selected publications
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academic article
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Assessment of the societal cost of Taenia solium in Angónia district, Mozambique.
BMC Infectious Diseases.
18.
2018
Caregivers’ compliance with referral advice: evidence from two studies introducing mRDTs into community case management of malaria in Uganda.
BMC Health Services Research.
18.
2018
Comparison of the Impact of Different Mass Drug Administration Strategies on Infection with Schistosoma mansoni in Mwanza Region, Tanzania-A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial..
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
99.
2018
Molecular Markers of Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance in Parasitemic Pregnant Women in the Middle Forest Belt of Ghana..
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
98.
2018
Supporting capacity for research on malaria in Africa.
BMJ Global Health.
3.
2018
Treatment practices of households and antibiotic dispensing in medicine outlets in developing countries: The case of Ghana.
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
14.
2018
Are we ready for Taenia solium cysticercosis elimination in sub-Saharan Africa?.
Parasitology.
144.
2017
Comparison of the capacity between public and private health facilities to manage under-five children with febrile illnesses in Uganda.
Malaria Journal.
16.
2017
Control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: The best way forward for sub-Saharan Africa?.
Acta Tropica.
165.
2017
Cost-effectiveness analysis of introducing malaria diagnostic testing in drug shops: A cluster-randomised trial in Uganda.
PLoS ONE.
12.
2017
Cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria rapid diagnostic tests for appropriate treatment of malaria at the community level in Uganda.
Health Policy and Planning.
32.
2017
Cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria rapid diagnostic tests for appropriate treatment of malaria at the community level in Uganda..
Health Policy and Planning.
32.
2017
Defining Persistent Hotspots: Areas That Fail to Decrease Meaningfully in Prevalence after Multiple Years of Mass Drug Administration with Praziquantel for Control of Schistosomiasis..
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
97.
2017
Dihydroartemisinin‐piperaquine versus artesunate‐amodiaquine for treatment of malaria infection in pregnancy in Ghana: an open‐label, randomised, non‐inferiority trial.
Tropical Medicine and International Health.
22.
2017
Effect of repeated mass drug administration with praziquantel and track and treat of taeniosis cases on the prevalence of taeniosis in Taenia solium endemic rural communities of Tanzania.
Acta Tropica.
165.
2017
Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe.
Parasites & Vectors.
10.
2017
Impact of introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on antibiotic prescribing: analysis of observational and randomised studies in public and private healthcare settings.
The BMJ.
356.
2017
Improving prescribing practices with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs): synthesis of 10 studies to explore reasons for variation in malaria RDT uptake and adherence.
BMJ Open.
7.
2017
Introducing rapid tests for malaria into the retail sector: what are the unintended consequences?.
BMJ Global Health.
2.
2017
Neurocysticercosis in a rural population with extensive pig production in Angónia district, Tete Province, Mozambique.
Acta Tropica.
165.
2017
POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF ADULT POPULATIONS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTIONS IN THE SIAVONGA AND MAZABUKA DISTRICTS OF ZAMBIA.
Journal of Biosocial Science.
49.
2017
Protocol and baseline data for a multi-year cohort study of the effects of different mass drug treatment approaches on functional morbidities from schistosomiasis in four African countries.
BMC Infectious Diseases.
17.
2017
Randomised controlled trial of two sequential artemisinin-based combination therapy regimens to treat uncomplicated falciparum malaria in African children: a protocol to investigate safety, efficacy and adherence.
BMJ Global Health.
2.
2017
Rapid clearance of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigen after treatment shown by urine strip tests in a Ugandan fishing community – Relevance for monitoring treatment efficacy and re-infection.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
11.
2017
Referral of children seeking care at private health facilities in Uganda.
Malaria Journal.
16.
2017
The Impact of Introducing Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests on Fever Case Management: A Synthesis of Ten Studies from the ACT Consortium..
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
97.
2017
A retrospective audit of antibiotic prescriptions in primary health-care facilities in Eastern Region, Ghana.
Health Policy and Planning.
31.
2016
Appropriate targeting of artemisinin‐based combination therapy by community health workers using malaria rapid diagnostic tests: findings from randomized trials in two contrasting areas of high and low malaria transmission in south‐western Uganda.
Tropical Medicine and International Health.
21.
2016
Assessing the potential of rural and urban private facilities in implementing child health interventions in Mukono district, central Uganda–a cross sectional study.
BMC Health Services Research.
16.
2016
Community health workers adherence to referral guidelines: evidence from studies introducing RDTs in two malaria transmission settings in Uganda.
Malaria Journal.
15.
2016
Cost effectiveness of intermittent screening followed by treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy in West Africa: analysis and modelling of results from a non-inferiority trial.
Malaria Journal.
15.
2016
CystiSim – An Agent-Based Model for Taenia solium Transmission and Control.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
10.
2016
Effect of National Schistosomiasis Control Programme on Taenia solium taeniosis and porcine cysticercosis in rural communities of Tanzania.
Parasite Epidemiology and Control.
1.
2016
Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies.
Health Systems & Reform.
2.
2016
Gaining and sustaining schistosomiasis control: study protocol and baseline data prior to different treatment strategies in five African countries.
BMC Infectious Diseases.
16.
2016
Impact of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance on Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Malaria in Pregnancy at Clearing Infections and Preventing Low Birth Weight.
Clinical Infectious Diseases.
62.
2016
Impact of combined intermittent preventive treatment of malaria and helminths on anaemia, sustained attention, and recall in Northern Ghanaian schoolchildren.
Global Health Action.
9.
2016
Infection with Schistosoma mansoni has an Effect on Quality of Life, but not on Physical Fitness in Schoolchildren in Mwanza Region, North-Western Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
10.
2016
Non-falciparum malaria infections in pregnant women in West Africa.
Malaria Journal.
15.
2016
Prescription for antibiotics at drug shops and strategies to improve quality of care and patient safety: a cross-sectional survey in the private sector in Uganda.
BMJ Open.
6.
2016
Referral Patterns of Community Health Workers Diagnosing and Treating Malaria: Cluster-Randomized Trials in Two Areas of High- and Low-Malaria Transmission in Southwestern Uganda..
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
95.
2016
The Performance of a Rapid Diagnostic Test in Detecting Malaria Infection in Pregnant Women and the Impact of Missed Infections.
Clinical Infectious Diseases.
62.
2016
Treatment and prevention of malaria in pregnancy in the private health sector in Uganda: implications for patient safety.
Malaria Journal.
15.
2016
A Cluster Randomised Trial Introducing Rapid Diagnostic Tests into Registered Drug Shops in Uganda: Impact on Appropriate Treatment of Malaria.
PLoS ONE.
10.
2015
A Non-Inferiority, Individually Randomized Trial of Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment in the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy.
PLoS ONE.
10.
2015
Feedstuff and poor latrines may put pigs at risk of cysticercosis — A case-control study.
Veterinary Parasitology.
214.
2015
Health Facility Utilisation Changes during the Introduction of Community Case Management of Malaria in South Western Uganda: An Interrupted Time Series Approach.
PLoS ONE.
10.
2015
Introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into registered drug shops in Uganda: lessons learned and policy implications.
Malaria Journal.
14.
2015
Predictors of body composition changes during tuberculosis treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
69.
2015
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Resistance Markers to Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine among Pregnant Women Receiving Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Uganda.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
59.
2015
RE-ASSESSING COMMUNITY-DIRECTED TREATMENT: EVIDENCE FROM MAZABUKA DISTRICT, ZAMBIA.
Journal of Biosocial Science.
47.
2015
Schistosoma mansoni Infection Along the Coast of Lake Victoria in Mwanza Region, Tanzania.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
92.
2015
Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa.
Parasites & Vectors.
8.
2015
The impact of anthelmintic treatment intervention on malaria infection and anaemia in school and preschool children in Magu district, Tanzania: an open label randomised intervention trial.
BMC Infectious Diseases.
15.
2015
‘It puts life in us and we feel big’: shifts in the local health care system during the introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into drug shops in Uganda.
Critical Public Health.
25.
2015
Feasibility, safety and effectiveness of combining home based malaria management and seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children less than 10 years in Senegal: a cluster-randomised trial..
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
108.
2014
Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) eradication: update on progress and endgame challenges.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
108.
2014
Health facility-based data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Tanzania: lessons to learn from a cross-sectional survey in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts and other national survey reports.
Reproductive Health.
11.
2014
Introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into drug shops in Uganda: design and implementation of a cluster randomized trial.
Trials.
15.
2014
Malaria and Helminth Co-Infections in School and Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Magu District, North-Western Tanzania.
PLoS ONE.
9.
2014
Parasite clearance following treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment in Burkina-Faso and Mali: 42-day in vivo follow-up study.
Malaria Journal.
13.
2014
Temporal fluctuations in the sero-prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs in Mbeya Region, Tanzania.
Parasites & Vectors.
7.
2014
The Vicious Worm: a computer-based Taenia solium education tool.
Trends in Parasitology.
30.
2014
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Additional file 3: Table S2. of Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe.
springer-nature.
2017
Additional file 4: Table S3. of Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe.
springer-nature.
2017
Change in CCA score units in response to treatment 24 hours after baseline and two weeks..
public-library-of-science.
2017
Comparison of CCA scores at +24hrs after baseline treatment vs. two weeks..
public-library-of-science.
2017
Costs and effects in a standard population of 1000 individuals suspected of malaria by study arm and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of replacing presumptive diagnosis by rapid diagnostic tests in drug shops in Mukono District, Uganda, 2011 (US$1 = UGX2523)..
public-library-of-science.
2017
Parameters utilised in decision model and distributions for probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA), incremental cost-effectiveness analysis of replacing presumptive diagnosis by rapid diagnostic tests in drug shops in Mukono District, Uganda, 2011 (US$1 = UGX2523)..
public-library-of-science.
2017
Rapid clearance of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigen after treatment shown by urine strip tests in a Ugandan fishing community – Relevance for monitoring treatment efficacy and re-infection.
public-library-of-science.
2017
S. mansoni prevalence (%) measured by urine strip CCA or KK for both treatment arms over time..
public-library-of-science.
2017
Sensitivity to selected parameters of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of replacing presumptive diagnosis by rapid diagnostic tests in drug shops in Mukono District, Uganda, 2011 (US$1 = UGX2523)..
public-library-of-science.
2017
Baseline characteristics of children included in survey..
public-library-of-science.
2016
Baseline survey private sector Feb 27 2016.
dryad.
2016
CystiSim – An Agent-Based Model for Taenia solium Transmission and Control.
public-library-of-science.
2016
Duration of months until elimination of Taenia solium in human and porcine hosts was achieved in Mbeya district by simulation in cystiSim..
public-library-of-science.
2016
Infection with Schistosoma mansoni has an Effect on Quality of Life, but not on Physical Fitness in Schoolchildren in Mwanza Region, North-Western Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study.
public-library-of-science.
2016
Mean physical fitness measured as VO2 max of the shuttle run test and quality of life measured as physical, emotional, social, school and total PedsQL (measured on a 1–100 scale) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) by S. mansoni infection..
public-library-of-science.
2016
Overview of the different scenarios simulated with cystiSim using the interventions: mass drug administration (MDA) to humans, anthelmintic treatment of pigs (ANT), and vaccination of pigs (VAC)..
public-library-of-science.
2016
Regression coefficients (B), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and corresponding P values of variables found to be significant predictors of emotional PedsQL (measured on a 1–100 scale) in children ages 7–8 years in a multivariable linear regression model..
public-library-of-science.
2016
Regression coefficients (B), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and corresponding P values of variables found to be significant predictors of fitness measured as VO2 max (mL/kg/min) in children ages 7–8 years in a multivariable linear regression model..
public-library-of-science.
2016
A Cluster Randomised Trial Introducing Rapid Diagnostic Tests into Registered Drug Shops in Uganda: Impact on Appropriate Treatment of Malaria.
public-library-of-science.
2015
A Non-Inferiority, Individually Randomized Trial of Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment in the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy.
public-library-of-science.
2015
Adverse birth outcomes and deaths..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Baseline characteristics of the study participants..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Characteristics and diagnoses made of children attending all three health centres..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Characteristics of drug shop staff and prescription practice at baseline by study arm1..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Diagnosis and treatment of malaria at registered drug shops: Effect of mRDTs on ACT treatments prescribed by drug shop vendors..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Patient satisfaction (N = 506)..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Percentage change in health centre visits for malaria, non-malaria visits and overall visits over time unadjusted and adjusted results..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Prevalence of placental malaria by study group..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Risk of low birth weight and anemia by intervention group..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Sensitivity and specificity of rapid diagnostic test (mRDT)..
public-library-of-science.
2015
The structure of the Uganda National Health system in Bwambara Sub-county..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Twelve month intervention-period analysis and analysis by each health centre..
public-library-of-science.
2015
Overall prevalence (n = 1546) and infection intensities (expressed as geometric mean parasite count of positive samples) of parasitic infections in school and pre-school children in Magu district, Tanzania..
public-library-of-science.
2014
Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showing important predictors of anaemia with adjusted odds ratios and p-values (N = 1546)..
public-library-of-science.
2014
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Checklist S1 - A Very High Infection Intensity of Schistosoma mansoni in a Ugandan Lake Victoria Fishing Community Is Required for Association with Highly Prevalent Organ Related Morbidity.
public-library-of-science.
2013
S. mansoni infection intensity by growth indicators..
public-library-of-science.
2013
S. mansoni infection intensity by sex and age..
public-library-of-science.
2013
S. mansoni infection intensity by water contact and duration of stay in the village..
public-library-of-science.
2013
A Very High Infection Intensity of Schistosoma mansoni in a Ugandan Lake Victoria Fishing Community Is Required for Association with Highly Prevalent Organ Related Morbidity.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
2013
A new strategy and its effect on adherence to intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Uganda.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
2013
Acceptability by community health workers in Senegal of combining community case management of malaria and seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
Malaria Journal.
2013
Associations Between Maternal Helminth and Malaria Infections in Pregnancy and Clinical Malaria in the Offspring: A Birth Cohort in Entebbe, Uganda.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
2013
Comparative efficacy of one versus two doses of praziquantel on cure rate of Schistosoma mansoni infection and re-infection in Mayuge District, Uganda..
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
2013
Factors Perceived by Caretakers as Barriers to Health Care for Under-Five Children in Mazabuka District, Zambia.
ISRN Tropical Medicine.
2013
Feasibility and coverage of implementing intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnant women contacting private or public clinics in Tanzania: experience-based viewpoints of health managers in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts.
BMC Health Services Research.
2013
Parasitic Infections among Children under Five Years in Senegal: Prevalence and Effect on Anaemia and Nutritional Status.
International Scholarly Research Notices.
2013
Prescription patterns and drug use among pregnant women with febrile Illnesses in Uganda: a survey in out-patient clinics.
BMC Infectious Diseases.
2013
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TREATMENT AGAINST SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AGED 12–59 MONTHS USING THE HEALTH FACILITY APPROACH ALONE OR COMBINED WITH A COMMUNITY-DIRECTED APPROACH IN A RURAL AREA OF ZAMBIA.
Journal of Biosocial Science.
2013
Sex, Smoking, and Socioeconomic Status Are Associated with Body Composition among Tuberculosis Patients in a Deuterium Dilution Cross-Sectional Study in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Journal of Nutrition.
2013
Translating health research evidence into policy and practice in Uganda.
Malaria Journal.
2013
Treatment of fevers prior to introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in registered drug shops in Uganda.
Malaria Journal.
2013
Willingness-to-pay for a rapid malaria diagnostic test and artemisinin-based combination therapy from private drug shops in Mukono district, Uganda.
Health Policy and Planning.
2013
Schistosomiasis
2011