Accounting for MOBility in AIR pollution exposure estimates in studies on long-term health effects. (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/accounting-for-mobility-in-air-pollution-exposure-estimates-in-studies-on-long-term-health-effects
Large scale epidemiological studies investigating long-term health effects of air pollution can typically only consider the residential locations of the participants, thereby ignoring the space-time a
Assessment of a viral load result-driven automated Differentiated Service Delivery Model for participants taking antiretroviral therapy in Lesotho (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/assessment-of-a-viral-load-result-driven-automated-differentiated-service-delivery-model-for-participants-taking-antiretroviral-therapy-in-lesotho
To sustainably provide good quality care to increasing numbers of people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings, care delivery has to shift from a
Bite Interruption Towards Elimination (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/bite-interruption-towards-elimination
There has been substantial progress in reducing malaria transmission in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). However progress has stalled with reports of increase in the number of cases, multi-drug res
Peer-Educator-coordinated vs nurse-coordinated ART refill for adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Lesotho – a cluster randomized clinical... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/peer-educator-coordinated-vs-nurse-coordinated-art-refill-for-adolescents-and-young-adults-living-with-hiv-in-lesotho-a-cluster-randomized-clinical-trial
Background Despite tremendous progress in controlling the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, HIV-related mortality continues to increase among adolescents and young people living with HIV (AYPLHIV).
Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/tools-for-integrated-management-of-childhood-illness
Despite progress in reducing child mortality, an estimated 5.4 million children under five years of age died of preventable causes in 2017 including pneumonia (24%), diarrhoea (15%), and malaria (9%).
African contributions to global health: Circulating knowledge and innovations (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/african-contributions-to-global-health-circulating-knowledge-and-innovations
This Sinergia project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation focuses on African contributions to global health by examining knowledge, practices or applications that were designed for improvi
Evidence for change as emerging from the r4d public health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/evidence-for-change-as-emerging-from-the-r4d-public-health
15 projects jointly funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) within the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d pro
The burden of gastroenteritis in Switzerland (BUGS) study (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/the-burden-of-gastroenteritis-in-switzerland-bugs-study
A cute gastroenteritis (AG) is a common disease worldwide. The incidence and burden of disease of AG in the general Swiss population are unknown. Available information is restricted to notifiable path
Design of trials for pathogen elimination (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/design-of-trials-for-pathogen-elimination
In field trials of new interventions against mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, there are often spill-over effects between areas that receive the intervention and others that do not, because o
Impact of systems failures in malaria service delivery in Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/impact-of-systems-failures-in-malaria-service-delivery-in-africa
Malaria treatment provides individual benefits by curing infection and preventing progression to severe disease. Treatment also provides community-level benefits by reducing the infectious reservoir.
