Improving primary healthcare access for asylum seekers and refugees: a qualitative study from a Swiss family physician perspective (Publications)
Since 2015 the need for evidence-based guidance in primary health care management of refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants has dramatically increased. The aims of this study were to identify the ch
How to train your myeloid cells: a way forward for helminth vaccines? (Publications)
Soil-transmitted helminths affect approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide. However, as no vaccine is currently available for humans, the current strategy for elimination as a public health problem
Dynamics and consequences of nutrition-related microbial dysbiosis in early life: study protocol of the VITERBI GUT project (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Early life under- and overnutrition (jointly termed malnutrition) is increasingly recognized as an important risk factor for adult obesity and metabolic syndrome, a diet-related cluster
Animal-assisted psychotherapy for pediatric chronic pain: case series of an open pilot study to test initial feasibility and potential efficacy (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Chronic pain is a common complaint in children and adolescents, placing an enormous burden on individuals, their families, and the healthcare system. New innovative approaches for the treat
Corrigendum: A MALDI-TOF MS library for rapid identification of human commensal gut bacteria from the class <em>Clostridia</em> (Publications)
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Mapping health service coverage inequalities in Africa: a scoping review protocol (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Addressing inequities in health service coverage is a global priority, especially with the resurgence of interest in universal health coverage. However, in Africa, which has the lowest h
Variability in white blood cell count during uncomplicated malaria and implications for parasite density estimation: a WorldWide Antimalarial... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that when peripheral malarial parasitaemia is quantified by thick film microscopy, an actual white blood cell (WBC) count from a concurrently
Vorkommen des Hautwurms <em>Dirofilaria repens</em> bei Hunden in der Schweiz (Publications)
Infectious diseases are increasingly introduced into Switzerland due to the increased travel activity in recent decades and the import of dogs. Dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria immitis or D. repe
HealthyTravel.ch: le site internet de référence pour les conseils de santé aux voyageurs (Publications)
The Swiss Expert Committee on Travel Medicine (ECTM) - a body of the Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine (FMH) - publishes recommendations and information on travel medicine on the
