By the end of the 20th century Peru entered in to an epidemic transition with mortality rates of infectious and maternal diseases declining and NCD’s emerging, changing national public health profile and actions significantly. NCD’s account for the majority of deaths in contemporary Peru. National...

Legionella spp. are common environmental bacteria, living in fresh water. They are also known to cultivate in man-made water reservoirs such as cooling towers or shower heads. Infection may lead to legionellosis, a group of diseases ranging from a mild, flu-like illness (Pontiac fever),...

Financed by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) various studies are conducted to elucidate specific topics of interest to the office in the fields of prevention, control and evidence-based guideline development related to the management of food- and waterborne pathogens in Switzerland:

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The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) detected a significant increase in notified cases of infections with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) since 2014. While EHEC cases increase, the number of cases with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS; a complication of EHEC infections) remained stable. It...

Acute gastroenteritis (AG) is a common disease worldwide. The incidence and burden of disease of AG in the general Swiss population are unknown. Available information is restricted to notifiable pathogens causing AG which are reported to the National Notification System for Infectious Diseases...

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella spp. and is notifiable in Switzerland. Cases reported to the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) have increased substantially from around 70 cases in 1999 to 280 cases in 2014. Reasons for this increase could include changes in diagnostic methods,...

Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) is an equity-based approach to childhood illness designed to provide children living in remote areas with access to case management for pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria at the community level. The Rapid Access Expansion Programme (RAcE), steered by the...

In Switzerland, campylobacteriosis cases reported to the National Notification System for Infectious Diseases (NNSID) peak over the summer months and during the festive season in winter. The peak during winter has hardly been described except for Switzerland while the summer peak is described in...

In Switzerland, positive laboratory results of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella spp. are notifiable. Cases registered in the National Notification System for Infectious Diseases (NNSID) have been increasing for Campylobacter and decreasing for Salmonella. The aim of this study is to look at the...

Human campylobacteriosis, one cause of acute gastroenteritis, is only registered in the notification system if a patient consults a physician, the physician requests stool testing and the laboratory test reveals a positive result. Consequently, cases registered in the National Notification System...