Effect of Offering ART refill through community health workers versus clinic-based follow-up after home-based same-day ART initiation in rural... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/effect-of-offering-art-refill-through-community-health-workers-versus-clinic-based-follow-up-after-home-based-same-day-art-initiation-in-rural-lesotho-the-vibra-cluster-randomized-clinical-trial
Background Community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) dispensing by lay workers is an important differentiated service delivery model in sub-Sahara Africa. However, patients new in care are generall
Microbiota-Targeted Interventions for Childhood Undernutrition (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/microbiota-targeted-interventions-for-childhood-undernutrition
With roughly 150 million children affected, undernutrition remains one of the most important public health threats. A meta-analysis of more than 50.000 children living in Latin America, Asia and Afric
WB Niger WASH Cash transfer - Impact Evaluation Endline Survey Integrated WASH/Cash Transfer Program in Niger (Sahel Adaptive Safety Net Program) (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/wb-niger-wash-cash-transfer-impact-evaluation-endline-survey-integrated-wash/cash-transfer-program-in-niger-sahel-adaptive-safety-net-program
In 2017, SCIH/Swiss TPH was mandated by the World Bank with the implementation of the survey “Baseline Survey for the Impact Evaluation of the Integrated WASH/Cash Transfer program in Niger”, and has
Accounting for MOBility in AIR pollution exposure estimates in studies on long-term health effects. (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/accounting-for-mobility-in-air-pollution-exposure-estimates-in-studies-on-long-term-health-effects
Large scale epidemiological studies investigating long-term health effects of air pollution can typically only consider the residential locations of the participants, thereby ignoring the space-time a
Assessment of a viral load result-driven automated Differentiated Service Delivery Model for participants taking antiretroviral therapy in Lesotho (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/assessment-of-a-viral-load-result-driven-automated-differentiated-service-delivery-model-for-participants-taking-antiretroviral-therapy-in-lesotho
To sustainably provide good quality care to increasing numbers of people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings, care delivery has to shift from a
Bite Interruption Towards Elimination (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/bite-interruption-towards-elimination
There has been substantial progress in reducing malaria transmission in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). However progress has stalled with reports of increase in the number of cases, multi-drug res
Peer-Educator-coordinated vs nurse-coordinated ART refill for adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Lesotho – a cluster randomized clinical... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/peer-educator-coordinated-vs-nurse-coordinated-art-refill-for-adolescents-and-young-adults-living-with-hiv-in-lesotho-a-cluster-randomized-clinical-trial
Background Despite tremendous progress in controlling the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, HIV-related mortality continues to increase among adolescents and young people living with HIV (AYPLHIV).
Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/tools-for-integrated-management-of-childhood-illness
Despite progress in reducing child mortality, an estimated 5.4 million children under five years of age died of preventable causes in 2017 including pneumonia (24%), diarrhoea (15%), and malaria (9%).
African contributions to global health: Circulating knowledge and innovations (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/african-contributions-to-global-health-circulating-knowledge-and-innovations
This Sinergia project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation focuses on African contributions to global health by examining knowledge, practices or applications that were designed for improvi
Evidence for change as emerging from the r4d public health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/evidence-for-change-as-emerging-from-the-r4d-public-health
15 projects jointly funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) within the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d pro
