds to stabilize the economy. To assess whether and in what subgroups the pandemic impacted on depressive sympto
Barriers, facilitators, and strategies to improve participation of a couple-based intervention to address women's antiretroviral therapy adherence in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Couple-based interventions (CBIs), despite strong efficacy in improving numerous HIV risk behaviors, are not widely available and have not been tested to improve women's antiretroviral the
Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Since 2004, malaria transmission on Bioko Island has declined significantly as a result of the scaling-up of control interventions. The aim of eliminating malaria from the Island remains e
Treatment-seeking for children with suspected severe malaria attending community health workers and primary health centres in Adamawa State, Nigeria (Publications)
The Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria project investigated the feasibility of introducing pre-referral rectal artesunate into existing community-based health services. In that study, t
Clonal expansion of artemisinin-resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in Uganda is associated with substandard treatment practices (Publications)
Background: The emergence of artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum in Africa has recently been documented in several studies. The inadequate use of artesunate monotherapies is suspected to be a driver o
