Research on the epidemiology of food- and waterborne diseases in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/research-on-the-epidemiology-of-food-and-waterborne-diseases-in-switzerland
Financed by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) various studies are conducted to elucidate specific topics of interest to the office in the fields of prevention, control and evidence-based guid
Multi-scale mathematical modelling of parasite, drug and vaccine interactions: optimising public health and disease elimination strategies (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/multi-scale-mathematical-modelling-of-parasite-drug-and-vaccine-interactions-optimising-public-health-and-disease-elimination-strategies
Tremendous progress has been made over the last decades in controlling malaria. From 2000 to 2015 scale-up of control and curative interventions enabled a 60% reduction in malaria death rates and a 40
Support Project for the Health Districts in Chad - Phase II (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/support-project-for-the-health-districts-in-chad-phase-ii
Please consult the impact study report and the summary of results for more information (both in French). For a brief summary of the project, click here . To learn more about One Health in Chad, please
Reinforcement of the regional epidemiological surveillance network of the Indian Ocean Commission (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/reinforcement-of-the-regional-epidemiological-surveillance-network-of-the-indian-ocean-commission
Conseil Santé (France) and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute – Swiss TPH (Switzerland) provide a range of services related to the “Assistance to the project leader of the project strength
Blockchain high coverage rabies post-exposure prophylaxis to achieve zero human rabies deaths in Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/blockchain-high-coverage-rabies-post-exposure-prophylaxis-to-achieve-zero-human-rabies-deaths-in-africa
Dog mediated rabies still kills more than 60’000 people every year. This indicates a significant failure of current health systems in developing countries, with very poor access of exposed patients to
Effects of airborne pollen on cardiorespiratory health and allergic symptoms (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/effects-of-airborne-pollen-on-cardiorespiratory-health-and-allergic-symptoms
Airborne pollen allergies are increasing across Europe, and are a major health issue for 20% of the Swiss population. At the same time, the duration and intensity of the pollen season are changing due
Prospective Multicentre Clinical Trial for the Evaluation of the Accuracy and Diagnostic Yield of the Fujifilm LAM TB Test for the Diagnosis of... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/prospective-multicentre-clinical-trial-for-the-evaluation-of-the-accuracy-and-diagnostic-yield-of-the-fujifilm-lam-tb-test-for-the-diagnosis-of-tuberculosis-in-hiv-positive-patients
New, rapid, non-sputum-based point-of-care (POC) diagnostic solutions to detect TB are urgently needed. This is a prospective, multicentre cohort study (Sponsor: FIND) in which the accuracy and the di
Community-based tuberculosis triage testing after symptom screening in hard-to-reach African populations: CAD4TB versus C-reactive protein (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/community-based-tuberculosis-triage-testing-after-symptom-screening-in-hard-to-reach-african-populations-cad4tb-versus-c-reactive-protein
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a poverty-related disease which particularly affects vulnerable and underserved populations. Community-based TB triage testing as an integral part of multi-disease hea
MMC elimination costing (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/mmc-elimination-costing
The project will generate evidence on the trade-offs between cost and effectiveness of malaria elimination interventions. This includes surveillance and a range of targeted and focal malaria eliminati