"You can save time if..."-a qualitative study on internal factors slowing down clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
which further increase the workload of clinical trialists. At the same time, trials are critically important for improving public health in these settings. The aim of this study was to identify the internal [...] complexity, legal requirements and number of amendments associated with clinical trials are rising constantly, which negatively affects the efficient conduct of trials. In Sub-Saharan Africa, this situation [...] study covered English- and French-speaking, and Eastern and Western parts ...
Malaria Mortality in Africa May Be Higher than Estimated (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/malaria-mortality-in-africa-may-be-higher-than-estimated
Vounatsou, Head of the Biostatistics unit at Swiss TPH. "Our findings are of important public health relevance and should be considered in future attempts to estimate the Global Burden of Disease." About [...] into account, the risk of death from malaria was up to 3.5 times higher compared to studies looking at malaria parasitaemia exclusively. The researchers analysed a large ensemble of household representative [...] prevalence as a measure of malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa....
Whole-organism phenotypic screening methods used in early-phase anthelmintic drug discovery (Publications)
is a major demand for the discovery and development of new classes of anthelmintics. A key component of the discovery process is screening libraries of compounds for anthelmintic activity. Given the need [...] medicine. However, the excessive and often uncontrolled use of these drugs has led to widespread anthelmintic resistance in these worms - particularly of animals - to almost all commercially available anthelmintics [...] development has led to the routine application of practical,...
Insecticide-treated eave nets and window screens for malaria control in Chalinze district, Tanzania: a study protocol for a household randomised... (Publications)
into reduction of malaria cases. Data from the study will measure the potential public health value of an additional intervention for malaria control at the household level in areas of mosquito insecticide [...] BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) have contributed to the reduction of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania. However, they rely on daily user behaviour and high coverage which [...] maintain. Also, insecticide resistance among malaria vector mosquitoes is...
Helminth infections and risk factor analysis among residents in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China (Publications)
common across China, the public-health significance of Schistosoma japonicum and food-borne helminths is more focalized. Only few studies have investigated the local epidemiology of helminth infections in [...] prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Taenia spp., Trichuris trichiura and hookworms was 15.4%, 3.5%, 1.7% and 0.3%, respectively. The seroprevalence of Trichinella spp. was 58.8% and that of cysticercosis [...] sis 18.5%. The egg positivity rate of S. japonicum in the 13 known endemic...
Randomized trial to improve children's body composition and micronutrient status among South African Children (Publications)
controlled trial of children followed from 2019 to 2021. Statistical analyses carried form 2022-2023 SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1304 children 6-12 years of age recruited from public schools in Gqeberha [...] accrual and increase muscle mass through different mechanisms and so benefit child health. This study determined the efficacy of combined interventions on body composition among South African schoolchildren [...] supplementation group (PA + MMNS); and (d) a placebo control group. MAIN...
Parents' vaccination information seeking, satisfaction with and trust in medical providers in Switzerland: a mixed-methods study (Publications)
mentioned providers as the most trusted source of information, VH-parents were less likely to mention paediatricians (N=358 (71%) vs N=755 (85%)) and public health authorities (N=101 (20%) vs N=333 (37%)) than [...] OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to better understand parental trust in and satisfaction with information sources and medical providers regarding decision making about childhood vaccines. SETTING: [...] SETTING: The study was part of a Swiss national research programme...
Radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure levels in different European outdoor urban environments in comparison with regulatory limits (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Concerns of the general public about potential adverse health effects caused by radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) led authorities to introduce precautionary exposure limits, [...] station network in a manner that mean population exposure unintentionally increases. AIMS: The objectives of this multicentre study were to compare mean exposure levels in outdoor areas across four different [...] RF-EMF exposure levels in the corresponding areas. METHODS: We performed...
Neues Hebammen-Betreuungsmodell verbessert das Wohlergehen vulnerabler Familien (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/new-midwife-care-model-improves-well-being-of-vulnerable-families
you are a person”: experiences and impact of a new early postpartum home-based midwifery care model in the view of women in vulnerable family situations. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 375 (2023). https://doi.org/10 [...] Mütter In einer neuen Studie zu SORGSAM stellten Forscherinnen des Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public Health-Instituts (Swiss TPH) eine hohe Akzeptanz des neuen häuslichen Hebammen-Betreuungsmodells fest [...] Familienlebens sowie Suche und Akzeptanz passender Hilfsangebote. Die...
Lufthygiene als Erfolgsfaktor (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/lufthygiene-als-erfolgsfaktor
[2] Peters A., Nawrot T. S., Baccarelli A. A. Hallmarks of environmental insults. Cell 2021; 184: 1455–68. [3] Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Dokumentationsstelle Luftverschmutzung [...] konfrontiert [1]. Dabei hat sie mit dem Beitrag von Forschenden des Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public Health-Instituts (Swiss TPH), basierend auf der aktuellen Evidenz aus hunderten von epidemiologischen [...] [1] World Health Organization (WHO). WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines....