Mitigating the Impact of COVID‑19 on Neglected Tropical Diseases (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/mitigating-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-neglected-tropical-diseases
scoping review to draw the attention of the NTD community towards some of the funding opportunities that have emerged with the aim to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The international community [...] and human resources to address the pandemic. A compass for NTD stakeholders The publication serves as a starting point for the NTD community to seek financial support in order to sustain and revitalise control [...] schooling. Although the situation has improved for many NTDs over the...
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to non-assisted suicide in Switzerland from 2009 to 2021: a secondary data analysis (Publications)
life-years (DALYs) were calculated in order to estimate the burden of disease. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine the robustness of the data and the effect of variables (suicide attempt incidence [...] This research addresses the issue of suicide and attempted suicide, which have a significant impact on global premature mortality and disability. Particularly noteworthy is the prevalence among adolescents [...] ranks among the top four causes of death according to the World Health...
The Swiss Aeging Citizen Reference (SACR) | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/sacr
and inform the applicant. Upon the acceptance of the application, project-specific DTA/MDTA will be prepared by SACR consortium. Costs for data access and analysis capacity may arise for the applicant. [...] harmonized across the three cohorts. Brain MRI features 902 participants of SACR have had their MRI taken at one of the SACR study centers. The image processing pipeline is similar to the one described by [...] phenotypes. The SACR database will make a unique contribution to the aging...
The ‘shadow pandemic’ requires more than a shadow response (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/the-shadow-pandemic-requires-more-than-a-shadow-response
and Director of the Secretariat for the Lancet Commission on Gender-Based Violence and the Maltreatment of Young People. Carmen Sant Fruchtman, MIH is a Scientific Collaborator with the Swiss Tropical and [...] Sharma, MD, MPH is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. For more information or to join the GBV SubGroup of the Gender & COVID-19 [...] prevent violence. The global attention on the ‘shadow pandemic’ of GBV and the...
The ‘death rays’ that never were (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/the-death-rays-that-never-were
communications – and became the man of the hour. He still appears in the media now and again whenever this topic comes up. He wrote his initial report for the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) in 2002 [...] as the industry has no influence on the projects chosen or on the bidding processes”. It also often gets forgotten in the heat of the discussion that Röösli doesn’t just say things that please the industry [...] According to the report, this harboured “great potential for social...
Hand hygiene, water quality and sanitation in primary health care facilities and schools not connected to a functional water supply system (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/hand-hygiene-water-quality-and-sanitation-in-primary-health-care-facilities-and-schools-not-connected-to-a-functional-water-supply-system
randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness the Hands4Health intervention. Our work has the following objectives: 1. Assess the impact of the Hands4Health intervention on hygiene-related behavioral [...] despite the heightened risk of infection, there is a dearth of research on hand hygiene in primary health care centres and schools, and monitoring and evaluation efforts remain under-prioritised. The “Hand [...] conflict. Components of the intervention include: · Infrastructure...
Sequelae of deep venous thrombosis, 5-year follow-up of 341 patients (Publications)
in which group the therapy is positive. It has even been eliminated where the thrombosis had been limited to the leg. Prophylactic measures are therefore necessary in the groups at high risk. The diagnosis [...] but also the extent of the thrombosis, then the incidence of CPT, especially in leg ulcers, is roughly twice as high in patients with extensive thromboses, and therapy is negative, as in the patients with [...] diagnosis must be swift in order to commence correct therapy whilst the...
Sequelae of deep venous thrombosis, 5-year follow-up of 341 patients (Publications)
in which group the therapy is positive. It has even been eliminated where the thrombosis had been limited to the leg. Prophylactic measures are therefore necessary in the groups at high risk. The diagnosis [...] but also the extent of the thrombosis, then the incidence of CPT, especially in leg ulcers, is roughly twice as high in patients with extensive thromboses, and therapy is negative, as in the patients with [...] diagnosis must be swift in order to commence correct therapy whilst the...
An assessment of knowledge and hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers at Dodoma Regional Referral hospital (Publications)
The WHO-promoted ‘My 5 moments for hand hygiene’ is designed to prevent the spread of infectious organisms in healthcare settings which occurs mostly via contaminated hands of healthcare workers (HCWs) [...] hospital units. From the results above the isolated bacteria obtained from the healthcare workers cell phones are showing resistant to commonly used antibiotics.The main objective of the study was to assess [...] availability, and access to facilities for hand hygiene and the adherence to th...
An assessment of knowledge and hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers at Dodoma Regional Referral hospital (Publications)
The WHO-promoted ‘My 5 moments for hand hygiene’ is designed to prevent the spread of infectious organisms in healthcare settings which occurs mostly via contaminated hands of healthcare workers (HCWs) [...] hospital units. From the results above the isolated bacteria obtained from the healthcare workers cell phones are showing resistant to commonly used antibiotics.The main objective of the study was to assess [...] availability, and access to facilities for hand hygiene and the adherence to th...
