2025
Community-based snakebite risk mapping for resource prioritisation in Eastern Province, Rwanda
Ediriweera D, Hakizimana D, Diggle P, Schurer J. Community-based snakebite risk mapping for resource prioritisation in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2025, 119: 310-316. PMID: 39749566, DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSnakebite incidenceHealth worker trainingResource prioritisationEvidence-based decisionsEastern ProvinceResource-poor countriesHousehold visitsSnakebite preventionSnakebite eventsSurveillance of peopleSnakebite riskWorker trainingWell-trained personnelMedical emergencyHigh riskLow riskRisk mapsSnakebite envenomingRiskPrediction mapsSnakebitePrioritisationGeostatistical modelSpatial variationLow incidence
2024
Understanding the impact of covariates on the classification of implementation units for soil-transmitted helminths control: a case study from Kenya
Puranik A, Diggle P, Odiere M, Gass K, Kepha S, Okoyo C, Mwandawiro C, Wakesho F, Omondi W, Sultani H, Giorgi E. Understanding the impact of covariates on the classification of implementation units for soil-transmitted helminths control: a case study from Kenya. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2024, 24: 294. PMID: 39614175, PMCID: PMC11606136, DOI: 10.1186/s12874-024-02420-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictive inferenceRemotely sensed covariatesSimulation studyModel-based geostatisticsGeostatistical modelImpact of covariatesSpatially referenced covariatesSample sizeModern statistical methodsModel-based geostatistical methodsCross-sectional surveyCovariatesReduced sample sizeClassification of areasPrevalence predictionsInferenceDisease riskMethodsThis studyPrevalenceSub-countyPrevalence levels
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