Towards improved health service quality in Tanzania: appropriateness of an electronic tool to assess quality of primary healthcare (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Progress in health service quality is vital to reach the target of Universal Health Coverage. However, in order to improve quality, it must be measured, and the assessment results must be
A survey on exposure-response relationships for road, rail, and aircraft noise annoyance: differences between continuous and intermittent noise (Publications)
The aim of the present study is to establish exposure-response relationships reflecting the percentage highly annoyed (%HA) as functions of road traffic, railway, and aircraft noise exposure, measured
Potential factors influencing lymphatic filariasis transmission in “hotspot” and “control” areas in Ghana: the importance of vectors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) programmes for the control of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana, have been ongoing in some endemic districts for 16 years. The current study aimed to assess fact
Association of long-term exposure to traffic-related PM10 with heart rate variability and heart rate dynamics in healthy subjects (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence on the influence of long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate matter (TPM10) on heart rate variability (HRV) is weak. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the associatio
Current use and costs of electronic health records for clinical trial research: a descriptive study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Electronic health records (EHRs) may support randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We aimed to describe the current use and costs of EHRs in RCTs, with a focus on recruitment and outcome as
Diagnoses made in an emergency department in rural sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Information on diagnoses made in emergency departments situated in rural sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. The aim was: to evaluate the frequency of different diagnoses made in a new emergency
Lifetime economic impact of the burden of childhood stunting attributable to maternal psychosocial risk factors in 137 low/middle-income countries (Publications)
Introduction: The first 1000 days of life is a period of great potential and vulnerability. In particular, physical growth of children can be affected by the lack of access to basic needs as well as p
Safety and efficacy of C-reactive protein-guided antibiotic use to treat acute respiratory infections in Tanzanian children: a planned subgroup... (Publications)
Background: Antibiotic overuse in pediatric primary care in resource-limited settings is driven by respiratory infections. The safety and efficacy of using C-reactive protein (CRP) to decide on antibi
