HPV Vaccination, Vaccine Awareness, Knowledge and Information Sources among Young Adults in Military Service in Switzerland

Since January 2023, HPV vaccination is being offered to recruits in the recruit schools of the Swiss military.

The research project investigates how recruits feel about the topic and whether the offer is also taken up. Specifically, the study has the following objectives:
- To examine awareness,…

Ongoing
28.06.2023 - 30.06.2024
Evaluation project
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG
Swiss Centre for International Health
Kaspar Wyss
Supporting Proposal Management for Negelected Tropical Diseases Projects in Côte d'Ivoire

In the strategic plan 2023 – 2026, Anesvad has decided to support the development of civil society organizations into recognized actors in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through competitive grants. A first call for proposals was launched in Ghana in 2022; another call is…

Ongoing
01.06.2023 - 31.12.2025
Long term service project
Anesvad
Systems Strengthening and Health Promotion
Peter Steinmann
Global Goods Innovators Summit - Facilitate the openIMIS team’s participation in the Global Goods Innovators Summit

Digital public goods (DPGs) are defined by the UN Secretary-General, in the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, as “open source software, open data, open AI models, open standards and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable laws and best practices, do no harm, and help attain the…

Ongoing
26.05.2023 - 30.06.2023
Short term service project
PATH
Digital Health Unit
Dragos Dobre
Improve citizens’ access to Romanian quality health services in remote areas

Within the 2nd Swiss Contribution to selected EU Member States, Switzerland is to support a number of programmes (“Support Measures”) in Romania, including one programme in the amount of around CHF 10 million from the Swiss side and a co-founding from the Romanian side of CHF 1.5 million (totalling…

Ongoing
26.05.2023 - 30.11.2023
Short term service project
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Swiss Centre for International Health
Kaspar Wyss
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) for the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Project Phase 1 operated by bp

The Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Project is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project located at the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal. A health impact assessment (HIA) is being conducted for phase 1 of the Project  with the objectives to: (i) anticipate potential impacts of this Project on…

Ongoing
05.04.2023 - 04.04.2024
Long term service project
International SOS (Africa Holdings) Ltd
Diseases and Programmes
Astrid Knoblauch
HAP 3 - Health for All, Albania - Phase 3

The Health for All Project (HAP) has in the period 2015 to 2023 contributed in an important way to strengthen PHC services and population access to essential services in two regions of Albania and beyond. Substantive investments in the rehabilitation of infrastructure and supply of basic equipment…

Ongoing
01.04.2023 - 31.03.2027
Long term service project
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Swiss Centre for International Health
Kaspar Wyss
BAG KEA - Competence Centre for Epidemiological Outbreak Investigations

In Switzerland, foodborne infections such as listeriosis, salmonellosis or campylobacteriosis are notifiable diseases and are under close surveillance by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Annually, one to three outbreaks of one of these diseases have been observed in Switzerland. The…

Ongoing
01.04.2023 - 31.03.2028
Long term service project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Diseases and Programmes
Helena Greter
eWHORM - Enabling the WHO-Roadmap 2030

Worm infections (helminthiases) affect around 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the most prevalent infections in humans. Worm infections can cause chronic and debilitating health problems, such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis (river blindness), loiasis (African eye worm),…

Ongoing
01.04.2023 - 31.03.2028
Clinical Trial, Research project
European Commission (EU) / European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
Helminth Drug Development
Jennifer Keiser
GeLuft - Quantification of health benefits of the new Air Quality Guidelines of the World Health Organisation in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the outdoor air pollution of various air pollutants is regulated by immission limit values in the Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC). The current limit values of the OAPC are in line with the Air Quality Guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHOAQG in English) of 2005.…

Ongoing
01.03.2023 - 31.08.2023
Short term service project
Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU)
Physical Hazards and Health
Alberto Castro Fernández
NHIB openIMIS modular migration - Customize and setup the modular version of openIMIS for Health Insurance Board requirements

This initiative aims to assist the Nepal Health Insurance Board (NHIB) in upgrading its legacy openIMIS to a full modular architecture, to develop new features on top of existing openIMIS modules, and to train technical staff at NHIB.

In order to accomplish the project's objective, the following…

Ongoing
14.02.2023 - 31.12.2023
Short term service project
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Digital Health Unit
Dragos Dobre