Sensitisation to Ambrosia in Switzerland: a public health threat on the wait (Publications)
potent allergen and has recently been found in Switzerland, spreading from the southwest of the country. The aim of this study is to describe Ambrosia sensitisation rates in the population-based SAPALDIA [...] increase significantly between the two surveys and sensitisation was found in 30% of the participants. A proportion of 7.9% showed specific IgE to Ambrosia pollen. The sensitisation rate in Lugano and [...] showed specific IgE against Artemisia, suggesting a high rate of cross-reactivity....
Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance (Publications)
low-endemic areas. In this Opinion article, we describe the detectability of asymptomatic malaria infections and the relevance of submicroscopic infections for parasite transmission to mosquitoes and for [...] reducing transmission. We argue that wider deployment of molecular diagnostic tools is needed to provide adequate insight into the epidemiology of malaria and infection dynamics to aid elimination efforts [...] that are detected in community surveys are characterized by low-density...
Biobanking for epidemiological research and public health (Publications)
n, promoting the importance of prognosis and prediction. Yet, the discussion about the relevance of integrating genome-based information into biobanks and about the role of genome-based biobanking for [...] for epidemiological research and public health is still at the beginning. The following article contributes to this discussion by focusing on the use of genome-based biobanking for epidemiological research [...] research, surveillance systems, health policy development, individual health...
A case for ongoing structural support to maximise infectious disease modelling efficiency for future public health emergencies: a modelling... (Publications)
emergency. This will require 1) a critical mass of trained experts who continuously advance state-of-the-art methodological tools, 2) the establishment of structural liaisons amongst scientists and dec [...] reflects upon the challenges and recommendations of multiple COVID-19 modelling and data analytic groups that provided quantitative evidence to support health policy discussions in Switzerland and Germany [...] decision-makers, and 3) the foundation and management of data-sharing frameworks.
From public health policy to impact for COVID-19: a multi-country case study in Switzerland, Spain, Iran and Pakistan (Publications)
response of national health systems to the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Selected countries include different health system typologies. We collected data prospectively for the period of January-July [...] January-July 2020 on 17 measures of the COVID-19 response recommended by the WHO that encompassed all health systems domains (governance, financing, health workforce, information, medicine and technology and [...] Objectives: With the application of a systems thinking lens, we aimed to...
Multi-decade changes in pollen season onset, duration, and intensity: a concern for public health? (Publications)
shifts in pollen onset, duration, and intensity are public health concerns for the growing number of individuals with pollen sensitization. National analyses of long-term pollen changes are influenced by how [...] scatterplot smoothing (LOESS). For 4 of the 12 plant species, there is unanimity between definitions regarding earlier onset of pollen season (p < 0.05), with magnitude of 31-year change dependent on specific [...] in Switzerland, with MPS definition choice affecting magnitude and...
SSPH+ Lugano Summer School in Public Health (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/study-with-us/postgraduate/ssph-lugano-summerschool
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). At the SSPH+ Lugano Summer School (LSS), public health professionals [...] environment. The LSS places health, disease, and health systems thinking under one common framework of coherent concepts and practical implications. The focus on public health policy, economics, management [...] skills required to manage health systems and health service. The SDC...
Towards a framework for evaluating and grading evidence in public health (Publications)
The Project on a Framework for Rating Evidence in Public Health (PRECEPT) is an international collaboration of public health institutes and universities which has been funded by the European Centre for [...] Participants were members of the PRECEPT team and selected experts from national public health institutes, World Health Organization (WHO), and academic institutions. The aim of the meeting was to discuss [...] framework for evaluating and grading evidence in the field of public health, with...
Key contributions by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute towards new and better drugs for tropical diseases (Publications)
y, public health, translational research and tropical medicine, coupled with deeply rooted partnerships with institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the Swiss Tropical and Public Health [...] fundamental contributions towards the development of new drugs – and the better use of old drugs – for neglected tropical diseases and infectious diseases of poverty, such as Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, [...] consortia involving academia, pharma and product development partnerships. Our...
Public health risk assessment associated with heavy metal and arsenic exposure near an abandoned mine (Kirki, Greece) (Publications)
region (NE Greece) is now closed, but its legacy of heavy metal contamination remains at the site. At present, management of the contaminated land is of major concern. The area is in a reclamation process [...] around the mine were collected and analyzed and a scenario involving the oral, dermal, and inhaled doses of arsenic and heavy metals was formulated. A Monte Carlo approach was undertaken, in order to model the [...] hazard index and cancer risk. A toxicological risk was associated with...