Assessing and monitoring health impacts of infrastructure development projects in sub-Saharan Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/assessing-and-monitoring-health-impacts-of-infrastructure-development-projects-in-sub-saharan-africa
Background: Health impact assessment (HIA) has developed over the past 20 years as a discipline to support decision-making for projects, programmes and policies with the aim to maximise health benefit
TbX: Systems Biology of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in the field (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/tbx-systems-biology-of-drug-resistant-tuberculosis-in-the-field
Bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple antibiotics are an increasing global public health problem. In human tuberculosis (TB) caused by acid-fast bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis co
Evaluation of heat wave related mortality and adaptation measures in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/evaluation-of-heat-wave-related-mortality-and-adaptation-measures-in-switzerland
The heat wave in 2003 caused approximately 7% more deaths. As a result, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health developed an information campaign for the behaviour during heat waves which has been a
SOPHYA - Swiss children's Objectively measured PHYsical Activity (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/sophya-swiss-childrens-objectively-measured-physical-activity
The Swiss Federal Office of Sports states in their actual research concept that the physical activity of children and adolescents in Switzerland has to be measured objectively and that influencing fac
Genomic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates evolving through immunocompromised patients (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/genomic-characterization-of-mycobacterium-tuberculosis-isolates-evolving-through-immunocompromised-patients
Mycobacterium tuberculos is (Mtb) is an obligate human pathogen whose growth, replication and transmission have been shaped by two important selective pressures imposed by humans; a potent immune syst
Operational Framework for Integrated Vector Control (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/operational-framework-for-integrated-vector-control
Aims Our goal is to develop strategies for the integrated management of vectors transmitting malaria and other major vector borne for decision making at the country level. Methods We propose to develo
CEFALO - An international case-control study on brain tumours in children and adolescents (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/cefalo-an-international-case-control-study-on-brain-tumours-in-children-and-adolescents
Aim: CEFALO is an international case-control study examining the association between mobile phone use and the risk of brain tumors among children and adolescents. Methods: The study was conducted in D
