EBF - Exclusive breastfeeding: global rates, optimal duration, and a multi-country intervention

Human breastmilk is increasingly recognized as critical for immune system development in infancy, and can substantially reduce the incidence of infectious and non-infectious childhood diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life;…

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
Intervention Study, Observational study, Research project, Evaluation project
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) / Career Ambizione
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Jordyn Wallenborn
Child Health and Infection with Low Density (CHILD) Malaria, a randomized controlled trial to assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impact of interventions targeting low-density malaria infection (LMI) among children in Tanzania

As malaria transmission declines, an increasing proportion of infections persist in the body at low levels. Low-density malaria infection (LMI) are often chronic and represent a high proportion of infections among children in the community and children presenting with fever, but they have been…

15.04.2022 - 31.03.2023
Clinical Trial
National Institute of Health (NIH), USA
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink
EPOCH - Women’s political EmPOwerment and Child Health

Although increasing women’s representation in political decision-making has the potential to significantly improve child health and development in LMIC, existing evidence is almost exclusively observational with little to know knowledge on the exact mechanisms linking both dimensions. To address…

01.08.2021 - 31.12.2023
Evaluation project
European Commission (EU)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink
QuEST - Quality Evidence for Health System Transformation (QuEST)

The QuEST Network has three primary objectives:

  1. Establish the QuEST Network: build an operational platform and establish QuEST Centers to jointly conduct high impact R&D and build national health system research expertise; develop the Network of affiliates and processes for collaboration, researcher…

01.07.2021 - 31.12.2024
Observational study
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink
Boavista - Survive and Thrive Boa Vista Early Childhood Program

 

Background:  A growing body of evidence suggests that early life health and developmental outcomes can be improved through parental support programs. The objective of this project was to test the feasibility, impact, and relative cost-effectiveness of home visiting programs as well as center-based…

01.02.2021 - 31.12.2022
Intervention Study
Grand Challenges Canada
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink
Identifying Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Urban Low Income Settings

Children in Lao PDR as well as in many other middle-income countries continue to receive sub-optimal nutrition because of low breastfeeding rates, undermining their developmental potential. While major public health campaigns have tried to increase breastfeeding rates, they have been largely…

01.02.2021 - 30.06.2022
Observational study
ETH Zurich, University for Science and Technology
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink , Jordyn Wallenborn
GatesNutrition - Nutrition and Human Capital Development: An evidence review and modeling potential

 

The proposed supplement would build upon the current work and further refine approaches to estimate the effect of scaling-up nutrition interventions on human capital outcomes. First, we plan to extend the model from its current pregnancy intervention focus to child nutrition interventions that can…

01.09.2020 - 31.03.2022
Research project
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink
DigitalECD - Digital support systems to improve child health and development in low income settings - a randomized controlled trial

Children in low and middle income countries continue to be exposed to large amount of adversity, undermining their health and early development. While a large number of programs have been launched recently to support children in their home environment, the best ways to reach families in low income…

01.01.2020 - 31.12.2024
Intervention Study, Clinical Trial
Fondation BOTNAR
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink , Daniel Mäusezahl
PediCAP Trial - Impact of duration of antibiotic therapy and of oral step-down to amoxicillin or co-amoxiclav on effectiveness, safety and selection of antimicrobial resistance in severe and very severe childhood community-acquired pneumonia (CAP): a randomised controlle

Antibiotics are key to managing childhood pneumonia, especially severe/very severe pneumonia, which remains a leading cause of hospitalisation in lower/middle income countries. WHO recommends children with severe/very severe pneumonia receive injectable antibiotics for at least 5 days. One major…

01.04.2019 - 31.03.2025
Clinical Trial
European Commission (EU) / European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP2)
Household Economy
Günther Fink
SomPsyNet - Evaluation Project "Prevention of consequences of psychosocial stress among somatic patients in the hospital setting of Basel-Stadt "

Health promotion Switzerland (“Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz”) mandated Swiss TPH with a four years process, outcome and impact evaluation of the project "Prevention of consequences of psychosocial stress among somatic patients in the hospital setting of Basel-StadtProjects List" (SomPsyNet). The…

15.02.2019 - 31.12.2023
Long term service project
Health Promotion Switzerland / Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz
Swiss Centre for International Health
Kaspar Wyss