Mitigation strategies for communities with COVID-19 transmission in Lesotho using artificial intelligence on chest x-rays and novel rapid diagnostic... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/mitigation-strategies-for-communities-with-covid-19-transmission-in-lesotho-using-artificial-intelligence-on-chest-x-rays-and-novel-rapid-diagnostic-tests
centre, which will be used for RDT and CAD4COVID validation, through collaboration with the TB TRIAGE+ project. The innovative and comprehensive MistaL project will directly improve the health of the people [...] n an integral part of the COVID-19 outbreak response in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a LMIC with one of the highest HIV and TB prevalence in the world and a very limited capacity for PCR-based confirmatory [...] second main objective is to select the most promising antigen-based SARS-CoV-2...
EMA Recommends Arpraziquantel for Treatment of Schistosomiasis in Preschool-Aged Children (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/ema-recommends-arpraziquantel-for-treatment-of-schistosomiasis-in-preschool-aged-children
developed in the 1970s. Extending the range of options for the treatment of schistosomiasis, arpraziquantel is tailored for use in preschool-aged children. It is a 150 mg tablet that withstands the hot and [...] climate. The tablet is administered by dissolving it in water and has an improved taste to make it more palatable for very young children. The positive CHMP scientific opinion by EMA is the basis for the potential [...] under the EU-M4all procedure for high-priority medicines for human...
Malaria treatment in the retail sector: knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania (Publications)
parts of the population. This research aimed at assessing the performance of the retail sector in rural Tanzania. Such information is urgently required to improve and broaden delivery channels for life-saving [...] ment in the retail sector is not satisfactory. Drug stores should be supported and empowered to provide correct malaria-treatment with drugs they are allowed to dispense. At the same time, the role of [...] children (OR=11.3). On the other hand, general shopkeepers were often ready to...
Malaria treatment in the retail sector: knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania (Publications)
parts of the population. This research aimed at assessing the performance of the retail sector in rural Tanzania. Such information is urgently required to improve and broaden delivery channels for life-saving [...] ment in the retail sector is not satisfactory. Drug stores should be supported and empowered to provide correct malaria-treatment with drugs they are allowed to dispense. At the same time, the role of [...] children (OR=11.3). On the other hand, general shopkeepers were often ready to...
BACKUP Health Cameroon - Improving Access to Malaria Care and Services for Children Under Five: Pilot Project (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/backup-health-cameroon-improving-access-to-malaria-care-and-services-for-children-under-five-pilot-project
Click here for a brief summary of the project. BACKUP Health is a GIZ programme working for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is cofounded by the Swiss Agency [...] network and for which a pilot is being prepared for the Chèque Santé, also in Cameroon. The project will therefore be oriented according to the good practices observed in Cameroon. In addition, the project [...] this stage: the IT unit of MINSANTE; the regional health authorities, FRPS and...
Health for All, Albania - Phase 2 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/health-for-all-albania-phase-2
and governance of the sector. The country has a health system which is relatively wide-ranging but inefficient. Insufficient considerations are given to the demographic change and the raising burden of [...] Cooperation Strategy for Albania 2018-2021, the goal of phase 2 of the “Health for All Project (HAP) is that the Albanian population benefits from better health thanks to improved primary health care services [...] Home-based care is under-developed while the role of nurse in dealing with...
The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study (Publications)
yet misinformation about their correct usage and safety is widespread. While more research on ECP use among young people is needed, these initial results point to the need to incorporate information about [...] unable to plan for sexual encounters, and as a result preferred ECPs as a convenient post-coital method. Despite being widely and repeatedly used, women feared the disruptive effects of ECPs on the menstrual [...] BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, awareness and use of emergency...
The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study (Publications)
yet misinformation about their correct usage and safety is widespread. While more research on ECP use among young people is needed, these initial results point to the need to incorporate information about [...] unable to plan for sexual encounters, and as a result preferred ECPs as a convenient post-coital method. Despite being widely and repeatedly used, women feared the disruptive effects of ECPs on the menstrual [...] BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, awareness and use of emergency...
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/world-malaria-day-2021-in-the-shadows-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
far . This is also due to the commitment of the members of the Swiss Malaria Group , which is comprised of civil society, research institutions including Swiss TPH as well as actors from the government [...] drawing attention to the need to give high priority to the fight against malaria and the associated political and financial commitment of the international community, even in the shadows of the pandemic. Commitment [...] effects" of the Corona pandemic Although many activities in the fight...
The complete mitochondrial genome of the rodent intra-arterial nematodes <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em> and <em>Angiostrongylus... (Publications)
between the order Ascaridida and Rhabditida rather than Spirurida as indicated in previous studies. These discrepancies call for new research, reassessing the position of the order of Ascaridida in the phylogenetic [...] ip and the position in the phylum Nematoda. The complete mt genomes of A. cantonensis and A. costaricensis are 13,497 and 13,585 bp in length, respectively. Hence, they are the smallest in the class of [...] species in the class of Chromadorea, they encode 12 proteins, 22...
