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Peter Furu
Researcher at University of Copenhagen
Publications - 47
Citations - 824
Peter Furu is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Schistosomiasis & Health impact assessment. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 43 publications receiving 715 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Furu include Obafemi Awolowo University.
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Health impact assessment: the state of the art
Ben Harris-Roxas,Francesca Viliani,Alan Bond,Ben Cave,Mark J. Divall,Peter Furu,Patrick Harris,Matthew Soeberg,Aaron Wernham,Mirko S. Winkler +9 more
TL;DR: The use of HIA methods and approaches has expanded rapidly, and it now has applications in both the public and private sectors and in an increasing number of countries around the world.
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Molluscicidal and antischistosomal activities of Zingiber officinale.
TL;DR: Gingerol (5.0 ppm) completely abolished the infectivity of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia and cercariae in B. glabrata and mice, indicating that the molluscicide is capable of interrupting schistosome transmission at a concentration lower than itsmolluscicidal concentrations.
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Current Global Health Impact Assessment Practice.
Mirko S. Winkler,Peter Furu,Francesca Viliani,Ben Cave,Mark J. Divall,Geetha Ramesh,Ben Harris-Roxas,Astrid M. Knoblauch +7 more
TL;DR: An overall increasing trend in global HIA practice can be observed, and efforts are needed to address the main barriers in the utilisation of HIA to sustain this upward trend.
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Schistosomiasis in Lake Malaŵi Villages
TL;DR: Historically, open shorelines of Lake Malaŵi were free from schistosome, Schistosoma haematobium, transmission, but this changed in the mid-1980s, possibly as a result of over-fishing reducing density of molluscivore fishes.