Diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria are the largest contributors to childhood mortality in sub-
Saharan Africa. While supply side efforts to deliver effective and affordable interventions are …

Background As the disease burden in the Gambia has reduced considerably over the last
decade, heterogeneity in malaria transmission has become more marked, with infected but …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a critical global health problem. The World Health
Organization (WHO) has recently developed a global elimination strategy for HBV infection …

Introduction Musculoskeletal disorders, experienced as joint pain, are a significant global
health problem, but little is known about how joint pain is categorised and understood in …

We examine how southwestern Burkina Faso populations interpret political ecological and
social change for the past 40 years to assert a changing epidemiology of childhood “cold …

Gaining informed consent among marginalized groups that include decisionally
incapacitated individuals and those outside of the researcher's own geo-social and ethnic …

This thesis examines the impacts of a protected natural area (Makuya park) on residents of
Musunda village in Limpopo, South Africa. The creation of protected natural areas entails …

Background To adapt communications concerning vaccine prevention, we studied
knowledge, beliefs and practices around meningitis risk and prevention in a young adult …

Language affects our perception and judgement for making decisions. In this thesis I am
interested in how cognitive categories that are shaped by language and personal …

Na presente dissertação reflito sobre percepções sobre o corpo e Malária a partir de
vivências do Bairro da Munhuana, passou a ser campo de análise do cruzamento do corpo …