A systematic review of qualitative findings on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
citations out of which 56 were selected for full text review and synthesised 42 papers from 13 countries using Malpass' notion of first-, second-, and third-order constructs. RESULTS: The predominant factors [...] inability to live with HIV. There is also a need to continue addressing HIV-related stigma, which is intricately linked to individual economic support. Building confidence in the health system through improving [...] BACKGROUND: Despite Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) being the epicenter...
A systematic review of qualitative findings on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
citations out of which 56 were selected for full text review and synthesised 42 papers from 13 countries using Malpass' notion of first-, second-, and third-order constructs. RESULTS: The predominant factors [...] inability to live with HIV. There is also a need to continue addressing HIV-related stigma, which is intricately linked to individual economic support. Building confidence in the health system through improving [...] BACKGROUND: Despite Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) being the epicenter...
Aetiology of fever in returning travelers and migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
determine the etiology of fever in travelers/migrants returning from (sub) tropical countries as well as the proportion of patients with specific diagnoses, and ii) to assess the predictors for specific [...] in returning travelers, but there is no known systematic review considering all diseases, or all tropical diseases causing fever. Such a review is necessary in order to develop appropriate practice guidelines [...] met criteria for data extraction. Tropical infections accounted for 33% of...
Aetiology of fever in returning travelers and migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
determine the etiology of fever in travelers/migrants returning from (sub) tropical countries as well as the proportion of patients with specific diagnoses, and ii) to assess the predictors for specific [...] in returning travelers, but there is no known systematic review considering all diseases, or all tropical diseases causing fever. Such a review is necessary in order to develop appropriate practice guidelines [...] met criteria for data extraction. Tropical infections accounted for 33% of...
Global oral cholera vaccine use, 2013-2018 (Publications)
settings, the longest delay was from the occurrence of the emergency to requesting OCV (median: 26days). The mean cost of administering one dose of vaccine was 2.98 USD. The OCV stockpile is an important [...] created by the establishment of the OCV stockpile has played a role in the increased use of the vaccine by setting in motion a virtuous cycle by which better monitoring and evaluation leads to better campaign [...] accepted by the population and their use demonstrated to be safe and...
Global oral cholera vaccine use, 2013-2018 (Publications)
settings, the longest delay was from the occurrence of the emergency to requesting OCV (median: 26days). The mean cost of administering one dose of vaccine was 2.98 USD. The OCV stockpile is an important [...] created by the establishment of the OCV stockpile has played a role in the increased use of the vaccine by setting in motion a virtuous cycle by which better monitoring and evaluation leads to better campaign [...] accepted by the population and their use demonstrated to be safe and...
Malaria Mortality in Africa May Be Higher than Estimated (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/malaria-mortality-in-africa-may-be-higher-than-estimated
key measure, which is not directly linked to severe malaria and thus death. "To obtain more accurate estimates, we developed a novel indicator which also takes into account anaemia in order to identify [...] with under-five mortality. "The malaria burden in sub-Saharan Africa is considerably underestimated when anemia is not taken into account," said Penelope Vounatsou, Head of the Biostatistics unit at Swiss [...] at Swiss TPH and first author of the study. "We were able to confirm that malaria...
Hydrogen sulfide removal by <em>Thiobacillus thioparus</em> bacteria on seashell bed biofilters (Publications)
of the influent pollutant is considered between 1-140 mg m(-3). Also the humidity in the atmosphere is fixed between 77-93% and the optimum temperature required for growing of the microorganisms is retained [...] injecting into the cylinders. A permanent measuring instrument is equipped to control the gas coming out of the cylinders. In order to prevent the outdoor environment from pollution, first the gas is sent through [...] feeding the system for three weeks the efficiency started to...
Hydrogen sulfide removal by <em>Thiobacillus thioparus</em> bacteria on seashell bed biofilters (Publications)
of the influent pollutant is considered between 1-140 mg m(-3). Also the humidity in the atmosphere is fixed between 77-93% and the optimum temperature required for growing of the microorganisms is retained [...] injecting into the cylinders. A permanent measuring instrument is equipped to control the gas coming out of the cylinders. In order to prevent the outdoor environment from pollution, first the gas is sent through [...] feeding the system for three weeks the efficiency started to...
Digital Health (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/about/scih/digital-health
ALMAMACH - Improve the Diagnosis and Treatment of Children The ALgorithm for the MANAgement of CHildhood illnesses (ALMANACH) , developed by Swiss TPH, is an upgraded electronic version of the IMCI (Integrated [...] multiple HMIS for various use cases, such as the monitoring of disease outbreaks, the visualisation of care utilisation patterns or the tracking of utility cost. Swiss TPH adapts and deploys the popular and [...] can support clinical personnel in the diagnosis and care of patients. T...
