Infectious and non-communicable health conditions among East African immigrants at arrival and post integration in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/infectious-and-non-communicable-health-conditions-among-east-african-immigrants-at-arrival-and-post-integration-in-switzerland
Background and Rationale East African immigrants comprise one of the most important groups among newly arriving immigrants in Switzerland. At arrival they may suffer from previously undiagnosed parasi
Improving the HIV care cascade in Lesotho: Towards 90-90-90 - A research collaboration with the Ministry of Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/improving-the-hiv-care-cascade-in-lesotho-towards-90-90-90-a-research-collaboration-with-the-ministry-of-health
Background Despite enormous progress in the last decade, HIV/AIDS remains the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in most countries of Southern Africa and a central contributor to economic
Air quality in Tehran, Iran: Evaluating acute health effects and modeling the long-term spatial variability (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/air-quality-in-tehran-iran-evaluating-acute-health-effects-and-modeling-the-long-term-spatial-variability
Air pollution in low- and middle-income countries is higher and from different sources than air pollution in high-income countries, where most exposure and epidemiologic research has been done. The bu
Improving antichagasic drug discovery through stage-specific monitoring of Trypanosoma cruzi (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/improving-antichagasic-drug-discovery-through-stage-specific-monitoring-of-trypanosoma-cruzi
About 6-7 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi , a protozoan parasite causing Chagas’ disease. Most of the symptoms appear in the chronic phase of Chagas’ disease: cardiomyopathies and m
Identifying Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Urban Low Income Settings (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/identifying-barriers-to-exclusive-breastfeeding-in-urban-low-income-settings
Children in Lao PDR as well as in many other middle-income countries continue to receive sub-optimal nutrition because of low breastfeeding rates, undermining their developmental potential. While majo
Digital data innovation in health impact assessment: new methods to track and respond to the migration and humanitarian crisis in Northern Mozambique (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/digital-data-innovation-in-health-impact-assessment-new-methods-to-track-and-respond-to-the-migration-and-humanitarian-crisis-in-northern-mozambique
Background In northern Mozambique, a volatile combination of natural disasters, violence and conflict, and COVID-19 have all combined to create a humanitarian crisis where it is estimated that over ha
GeoLEGIO: Legionnaires’ disease in Switzerland: A spatial analysis of notification data from 2017-2021 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/geolegio-legionnaires-disease-in-switzerland-a-spatial-analysis-of-notification-data-from-2017-2021
Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella spp. bacteria. The disease is notifiable to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Over the past ten years, ann
Missed opportunities to responding to violence against women and girls in the health sector (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/missed-opportunities-to-responding-to-violence-against-women-and-girls-in-the-health-sector
Violence against women (VAW) remains a critical global issue with significant implications for public health and societal well-being. Effective detection and response by the health sector are essentia
Expanding NTD and COVID-19 control to mobile pastoralists in Chad (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/expanding-ntd-and-covid-19-control-to-mobile-pastoralists-in-chad
The EXPAND project aims to expanding neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and COVID-19 surveillance and control to mobile pastoralists in Chad through the establishment of integrated surveillance and ac