Our Publications
2026
Building a One Health mobile laboratory workforce: strengthening public health preparedness across Europe and Africa
- Melo AM, Becker-Ziaja B, Keller M, Sangale D, Puradiredja DI, Habermann T, Bönecke J, Tomazatos A, Peham JR, Michalek B, Aasamäe A, Duscher GG, Winkelmayer L, Framke D, Schranz MT, Gleißner D, Groschup M, Haghighi F, Slowikowski P, Schwabe K, Politi L, Mellou K, Flountzi A, Dimitriadou D, Spiliopoulou I, Spanakos G, Varela A, Libenaga R, Beda M, Mgimba E, Ugolole A, Rashidi J, Munga A, Kagaruki P, Motto S, Mwafulango A, Moremi N, Mkama P, May J, Affara M, Gehre F
- Hum Resour Health. 2026 Sep 3;24(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s12960-026-01097-5.
Do wealth, education, and urbanicity promote timely healthcare-seeking and diagnostic testing for febrile children? A meta-analysis of 16 national surveys in sub-Saharan Africa
- Wafula ST, Lorenz E, Musoke D, May J, Puradiredja DI, Lamshöft MM
- BMC Public Health (2026)
Implementation of good clinical practice in clinical research in the context of limited resources settings: Lessons learnt from the freeBILy trial using an embedded mixed methods approach
- Gunga L, Rausche P, Rakotoarivelo RA, Rasamoelina M, Solonirina J, Fesia E, Razafindrakoto R, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Radomanana M, Marchese V, Issa N, Kutz JM, Remkes A, Jager A, Puraduredja DI, van Dam G, Schwarz N, May J, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Fischer N, Fusco D; freeBILy consortium
- PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2026 Feb 9;20(2):e0013899. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013899. PMID: 41662376; PMCID: PMC12900435
2025
Evaluating the effects of a multisectoral dialogue-based COVID-19 awareness-raising intervention in a limited-resource setting: A quasi-experimental study in Senegal
- Irina Kislaya, Michelangelo Caserta, Sylvain Landry Birane Faye, Oumar Khassimou Dia, Georgette Helene Coumba Sow, Cheick Oumar Doumbia, Francesca De Vito, Delphine Bousso, Ricardo Strauss, Serigne Abdou Lakhat Ndiaye, Helene Agnes Diene, Edoardo Calizza, Malick Sarr, Jürgen May, Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja, Marco Inglessis, Daniela Fusco
- Vaccine,Volume 56,2025, 127168, ISSN 0264-410X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127168.
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub‑Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID‑19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach
- Pavoncello, V., Kislaya, I., Andrianarimanana, D.K. et al
- Implementation Sci 20, 2 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01412-5
2024
The mediating role of behavioural and socio-structural factors on the association between household wealth and childhood malaria in Ghana
- Habermann T, Wafula ST, May J, Lorenz E, Puradiredja DI.
- Malar J. 2024 Dec 13;23(1):370. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-05204-6. PMID: 39673072.
Socioeconomic disparities in Plasmodium falciparum infection risk in Southern Malawi: mediation analyses
- Wafula ST, Maiga-Ascofare O, Struck NS, Mathanga DP, Cohee LM, May J, Puradiredja DI, Lorenz E
- Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 8;14(1):27290. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-78512-1. PMID: 39516554; PMCID: PMC11549479
Variations in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy over time: a serial cross-sectional study in five West African countries
- Federico Di Meglio, Edouard Lhomme, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Alpha Mahmoud Barry, Seydou Doumbia, Sylvain Landry Faye, Abdul Karim Mbawah, Tani Sagna, Moctar Tounkara, Ricardo Strauss, Cheick Oumar Doumbia, Souleymane Diouf, Kadari Cissé, Jürgen May, Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja, Daniela Fusco
- BMJ Open 2024;14:e083766. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-083766
The GIBACHT fellowship: a multilateral initiative for strengthening capacity in biosafety and biosecurity towards pandemic preparedness
- Mertens E, Zimmermann M, Dywicki J, Lee M-H, Pelikan J, Bürkin BM, Rutebemberwa E and Hoffmann A
- Front. Public Health 12:1385579. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1385579
2022
Adapting teaching and learning in times of COVID-19: a comparative assessment among higher education institutions in a global health network in 2020
- Puradiredja DI, Kintu-Sempa L, Eyber C, Weigel R, Broucker B, Lindkvist M, Casamitjana N, Reynolds R, Klinkel HF, Matteelli A, Froeschl G.
- BMC Med Educ. 2022 Jun 28;22(1):507. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03568-4.
2021
Case studies on the management of public health events in Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East - the GIBACHT approach
- Mertens E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 17;40(Suppl 2):6. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.34149.
Cholera outbreak in Funpur, Winland
- Shah MN, Saleh E, Mertens E, Bellali H, Rutebemberwa E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):4. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30989.
Containment of a fatal and highly infectious disease outbreak
- Mwanje W, Mohammed MA, Gidimadjor E, Mertens E, Bürkin BM, Hoffmann A.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):2. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30897.
Emergence of a febrile illness of unknown causes among the population and visitors of Upper Egypt
- Ibrahim MM, Amir AH, Strauss R, Syed MA, Mertens E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):3. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30988.
Investigation of an outbreak caused by an unknown infectious pathogen in rural Zola
- Aku FY, Beisembekova D, Adebisi NA, Mertens E, Wende L, Marashi SM, Dywicki J.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):5. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30990.
Outbreak investigation of an unknown gastrointestinal illness in District Victoria, Country Mala, 2016
- Syed MA, Shumuye NA, Anyorikeya M, Usenbaev Syed MA, Shumuye NA, Anyorikeya M, Usenbaev N, Mertens E, Bellali H, Rutebemberwa E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 15;40(Suppl 2):1. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30992.
2020
Reasons for and barriers to biosafety and biosecurity training in health-related organizations in Africa, Middle East and Central Asia: findings from GIBACHT training needs assessments 2018-2019
- Rutebemberwa E, Aku FY, Zein EIKA, Bellali H
- Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Sep 16;37:64. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.64.23390.
