The benefits of 'One Health' for pastoralists in Africa [Proceedings] (Publications)
'One health' is particularly suited to serve mobile pastoralists. Dinka pastoralists in Sudan inspired Calvin Schwabe to coin the term 'one medicine', indicating that there is no difference in paradig
Disentangling associations between multiple environmental exposures and all-cause mortality: an analysis of European administrative and traditional... (Publications)
Background: We evaluated the independent and joint effects of air pollution, land/built environment characteristics, and ambient temperature on all-cause mortality as part of the EXPANSE project. Meth
Ozone-related acute excess mortality projected to increase in the absence of climate and air quality controls consistent with the Paris Agreement (Publications)
Summary Short-term exposure to ground-level ozone in cities is associated with increased mortality and is expected to worsen with climate and emission changes. However, no study has yet comprehensivel
The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low-income urban sample in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Existing research on the impacts of adversity on young children's psychological well-being has largely focused on household-level risk factors using observational methods in high-income co
Identification and characterization of FTY720 for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
Screening of a focused library identified FTY720 (Fingolimod, Gilenya(R)) as a potent, selective anti-trypanosomal compound active against T.b. gambiense and T.b. rhodesiense, the causative agents of
Heuschnupfen nimmt zu wegen Klimawandel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/heuschnupfen-nimmt-zu-wegen-klimawandel
Während vor 100 Jahren in der Schweiz noch kaum jemand an Heuschnupfen litt, sind aktuell rund 20 Prozent der Bevölkerung betroffen. Mit dem Klimawandel verschlechtert sich die Heuschnupfensituation w
Comparison for the effects of different components of temperature variability on mortality: A multi-country time-series study (Publications)
Background Temperature variability (TV) is associated with increased mortality risk. However, it is still unknown whether intra-day or inter-day TV has different effects. Objectives We aimed to assess