Violence against health care workers: understanding context through citizen science and measuring a de-escalation training intervention effectiveness... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/violence-against-health-care-workers-understanding-context-through-citizen-science-and-measuring-a-de-escalation-training-intervention-effectiveness-in-eastern-drc-and-iraq
This study investigates the effectiveness of a tailored violence de-escalation training for health professionals in combination with a set of publicly displayed violence-prevention rules at the health
Home-based oral self-testing for absent and declining individuals during a door-to-door HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho: The HOSENG... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/home-based-oral-self-testing-for-absent-and-declining-individuals-during-a-door-to-door-hiv-testing-campaign-in-rural-lesotho-the-hoseng-cluster-randomised-trial
Background In sub-Saharan Africa, home-based HIV testing is validated and accepted, but coverage is low because household members are often absent during home-based testing campaigns. We aimed to meas
Advancing Cervical Cancer Screening in HIV-Positive Women – The Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care Cascade (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/advancing-cervical-cancer-screening-in-hiv-positive-women-the-cervical-cancer-prevention-and-care-cascade
Background : Substantial disparities in cervical cancer (CC)-related incidence and mortality persist between high and low-income countries. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), CC continues to be the leading
External final evaluation of "Impact of air pollution on maternal and child health" project in Mongolia - 2018-2022 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/external-final-evaluation-of-impact-of-air-pollution-on-maternal-and-child-health-project-in-mongolia-2018-2022
Air pollution in urban Mongolia has become a public health crisis where every child and pregnancy is at risk. In winter months, the levels of PM2.5 pollution in Ulaanbaatar city (UB) can reach 1,985 m
Accessible Mental Health Care: Needs and Capacity Assessment and Intervention Development for “The Kosovo-Strong Minds Programme” (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/accessible-mental-health-care-needs-and-capacity-assessment-and-intervention-development-for-the-kosovo-strong-minds-programme
Background : Mental health care services remain severely limited in many low resourced settings despite the large need for attending population’s needs. Mental health care needs assessments are an ess
Effects of intersecting internalized stigmas and avoidance on HIV and alcohol-related outcomes among people living with HIV in South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite HIV and problematic drinking often co-occurring in South Africa (SA), limited research has examined how HIV stigma relates to alcohol outcomes, how alcohol stigma relates to HIV ou
Burden of Covid-19 restrictions: national, regional and global estimates (Publications)
Background: A growing literature has documented the high global morbidity, mortality and mental health burden associated with the current Covid-19 pandemic. In this paper, we aimed to quantify the tot
The role of non-commercial cyprinids in maintenance and spread of the opisthorchiasis focus in the middle Ob River basin (Tomsk region, Russia) (Publications)
The study assessed the role of non-commercial cyprinid species in maintaining the opisthorchiasis focus in the middle Ob River basin, Tomsk region, Russia. The source of O. felineus infection for huma
Detection of pathogens of acute febrile illness using polymerase chain reaction from dried blood spots (Publications)
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) of dried blood spots (DBS) for pathogen detection is a potentially convenient method for infectious disease diagnosis. This study tested 115 DBS samples p
Spatio-temporal analysis of leprosy risks in a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso-Brazilian Amazon: results from the leprosy post-exposure... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis (LPEP) with single dose rifampicin (SDR) can be integrated into different leprosy control program set-ups once contact tracing has been established. We an
