Axel Kroeger
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 893130 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Axel Kroeger |
| PRENOMES | Axel |
| SOBRENOME | Kroeger |
| ASSINATURA | KROEGER A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8438-2904 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 95 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1977 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
HIV treatment failure in tertiary care
Background Despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa, treatment failure remains a significant challenge. We characterised virological and immunological outcomes among people living with HIV (PLHIV) attending tertiary care facilities in Nigeria, with exploratory analysis of potential mechanistic factors. Methods This multi-centre cross-sectional study enrolled 517 HIV-positive adults from four Nigerian tertiary facilities…
Facing migration under adverse conditions
Both Venezuelan migrants and their Colombian neighbours suffer significantly from the consequences of poverty and stressful living conditions. As such, they require equal attention from policymakers and public services. This attention should encompass enhanced security in the public spaces, accessible legal advice, and comprehensive health support
Enabling countries to manage outbreaks
Introduction: Dengue is currently the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne viral illness in the world, with over half of the world's population living in areas at risk of dengue. As dengue continues to spread and become more of a health burden, it is essential to have tools that can predict when and where outbreaks might occur to better prepare vector control operations and communities' responses. One such predictive tool, the Early Warning and Respo…
Early warning and response system for dengue outbreaks
Dengue disease epidemics have increased in time and space due to climatic and non-climatic factors such as urbanization. In the absence of an effective vaccine, preventing dengue outbreak relies on vector control activities. Employing computerized tools to predict outbreaks and respond in advance has great potential for improving dengue disease control. Evidence of integrating or implementing such applications into control programs and their impa…
Risk of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya transmission in the metropolitan area of Cucuta, Colombia
The production of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes occurred almost exclusively in concrete ground tanks for laundry (lavadero), the primary intervention target. The baseline study provides necessary evidence for the design and implementation of a cluster randomized intervention trial in Colombia
The Seroprevalence and Hidden Burden of Chikungunya Endemicity and Malaria Mono- and Coinfection in Nigeria
Background: Mosquito-borne infections are of global health concern because of their rapid spread and upsurge, which creates a risk for coinfections. Chikungunya, an arbovirus disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti or A. albopictus, and malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by Anopheles gambiae, are prevalent in Nigeria and neighbouring countries, but their burden and possible coinfections are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the…
Saúde e doença no Alto Amazonas
Tradução do capítulo 5 do livro "La Lucha por la salud indígena en el Alto Amazonas y en los andes (1992)", que foi ampliada pelos autores e apresenta notas inéditas
What is missing? Reflections on Indigenous Health - Interview with Axel Kroeger and Francoise Barbira-Freedman
Entrevista com Axel Kroeger and Francoise Barbira-Freedman
Use and acceptance of long lasting insecticidal net screens for dengue prevention in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
The screens are widely accepted by the population, but the project implementation could be improved by reassuring the community of its legitimacy in the context of insecurity. More community engagement and better information sharing structures are needed.The screens could be a major new dengue prevention tool suitable for widespread use, if further research supports their entomological and epidemiological effectiveness and their acceptability in …
Sharing experiences
Considerable variation between countries was observed with regard to surveillance, outbreak detection, and response. Through discussion at the expert meeting, suggestions were made for the development of a more standardised approach in the form of a model contingency plan, with agreed outbreak definitions and country-specific risk assessment schemes to initiate early response activities according to the outbreak phase. This would also allow great…
Active case detection in national visceral leishmaniasis elimination programs in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal
National programs can adapt ACD strategies for detection of new VL/PKDL cases. However adequate time and resources are required for training, planning and strengthening referral services to overcome challenges faced by the programs in conducting ACD
Dengue vector management using insecticide treated materials and targeted interventions on productive breeding-sites in Guatemala
Even under difficult environmental conditions (open houses, tropical rainfall, challenging container types mainly in the peridomestic environment) the combination of insecticide treated curtains and to a less extent drum covers and interventions targeting the productive container types can reduce the dengue vector population significantly
La reforma del sector salud en Colombia y sus efectos en los programas de control de tuberculosis e inmunización
Este trabajo analiza las consecuencias de la reforma de salud en Colombia para los programas de salud pública a nivel local, particularmente el programa ampliado de inmunizaciones (PAI) y de control de tuberculosis. La investigación se desarrolló en tres municipios de dos departamentos, utilizando como técnicas de recolección de información: análisis de documentos, entrevistas semi-abiertas con funcionarios del sistema, observaciones directas y e…
Influences on condom use among young men in Managua, Nicaragua
The study was designed to determine patterns and prevalence of condom use and associated factors among young men in a district of Managua, Nicaragua. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected. Findings suggested increasing levels of condom use in comparison to previous research among young men in urban Managua. However, high risk sexual behaviour remained frequent. Condom use decreased with increasing emotional proximity to the sexual …
Propicia la resistencia medicamentosa y las recaídas el tratamiento breve con antimaláricos
Sociomedical aspects of malaria control in Colombia
Illness perception and use of health services in north-east Argentina
An interview survey on health and health care, conducted in a representative sample of 1456 households of the province of Chaco in north-east Argentina, showed the following results: The ethnic composition showed a predominance of ‘Criollos’ in rural settings and of ‘European’ descendants in urban areas. Ethnic group was shown to be the best socio-economic discriminator, with indigenous people belonging to the lowest group, followed by ‘Criollos’…
Health Interview Surveys in Developing Countries
Health interview surveys are carried out to gain knowledge of people's perceived morbidity, their use of different kinds of health services, and their perceived need for health care. Many of such studies in less developed countries (LDCs) have failed to consider the methodological improvements which have been developed in health care research in recent years. In the first part of this paper the research on methodological issues is summarized and …
Anthropological and socio-medical health care research in developing countries
The educational value of participatory evaluation of primary health care programmes
Alpha1-antitrypsin subtypes in the populations of Germany, Ecuador, Afghanistan, Cameroon, and Saudi-Arabia
Genetic studies in Ecuador
Population genetic studies of Shuara Indians in Ecuador are performed for GPT, AP, PGM 1 , Ak, EsD, 6‐PGD, Hp, Gc, C3, Bg, ChE, Tf, Pi, Bf phenotypes, IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, C3‐proactivator, C4 levels and acetylator phenotypes. Some systems having a polymorphism in many other populations showed a lack of some of those alleles in the population under study (C3, ChE, Tf, AK and almost absent 6‐PGD, Bg, Bf)
Anthropological and socio-medical health care research in developing countries
Sociomedical aspects of malaria control in Colombia
Illness perception and use of health services in north-east Argentina
An interview survey on health and health care, conducted in a representative sample of 1456 households of the province of Chaco in north-east Argentina, showed the following results: The ethnic composition showed a predominance of ‘Criollos’ in rural settings and of ‘European’ descendants in urban areas. Ethnic group was shown to be the best socio-economic discriminator, with indigenous people belonging to the lowest group, followed by ‘Criollos’…
Genetic studies in Ecuador
Population genetic studies of Shuara Indians in Ecuador are performed for GPT, AP, PGM 1 , Ak, EsD, 6‐PGD, Hp, Gc, C3, Bg, ChE, Tf, Pi, Bf phenotypes, IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, C3‐proactivator, C4 levels and acetylator phenotypes. Some systems having a polymorphism in many other populations showed a lack of some of those alleles in the population under study (C3, ChE, Tf, AK and almost absent 6‐PGD, Bg, Bf)
La reforma del sector salud en Colombia y sus efectos en los programas de control de tuberculosis e inmunización
Este trabajo analiza las consecuencias de la reforma de salud en Colombia para los programas de salud pública a nivel local, particularmente el programa ampliado de inmunizaciones (PAI) y de control de tuberculosis. La investigación se desarrolló en tres municipios de dos departamentos, utilizando como técnicas de recolección de información: análisis de documentos, entrevistas semi-abiertas con funcionarios del sistema, observaciones directas y e…
Genetic studies in Ecuador
Population genetic studies of Shuara Indians in Ecuador are performed for GPT, AP, PGM 1 , Ak, EsD, 6‐PGD, Hp, Gc, C3, Bg, ChE, Tf, Pi, Bf phenotypes, IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, C3‐proactivator, C4 levels and acetylator phenotypes. Some systems having a polymorphism in many other populations showed a lack of some of those alleles in the population under study (C3, ChE, Tf, AK and almost absent 6‐PGD, Bg, Bf)
Alpha1-antitrypsin subtypes in the populations of Germany, Ecuador, Afghanistan, Cameroon, and Saudi-Arabia
The educational value of participatory evaluation of primary health care programmes
Health Interview Surveys in Developing Countries
Health interview surveys are carried out to gain knowledge of people's perceived morbidity, their use of different kinds of health services, and their perceived need for health care. Many of such studies in less developed countries (LDCs) have failed to consider the methodological improvements which have been developed in health care research in recent years. In the first part of this paper the research on methodological issues is summarized and …
Anthropological and socio-medical health care research in developing countries
Illness perception and use of health services in north-east Argentina
An interview survey on health and health care, conducted in a representative sample of 1456 households of the province of Chaco in north-east Argentina, showed the following results: The ethnic composition showed a predominance of ‘Criollos’ in rural settings and of ‘European’ descendants in urban areas. Ethnic group was shown to be the best socio-economic discriminator, with indigenous people belonging to the lowest group, followed by ‘Criollos’…
Sociomedical aspects of malaria control in Colombia
Influences on condom use among young men in Managua, Nicaragua
The study was designed to determine patterns and prevalence of condom use and associated factors among young men in a district of Managua, Nicaragua. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected. Findings suggested increasing levels of condom use in comparison to previous research among young men in urban Managua. However, high risk sexual behaviour remained frequent. Condom use decreased with increasing emotional proximity to the sexual …
Propicia la resistencia medicamentosa y las recaídas el tratamiento breve con antimaláricos
La reforma del sector salud en Colombia y sus efectos en los programas de control de tuberculosis e inmunización
Este trabajo analiza las consecuencias de la reforma de salud en Colombia para los programas de salud pública a nivel local, particularmente el programa ampliado de inmunizaciones (PAI) y de control de tuberculosis. La investigación se desarrolló en tres municipios de dos departamentos, utilizando como técnicas de recolección de información: análisis de documentos, entrevistas semi-abiertas con funcionarios del sistema, observaciones directas y e…
Active case detection in national visceral leishmaniasis elimination programs in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal
National programs can adapt ACD strategies for detection of new VL/PKDL cases. However adequate time and resources are required for training, planning and strengthening referral services to overcome challenges faced by the programs in conducting ACD
Dengue vector management using insecticide treated materials and targeted interventions on productive breeding-sites in Guatemala
Even under difficult environmental conditions (open houses, tropical rainfall, challenging container types mainly in the peridomestic environment) the combination of insecticide treated curtains and to a less extent drum covers and interventions targeting the productive container types can reduce the dengue vector population significantly
Sharing experiences
Considerable variation between countries was observed with regard to surveillance, outbreak detection, and response. Through discussion at the expert meeting, suggestions were made for the development of a more standardised approach in the form of a model contingency plan, with agreed outbreak definitions and country-specific risk assessment schemes to initiate early response activities according to the outbreak phase. This would also allow great…
Use and acceptance of long lasting insecticidal net screens for dengue prevention in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
The screens are widely accepted by the population, but the project implementation could be improved by reassuring the community of its legitimacy in the context of insecurity. More community engagement and better information sharing structures are needed.The screens could be a major new dengue prevention tool suitable for widespread use, if further research supports their entomological and epidemiological effectiveness and their acceptability in …
Saúde e doença no Alto Amazonas
Tradução do capítulo 5 do livro "La Lucha por la salud indígena en el Alto Amazonas y en los andes (1992)", que foi ampliada pelos autores e apresenta notas inéditas
What is missing? Reflections on Indigenous Health - Interview with Axel Kroeger and Francoise Barbira-Freedman
Entrevista com Axel Kroeger and Francoise Barbira-Freedman
The Seroprevalence and Hidden Burden of Chikungunya Endemicity and Malaria Mono- and Coinfection in Nigeria
Background: Mosquito-borne infections are of global health concern because of their rapid spread and upsurge, which creates a risk for coinfections. Chikungunya, an arbovirus disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti or A. albopictus, and malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by Anopheles gambiae, are prevalent in Nigeria and neighbouring countries, but their burden and possible coinfections are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the…
Early warning and response system for dengue outbreaks
Dengue disease epidemics have increased in time and space due to climatic and non-climatic factors such as urbanization. In the absence of an effective vaccine, preventing dengue outbreak relies on vector control activities. Employing computerized tools to predict outbreaks and respond in advance has great potential for improving dengue disease control. Evidence of integrating or implementing such applications into control programs and their impa…
Risk of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya transmission in the metropolitan area of Cucuta, Colombia
The production of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes occurred almost exclusively in concrete ground tanks for laundry (lavadero), the primary intervention target. The baseline study provides necessary evidence for the design and implementation of a cluster randomized intervention trial in Colombia
Enabling countries to manage outbreaks
Introduction: Dengue is currently the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne viral illness in the world, with over half of the world's population living in areas at risk of dengue. As dengue continues to spread and become more of a health burden, it is essential to have tools that can predict when and where outbreaks might occur to better prepare vector control operations and communities' responses. One such predictive tool, the Early Warning and Respo…
Facing migration under adverse conditions
Both Venezuelan migrants and their Colombian neighbours suffer significantly from the consequences of poverty and stressful living conditions. As such, they require equal attention from policymakers and public services. This attention should encompass enhanced security in the public spaces, accessible legal advice, and comprehensive health support
HIV treatment failure in tertiary care
Background Despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa, treatment failure remains a significant challenge. We characterised virological and immunological outcomes among people living with HIV (PLHIV) attending tertiary care facilities in Nigeria, with exploratory analysis of potential mechanistic factors. Methods This multi-centre cross-sectional study enrolled 517 HIV-positive adults from four Nigerian tertiary facilities…
Medicine (17 obras) · Environmental health (14 obras) · Geography (9 obras) · Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 obras) · Population (8 obras) · Dengue fever (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Public health (7 obras) · Nursing (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras)