Publications

Providing a clear link between the epidemic evolution in time, place and person allows specific targeting of interventions to support prevention, reduction and eradication of transmission to at risk groups. The combination of the improved utilization of social science to inform programming, needs to be a two-way dialogue, where epidemiological data is used to target and tailor SBC.

IN 2007, AT THE REQUEST of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted an external…

Cohort studies in Bangladesh showed promising cure rates among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis who received existing drugs in regimens shorter than that recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2011.

Marc G. Jaffe (Vital Strategies), MDGrace A. Lee, MD; Joseph D. Young, MD; Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH; Alan S. Go,MD…

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Reviewing all relevant studies, the geometric means of Mexican BLLs in urban and rural areas were found to be 8.85 and 22.24 ug/dL, respectively.

Using a global database of contaminated sites, toxic hotspots in eight former Soviet countries were analyzed to identify the prevalence, types and sources of…