Towards a global One Health index: a potential assessment tool for One Health performance (Publications)
mainstreamed by the international community, as it provides for holistic thinking in recognizing the close links and inter-dependence of the health of humans, animals and the environment. However, the dearth of [...] countries/territories (31.8-65.0). The results from the pilot analysis are consistent with the results from a literature review, which suggests that a GOHI as a potential tool for the assessment of One Health [...] This study proposes the development of a potential evaluation tool...
Towards a global One Health index: a potential assessment tool for One Health performance (Publications)
mainstreamed by the international community, as it provides for holistic thinking in recognizing the close links and inter-dependence of the health of humans, animals and the environment. However, the dearth of [...] countries/territories (31.8-65.0). The results from the pilot analysis are consistent with the results from a literature review, which suggests that a GOHI as a potential tool for the assessment of One Health [...] This study proposes the development of a potential evaluation tool...
Different but overlapping populations of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in dogs and humans: dogs as a possible source for zoonotic... (Publications)
on the nuclear 18S rDNA, the mitochondrial cox1 locus and whole genome sequence. One population, to which the majority of the worms belong, appears to be restricted to dogs. The other population is in [...] specific but the other one is shared with humans. This argues for the strong potential of dogs as reservoirs for zoonotic transmission of S. stercoralis to humans and suggests that in order to reduce the exposure [...] Strongyloidiasis is a much-neglected soil born helminthiasis caused by the...
Different but overlapping populations of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in dogs and humans: dogs as a possible source for zoonotic... (Publications)
on the nuclear 18S rDNA, the mitochondrial cox1 locus and whole genome sequence. One population, to which the majority of the worms belong, appears to be restricted to dogs. The other population is in [...] specific but the other one is shared with humans. This argues for the strong potential of dogs as reservoirs for zoonotic transmission of S. stercoralis to humans and suggests that in order to reduce the exposure [...] Strongyloidiasis is a much-neglected soil born helminthiasis caused by the...
Illness costs to households are a key barrier to access diagnostic and treatment services for tuberculosis in Tajikistan (Publications)
Financial factors were considered the most important determinants of access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Expenditure for drugs and consultations, for transport, and for special foods as well as lost [...] FINDINGS: Focus group discussions were conducted in order to investigate access to TB services. A conceptual framework for access to care guided the analysis. Thirteen focus group discussions involving [...] discussions and a rating to quantify the relative importance of...
Illness costs to households are a key barrier to access diagnostic and treatment services for tuberculosis in Tajikistan (Publications)
Financial factors were considered the most important determinants of access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Expenditure for drugs and consultations, for transport, and for special foods as well as lost [...] FINDINGS: Focus group discussions were conducted in order to investigate access to TB services. A conceptual framework for access to care guided the analysis. Thirteen focus group discussions involving [...] discussions and a rating to quantify the relative importance of...
Uptake of guidelines on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Tanzania: time for change (Publications)
steps of the PMTCT pathway. Effective uptake of PMTCT guidelines has been shown to be extremely challenging in this setting. The continuously changing recommendations on PMTCT stress the need for a much [...] to improve the uptake of these guidelines to prevent avoidable new HIV infections of infants. In 2010 the World Health Organisation presented its new PMTCT guidelines, offering two options for short courses [...] finishing breastfeeding. Tanzania has adopted Option A, and it is currently...
Uptake of guidelines on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Tanzania: time for change (Publications)
steps of the PMTCT pathway. Effective uptake of PMTCT guidelines has been shown to be extremely challenging in this setting. The continuously changing recommendations on PMTCT stress the need for a much [...] to improve the uptake of these guidelines to prevent avoidable new HIV infections of infants. In 2010 the World Health Organisation presented its new PMTCT guidelines, offering two options for short courses [...] finishing breastfeeding. Tanzania has adopted Option A, and it is currently...
Twitter for Academics (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/twitter-for-academics
million monthly active users. The main feature, the ‘tweet’ is a brief message limited to 280 characters, which can also be followed with a photo, video, website link and more. For a new user, particularly [...] you should be wary of what you tweet. There is a common saying on the internet that is “the internet never forgets, but people do”: it is important to be mindful of your digital footprint and exercise caution [...] broader audience. Being wary of the public eye Despite all of the...
Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions (Publications)
result of the scaling-up of control interventions. The aim of eliminating malaria from the Island remains elusive, however, underscoring the need to adapt control to the local context. Understanding the factors [...] according to need. The single most important risk factor identified was travel to mEG, in line with previous investigations, and represents a great challenge for the success of malaria control on the Island. [...] factors driving the risk of malaria infection is critical to inform...
