Assessing the utility of low resolution brain imaging: treatment of infant hydrocephalus

As low-field MRI technology is being disseminated into clinical settings around the world, it is important to assess the image quality required to properly diagnose and treat a given disease …

Essays in Development, Behavioral, and Health Economics

This dissertation combines three empirical studies aimed at addressing one of the developing worldâs leading causes of death â exposure to household air pollution from using biomass as a cooking …

Essays in development, behavioral, and health economics

This dissertation combines three empirical studies aimed at addressing one of the developing world's leading causes of death â exposure to household air pollution from using biomass as a cooking …

How Valuable Are Clinical Neuropsychological Assessments? A Meta-analysis of Neuropsychological Tests with Comparison to Common Medical Tests and Treatments

There has been a general decrease in neuropsychological assessments at a time when medical diagnostic technology and treatments have expanded, leading to a faulty assumption that medical tests and healthcare …

Diagnosis and management of antiretroviral-therapy failure in resource-limited settings in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and perspectives

Despite the enormous progress made in scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa, many challenges remain, not least of which are the identification and management of patients who have …

The HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic--when will we act?

The article looks at the global prevalence of HIV-associated tuberculosis, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors call for more aggressive means to diagnose and treat HIV infection and propose urgent …

Girls & Sanitation

T R A INING& DA T A C O L LECT I O N:Justin Ocen provided maternity cover for Harriet this year, and will continue tosupport the programme going into …

Malaria in pregnancy shapes the development of foetal and infant immunity

Summary: Malaria, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, continues to disproportionately affect pregnant women. In addition to the profoundly deleterious impact of maternal malaria on the health of the mother and foetus, malaria …

Global Health, Covid-19 and the State in East Africa*

Minimally Invasive Surgery to the Aortic Arch - Endovascular Repair combined with Ebranching: 4 Case Reports

Traditional repair of aortic arch aneurysms requires cardiopulmonary bypass and a period of profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest - allowing detachment of the head vessels off the aneurysm; and their …