A5091816051- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Malaria Research and Control
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Health Care Issues
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Community Health and Development
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
2016-2025
University of Basel
2015-2024
The University of Dodoma
2023
Vital Strategies
2021-2022
Bloomberg Philanthropies
2021
The University of Melbourne
2017-2018
Public Health Department
2018
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
2012
World Health Organization
1995-2012
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1995-2012
SUMMARY In May 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution which urged member states to attain, by 2010, minimum target of regularly administering anthelminthic drugs at least 75% and up 100% all school-aged children risk morbidity. The refined global strategy for prevention control schistosomiasis soil-transmitted helminthiasis was issued in following year large-scale administration endorsed as central feature. This has subsequently been termed ‘preventive chemotherapy’....
Abstract Although industrialized countries have been able to contain recent outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, many resource-limited and transitioning not react adequately. The key for controlling zoonoses such as rabies, echinococcosis, brucellosis is focus on the animal reservoir. In this respect, ministries health question whether public sector really benefits from interventions livestock. Cross-sectoral assessments mass vaccination in Mongolia or dogs rabies Chad consider human sectors a...
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) has been adopted by over 80 countries as a strategy for reducing child mortality and improving health development. It includes complementary interventions designed to address the major causes at community, facility, system levels. The Multi-Country Evaluation IMCI Effectiveness, Cost Impact (IMCI-MCE) is global evaluation determine impact on outcomes its cost-effectiveness. MCE coordinated Department Child Adolescent Health Development World...
Knowledge brokering is a promising strategy to close the "know-do gap" and foster greater use of research findings evidence in policy-making. It focuses on organizing interactive process between producers users knowledge so that they can co-produce feasible research-informed policy options. We describe recent successful experience with this novel approach Netherlands discuss requirements for effective institutionalization brokering. also potential assist health development low-income...
SUMMARY Planning of the control Plasmodium falciparum malaria leads to a need for models epidemiology that provide realistic quantitative prediction likely epidemiological outcomes wide range strategies. Predictions effects often ignore medium- and long-term dynamics. The complexities life-cycle, within-host dynamics, limit applicability conventional deterministic models. We use individual-based stochastic simulations predict impacts interventions on infection, morbidity, mortality, health...
Millions of dollars are invested annually under the umbrella national health systems strengthening. Global initiatives provide funding for low- and middle-income countries through disease-oriented programmes while maintaining that interventions simultaneously strengthen systems. However, it is as yet unclear which, to what extent, system-level being funded by these initiatives, nor clear how much they allocate disease-specific activities - conventional 'vertical-programming' approach. Such...
Scale-up of malaria preventive and control interventions over the last decade resulted in substantial declines mortality morbidity from disease sub-Saharan Africa many other parts world. Sustaining these gains will depend on health system performance. Treatment provides individual benefits by curing infection preventing progression to severe as well community-level reducing infectious reservoir averting emergence spread drug resistance. However patients with do not access care, providers...
As countries strive to strengthen their health systems in resource constrained contexts, policy makers need know how best improve the performance of systems. To aid these decisions, system stewards should have a good understanding operate order govern them appropriately. While number frameworks for assessing governance sector been proposed, application is often hindered by unrealistic indicators or they are overly complex resulting limited empirical work on This paper reviews contemporary...
ObjectiveVerbal autopsy (VA) is a systematic approach for determining causes of death (CoD) in populations without routine medical certification. It has mainly been used research contexts and involved relatively lengthy interviews. Our objective here to describe the process shorten, simplify, standardise VA make it feasible application on larger scale such as civil registration vital statistics (CRVS) systems.MethodsA literature review existing instruments was undertaken. The World Health...
The complex and evolving picture of COVID-19-related mortality highlights the need for data to guide response. Yet many countries are struggling maintain their systems, including civil registration system, which is foundation detailed continuously available statistics. We conducted a search country development agency Web sites partner media reports describing disruptions births deaths associated with COVID-19 related restrictions.We found considerable intercountry variation grouped according...
Once malaria occurs, deaths can be prevented by prompt treatment with relatively affordable and efficacious drugs. Yet this goal is elusive in Africa. The paradox of a continuing but easily preventable cause high mortality raises important questions for policy makers concerning care-seeking access to health systems. Although patterns during uncomplicated episodes are well known, studies cases fatal rare. Care-seeking behaviours may differ between these groups. This study documents events 320...