Ensuring the Efficacy of Mass Drug Administration Drugs for Soil-Transmitted Helminths (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/ensuring-the-efficacy-of-mass-drug-administration-drugs-for-soil-transmitted-helminths
The overall objective of the investment is to establish a surveillance system that globally monitors the eficacy of drugs and spread of AR in STH programs, and hence prevailing the success of MDA prog
Evaluation of the Papua New Guinea National Malaria Control Program, 2018-2020 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/evaluation-of-the-papua-new-guinea-national-malaria-control-program-2018-2020
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has long been considered the country with the highest malaria transmission outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Over 90% of the approximately 8 million people are at risk of malaria i
Strengthening Management at District Level to Support the Achievement of Universal Health Coverage (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/strengthening-management-at-district-level-to-support-the-achievement-of-universal-health-coverage
PERFORM2Scale is based on the success of the PERFORM project which was delivered in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda in 2011-15. The background to PERFORM Health systems in Africa do not meet their full pot
Global Malaria Technical & Training Support Package - phase 2 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/global-malaria-technical-training-support-package-phase-2
In line with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation global health strategic priorities, this contribution aims at influencing global malaria policies and implementing WHO and Roll Back Malar
Pesticide use in tropical settings (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/pestrop-pesticide-use-in-tropical-settings
PESTROP is an inter- and trans-disciplinary research project, studying environmental, health and institutional dimensions of pesticide use in tropical settings. Background : Pesticides are intensively
Co-Administration Drug Therapy against Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis: from Efficacy and Safety to Community Effectiveness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/co-administration-drug-therapy-against-soil-transmitted-helminthiasis-from-efficacy-and-safety-to-community-effectiveness
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) – roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), the hookworms (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus), and threadworm (Strongyl
Research on the epidemiology of food- and waterborne diseases in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/research-on-the-epidemiology-of-food-and-waterborne-diseases-in-switzerland
Financed by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) various studies are conducted to elucidate specific topics of interest to the office in the fields of prevention, control and evidence-based guid
Multi-scale mathematical modelling of parasite, drug and vaccine interactions: optimising public health and disease elimination strategies (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/multi-scale-mathematical-modelling-of-parasite-drug-and-vaccine-interactions-optimising-public-health-and-disease-elimination-strategies
Tremendous progress has been made over the last decades in controlling malaria. From 2000 to 2015 scale-up of control and curative interventions enabled a 60% reduction in malaria death rates and a 40
Investigating the increasing trend of EHEC notifications in Swiss surveillance data (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/investigating-the-increasing-trend-of-ehec-notifications-in-swiss-surveillance-data
The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) detected a significant increase in notified cases of infections with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) since 2014. While EHEC cases increase, the number of c
Mapping Study on Influenza Prevention Measures (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/mapping-study-on-influenza-prevention-measures
Background The mapping study is being conducted as part of the National Strategy for the Prevention of Seasonal Influenza (GRIPS) 2015-2018. The target groups of the influenza prevention measures are
