A5012712050- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Malaria Research and Control
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Water resources management and optimization
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Helminth infection and control
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2012-2024
The Kids Research Institute Australia
2024
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
2024
Perth Children's Hospital
2024
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
2010-2024
Clinton Health Access Initiative
2024
University of Liberia
2024
University of London
2010-2023
Background The eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic Congo have been identified as endemic areas for cholera transmission, and despite continuous control efforts, they continue to experience regular outbreaks that occasionally spread rest country. In a region where access improved water sources is particularly poor, question which improvements in should be prioritized address transmission remains unresolved. This study aimed at investigating temporal association between supply...
Abstract Africa’s Lake Tanganyika basin is a cholera hotspot. During 2001–2020, Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates obtained from the Democratic Republic of Congo side lake belonged to 2 5 clades AFR10 sublineage. One clade became predominant after acquiring parC mutation that decreased susceptibility ciprofloxacin.
Dicrocoelium dendriticum is the causative agent of a rare food-borne zoonosis human biliary tract, dicrocoeliasis, for which few prevalence data are available. Infection occurs through ingestion ants containing metacercariae, whereas pseudo-infections (presence D. eggs in stool absence adult worms) due to consumption infected animal liver. Here, results from cross-sectional survey carried out among 138 children aged 2-15 yr peri-urban area Kyrgyzstan reported. Each child provided 1 sample...
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions can interrupt diarrhoeal disease transmission reduce the burden of morbidity mortality associated with faecal-oral infections. We know that rapid response effective WASH infrastructure services prevent or lessen impact outbreaks exacerbate human suffering accompanying humanitarian crises. In this review summary, we present an overview current knowledge about what works to in emergency response. providing safe water, excreta disposal, basic...
Abstract Background Cholera remains a major global health challenge. Uvira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has had endemic cholera since 1970’s and been implicated as possible point origin for national outbreaks. A previous study among this population, reported case confirmation rate 40% by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) patients at Uvira Treatment Centre (CTC). This considers prevalence diversity 15 enteric pathogens suspected cases seeking treatment CTC. Methods We used Luminex...
Background Safely managed drinking water is critical to prevent diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera, but evidence on the effectiveness of piped supply in reducing these diseases low-income and complex emergency settings remains scarce. Methods We conducted a trial infrastructure improvements Uvira (DRC). Our primary objective was estimate relationship between composite index service quality monthly number suspected cholera cases admitted treatment facilities and, as secondary analysis,...
The importance of hands in the transmission soil transmitted helminths, especially Ascaris and Trichuris infections, is under-researched. This partly because absence a reliable method to quantify number eggs on hands. Therefore, aim this study was develop assess determine egg recovery rate method. Under laboratory conditions, were seeded with known eggs, air dried washed plastic bag retaining washing water, order rates for four different detergents (cationic [benzethonium chloride 0.1%...
Safely managed drinking water is critical to prevent diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera, but evidence on the effectiveness of piped supply in reducing these diseases low-income and complex emergency settings remains scarce. We conducted a trial infrastructure improvements Uvira (DRC). Our primary objective was estimate relationship between composite index service quality monthly number suspected cholera cases admitted treatment facilities and, as secondary analysis, confirmed by rapid...
Introduction Cholera is endemic in the Eastern provinces of Democratic Republic Congo since 1978, and Uvira South-Kivu has been reporting suspected cholera cases nearly every week for over a decade. The clinical case definition relatively non-specific, are rarely confirmed by laboratory methods, especially settings. This may lead to over-estimation limit effective public health responses. Methods results Between April 2016 November 2017, 69% 2,059 patients admitted Treatment Centre (CTC)...
Abstract Despite significant progress in improving access to safe water globally, inadequate remains a major public health concern low- and middle-income countries. We collected data on the bacterial quality of stored drinking quantity used domestically from 416 households Uvira, Democratic Republic Congo. An indicator tap availability was constructed using invoices 3685 georeferenced piped connections. examined how well this predicts probability that household’s is contaminated with...
Testing and treating symptomatic malaria cases is crucial for case management, but it may also prevent future illness by reducing mean infection duration. Measuring the impact of effective treatment on burden transmission via field studies or routine surveillance systems difficult potentially unethical. This project uses mathematical modeling to explore how increasing impacts prevalence incidence.
Large-scale investments in water supply infrastructure will be required to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. Safely managed services are also a central element of global strategies prevent cholera and diarrhoeal diseases. However, evidence remains scarce on how efficiently improve piped the complex settings that bear high disease burdens where most needed. We conducted process evaluation large-scale improvement programme town Uvira, an endemic hotspot South Kivu, Democratic...
Diarrhoeal disease remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Cholera alone is estimated to 95,000 deaths per year, most which occur in endemic settings with inadequate water access. Whilst global strategy eliminate cholera by 2030 calls for investment improved drinking services, there limited rigorous evidence the impact supply on transmission low-income urban settings. Our protocol designed deliver pragmatic health evaluation large-scale intervention Uvira (Democratic...
Journal Article Transmission of helminth eggs through hands in a high-risk community Get access Francesca Gulliver, Gulliver aEnvironmental Health Group, Faculty Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School Hygiene Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Aurelie Jeandron, Jeandron Viet Anh Nguyen, Nguyen bHanoi University Civil Engineering, 55 Giai Phong Road, Hanoi, Vietnam Hong Do, Do Jeroen H. J....
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background</bold> Testing and treating symptomatic malaria cases is crucial for case management, but it may also prevent future illness by reducing mean infection duration. Measuring the impact of effective treatment on burden transmission via field studies or routine surveillance systems difficult potentially unethical. This project uses mathematical modeling to explore how increasing impacts prevalence incidence.<bold>Methods</bold> Leveraging OpenMalaria...
Major investments in water supply infrastructure will be required to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. Safely managed services are also central global cholera and diarrhoeal diseases prevention strategies. However, evidence remains scarce on how efficiently improve piped complex settings where most needed. We conducted a process evaluation of large-scale improvement programme Uvira, Democratic Republic the Congo, parallel pragmatic trial. Considering three domains–context,...
Abstract Introduction. Diarrhoeal disease remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Cholera alone is estimated to 95,000 deaths per year, most which occur in endemic settings with inadequate water access. Whilst global strategy eliminate cholera by 2030 calls for investment improved drinking services, there limited rigorous evidence the impact supply on transmission low-income urban settings. Our protocol designed deliver pragmatic health evaluation large-scale...