Publications

Ekpenyong N, Heitz Tokpa K, Nwankwo O, O'Donnell D, Rodriguez Franco D, Berté S, Amani Kouassi S, Eteng G, Undelikwo V, Auer C, Guessan Bi G.B, Oyo-Ita A, Bosch-Capblanch X. Using and improving the PHISICC paper-based tools in the health facility laboratories: examples of Human Centered Design taking systems thinking into practice, in Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria. Front Public Health. 2022;10:916397. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.916397

Zuske M.K, Auer C, Oliver S, Eyers J, Bosch-Capblanch X. Framework synthesis to inform the ideation and design of a paper-based health information system (PHISICC). Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022;37(4):1953-1972. DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3487

Bosch-Capblanch X, O'Donnell D, Krause L.K, Auer C, Oyo-Ita A, Samba M, Matsinhe G, Garba A.B, Rodríguez D, Zuske M, Njepuome A.N, Lee S.M.M, Ross A, Gajewski S, Muloliwa A.M, Yapi R.B, Brown D.W. Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making: protocol of a multi-country, transdisciplinary, mixed-methods research programme in three sub-Saharan countrie. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19:112. DOI: 10.1186/s12961‑021‑00768‑0

Bosch-Capblanch X, Oyo-Ita A, Muloliwa A.M, Yapi R.B, Auer C, Samba M, Gajewski S, Ross A, Krause L.K, Ekpenyong N, Nwankwo O, Njepuome A.N, Lee S.M, Sacarlal J, Madede T, Berté S, Matsinhe G, Garba A.B, Brown D.W. Does an innovative paper-based health information system (PHISICC) improve data quality and use in primary healthcare? Protocol of a multicountry, cluster randomised controlled trial in sub-Saharan African rural settings. BMJ Open. 2021;11(7):e051823. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051823

Morales-Ruiz P, Auer C, Bosch-Capblanch X. Profiles of anti-COVID-19 vaccines currently in use and their contribution to current vaccination coverage rates. 2021. Unpublished work

Oyo-Ita A.E, Hanlon P, Nwankwo O, Bosch-Capblanch X, Arikpo D, Esu E, Auer C, Meremikwu M. Cost-effectiveness analysis of an intervention project engaging traditional and religious leaders to improve uptake of childhood immunization in southern Nigeria. PLoS One. 2021;16(9):e0257277. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257277

Auer C, Mazitov R, Makhmudov A, Pirmahmadzoda B, Skrahina S, Dobre A, Sécula F, Bosch-Capblanch X, van den Boom M, Battista Migliori G, Mdivani N, Yassin M.A. Factors contributing to drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in five countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2020;90:1235. DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1235

Auer C, Bosch-Capblanch X. Taking tuberculosis seriously requires that we take poverty seriously: reinstating the ethics of public health. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018;22(12):1390-1391. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0604

Auer C, Kiefer S, Zuske M, Schindler C, Wyss K, Blum J, Bosch-Capblanch X, Widmer U, Sauthier S, Janssens J.P, Bossard K, Chatonnet C, Mazza-StalderJ, Zacek B, Zellweger J-P, Altpeter E, Mäusezahl M. Health-seeking behaviour and treatment delay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Switzerland: some slip through the net. Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148(35-36):w14659. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2018.14659

Bosch-Capblanch X, Auer C, Mandjate S, Mulilowa A, Guterman A, Curry M, Wang A. Characterisation of the health information system in Mozambique. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2017

Bosch-Capblanch X, Auer C, Njepuome N, Saric J, Jarrett C, Guterman A, Curry M, O'Donnell D, Oyo-Ita A, Nwaze E, Ogah P, Garba A.B. Characterisation of the health information system in Nigeria. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2017

Bosch-Capblanch X, Zuske M, Auer C, O'Donnell D, Guterman A, Curry M, Yapi R, Houngbedji C, Bonfoh B. Characterisation of the health information system in Côte d’Ivoire. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2017

Bosch-Capblanch X, Zuske M.K, Auer C. Research on subgroups is not research on equity attributes: evidence from an overview of systematic reviews on vaccination. Int J Equity Health. 2017;16:95. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0587-x

Kiefer S, Auer C, Altpeter E, Zellweger J.P, Blum J, Wyss K. Tuberkulose in der Schweiz: das Wichtigste in Kürze. Swiss Med Forum. 2016;16(30-31):613-618

Kiefer S, Auer C, Wyss K, Blum J. Studie zum Wissen über Tuberkulose bei Hausärzten in der Schweiz : durchgeführt im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Gesundheit. Basel: Schweizerisches Zentrum für Internationale Gesundheit, 2015

Bosch-Capblanch X, Auer C. Support to the Swiss immunisation programme : OFSP : literature review. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2013

Bosch-Capblanch X, Auer C. Support to the Swiss Immunisation programme. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2013

Auer C. Consultancy report: an analysis of the data base of the first 250 drug-resistant TB patients in the penitentiary sector with special focus on treatment outcome and amplification of drug resistance: Swiss Centre for International Health, 2012

Gosoniu G.D, Ganapathy S, Kemp J, Auer C, Somma D, Karim F, Weiss M.G. Gender and socio-cultural determinants of delay to diagnosis of TB in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008;12(7):848-855

Somma D, Thomas B.E, Karim F, Kemp J, Arias N, Auer C, Gosoniu G.D, Abouihia A, Weiss M.G. Gender and socio-cultural determinants of TB-related stigma in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008;12(7):856-866

Weiss M.G, Somma D, Karim F, Abouihia A, Auer C, Kemp J, Jawahar M.S. Cultural epidemiology of TB with reference to gender in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008;12(7):837-847

Auer C, Lagahid J.Y, Tanner M, Weiss M.G. Diagnosis and management of tuberculosis by private practitioners in Manila, Philippines. Health Policy. 2006;77(2):172-181

Weiss M.G, Auer C, Somma D, Abouihia A, Kemp J, Jawahar M.S, Karim F, Arias N.L. Gender and tuberculosis: cross-site analysis and implications of a multi-country study in Bangladesh, India, Malawi, and Colombia. Geneva: WHO, 2006

Somma D, Auer C, Abouihia A, Weiss M.G. Gender in tuberculosis research. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005

Auer Christian. Strategies for tuberculosis control from experiences in Manila: the role of public-private collaboration and of intermittent therapy. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2003. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science DOI: 10.5451/unibas-002923352

Auer C. Improving DOTS for tuberculosis control: research findings from metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Urban Health Develop Bull. 2002;5:60-67

Auer C, Sarol Jr J, Tanner M, Weiss M. Health seeking and perceived causes of tuberculosis among patients in Manila, Philippines. Trop Med Int Health. 2000;5(9):648-656

Auer C. Factors associated with non-compliance with anti-TB treatment in Manila, Philippines. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 1998;2(11 Suppl. 2):S349

Duncan M, Auer C. View from the slums of Asia: the experience of a Christian missionary group. In: Harpham T,Tanner M, eds. Urban health in developing countries: progress and prospects, 201-215. London: Earthscan Publ. Ltd., 1995

Ardüser B, Auer C, Tanner M. Verlauf eines Impfprogrammes im Armenviertel "Smokey Mountain" in Metro Manila von 1988-1991. Parasitosen des ZNS: Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie, Lausanne, 21. -23. November 1991. Lausanne: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie, 1991:31-31

Auer C, Tanner M. Childhood vaccination in a squatter area of Manila: coverage and providers. Soc Sci Med. 1990;31(11):1265-1270

Auer C. Health status of children living in a squatter area of Manila, Philippines, with particular emphasis on intestinal parasitoses. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1990;21(2):289-300

Morales-Ruiz P, Auer C, Bosch-Capblanch X. Factors associated to COVID-19 vaccination performance across countries. Unpublished work