Addressing fragility through community-based health programmes: insights from two qualitative case study evaluations in South Sudan and Haiti (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Fragility can have a negative effect on health systems and people's health, and poses considerable challenges for actors implementing health programmes. However, how such programmes, in tu
DNA methylation in inflammatory pathways modifies the association between BMI and adult-onset non-atopic asthma (Publications)
A high body mass (BMI) index has repeatedly been associated with non-atopic asthma, but the biological mechanism linking obesity to asthma is still poorly understood. We aimed to test the hypothesis t
Indigenous <em>Plasmodium malariae</em> infection in an endemic population at the Thai-Myanmar border (Publications)
Plasmodium malariae is a neglected malaria parasite. It has wide geographic distribution and, although often associated with mild malaria, is linked to a high burden of anemia and nephrotic syndromes.
A One Health research framework for animal-assisted interventions (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The integration of animals into healthcare, referred to as animal-assisted intervention, is a rapidly growing research field and was previously related to One Health. However, the assessme
A comprehensive framework for physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling in Matlab® (Publications)
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models are useful tools to predict clinical scenarios for special populations for whom there are high hurdles to conduct clinical trials such as children o
Reaching for the low hanging fruits: One health benefits of joint crop-livestock services for small-scale farmers (Publications)
The benefits of joint health service delivery remain under-explored in One Health. Plant clinics are known to provide ad hoc, undocumented advice on animal health and production to farmers. To underst
Health effects of ultrafine particles: a systematic literature review update of epidemiological evidence (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Due to their small size, ultrafine particles (UFP) are believed to exert higher toxicity than larger particles. As numerous studies on health effects of UFP have been published since the l
Laboratory findings, compassionate use of favipiravir, and outcome in patients with Ebola virus disease, Guinea, 2015 - a retrospective observational... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2015, the laboratory at the Ebola treatment center in Coyah, Guinea, confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) in 286 patients. Cycle threshold (Ct) in the Ebola virus RT-PCR and 13 blood che
Global fund financing to the 34 malaria-eliminating countries under the new funding model 2014-2017: an analysis of national allocations and regional... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) has been the largest financial supporter of malaria since 2002. In 2011, the GFATM transitioned to a new funding model (NFM
