HAP 3 - Health for All, Albania - Phase 3

The Health for All Project (HAP) has in the period 2015 to 2023 contributed in an important way to strengthen PHC services and population access to essential services in two regions of Albania and beyond. Substantive investments in the rehabilitation of infrastructure and supply of basic equipment…

Ongoing
01.04.2023 - 31.03.2027
Long term service project
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Swiss Centre for International Health
Kaspar Wyss
BAG KEA - Competence Centre for Epidemiological Outbreak Investigations

In Switzerland, foodborne infections such as listeriosis, salmonellosis or campylobacteriosis are notifiable diseases and are under close surveillance by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Annually, one to three outbreaks of one of these diseases have been observed in Switzerland. The…

Ongoing
01.04.2023 - 31.03.2028
Long term service project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Diseases and Programmes
Helena Greter
eWHORM - Enabling the WHO-Roadmap 2030

Worm infections (helminthiases) affect around 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the most prevalent infections in humans. Worm infections can cause chronic and debilitating health problems, such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis (river blindness), loiasis (African eye worm),…

Ongoing
01.04.2023 - 31.03.2028
Clinical Trial, Research project
European Commission (EU) / European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
Helminth Drug Development
Jennifer Keiser
GeLuft - Quantification of health benefits of the new Air Quality Guidelines of the World Health Organisation in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the outdoor air pollution of various air pollutants is regulated by immission limit values in the Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC). The current limit values of the OAPC are in line with the Air Quality Guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHOAQG in English) of 2005.…

Ongoing
01.03.2023 - 31.08.2023
Short term service project
Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU)
Physical Hazards and Health
Alberto Castro Fernández
The Virulence-Transmission Trade-Off: Exploring the Biological Determinants and Epidemiological Consequences of Subclinical Tuberculosis

Human tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health emergency, causing 10 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths every year. TB manifests as a spectrum, ranging from self-cured or asymptomatic infection to active pulmonary and extra-pulmonary disease. Until recently, the common view was that only…

Ongoing
01.02.2023 - 31.01.2027
Research project
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) / Programme Sinergia
EBF - Exclusive breastfeeding: global rates, optimal duration, and a multi-country intervention

Human breastmilk is increasingly recognized as critical for immune system development in infancy, and can substantially reduce the incidence of infectious and non-infectious childhood diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life;…

Ongoing
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
Intervention Study, Observational study, Research project, Evaluation project
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) / Career Ambizione
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Jordyn Wallenborn
COROVIA - Longitudinal tracking of B cell and functional antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses in Africa

Background and Rationale: In contrast to soaring COVID-19 case numbers during pandemic waves in the Americas and Europe, large parts of Africa have reported relatively low numbers of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19-related deaths. Hypotheses to explain this observation include differential innate…

Ongoing
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2027
Research project
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) / Career PRIMA
Viral Immunology
Katharina Röltgen
BEST-COST - Burden of disease based methods for estimating the socio-economic cost of environmental stressors

The outdoor environment has a significant impact on our health and wellbeing. The European Green Deal has introduced the ambitious commitment to a ‘Zero-Pollution Action Plan for air, water, and soil’ to protect humans and the environment. Evidencebased policy making on environmental stressors is…

Ongoing
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
Research project
European Commission (EU) / Horizon Europe
Physical Hazards and Health
Alberto Castro Fernández
ATIIMEM - I remember you :Lung epithelial cells memory in Hookworm infection

Helminths are large and complex organisms than infect about 1.5 billion people worldwide, mostly living in tropical countries. Due to their size they cause extensive damage to their host.  One of this most striking damage happens in the lungs during migration of parasites such as Hookworms or…

Ongoing
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
Research project
Novartis Foundation for medical-biological research
Helminth Immunology
Tiffany Bouchery
Boosting Public Discourse: Towards a Targeted, Evidence-Based Strategy to Improve Moral Reasoning

The public discourses on Covid-19 during the pandemic years have highlighted the importance of a common understanding of key moral terms such as ‘autonomy’,  ‘solidarity, or ‘proportionality’ for a successful communication between autorities, the media, or the health system, and the general public.…

Ongoing
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
Research project
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) / Programme NRP
Society, Gender and Health
Sonja Merten