Publications

Bapolisi W.A, Dumbaugh M, Felber S, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure. Cult Health Sex. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911

Bapolisi W.A, Makelele J, Ferrari G, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Schindler C, Merten S. Engaging men in women's empowerment: impact of a complex gender transformative intervention on household socio-economic and health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo using a longitudinal survey. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):443. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17717-5

Ekou F.K, Eze I.C, Aka J, Kwiatkowski M, Merten S, Acka F.K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d'Ivoire: the SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(1):e069934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934

Ikuteyijo O.O, Aliyu T.K, Akinyemi A.I, Ikuteyijo L.O, Ogunoye O.R, Obasola O.I, Abe J.O, Mobolaji J.W, Ekundayo O.O, Agunbiade O.M, Merten S. Demand and supply of adolescent and young adult’s sexual and reproductive health services during COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Int J Popul Stud. 2024;10(1):21-33. DOI: 10.36922/ijps.366

Owolodun B, Gmür D, Felber S, Ollier C, Haller T, Merten S. From diversity to uniformity: comparing nutritional transition of food consumption in four regions in Senegal. Food culture & society. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1080/15528014.2024.2310380

Schwind B, Merten S, Hollenstein E, Wyss K, Gerold J. Formen interprofessioneller Zusammenarbeit in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung: eine fallübergreifende Analyse in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz. Praxis. 2024;113(2):28-33

Bapolisi W.A, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Barriers to family planning use in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an application of the theory of planned behaviour using a longitudinal survey. BMJ Open. 2023;13(2):e061564. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061564

Bytyçi-Katanolli A, Obas K.A, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Jerliu N, Merten S, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Kwiatkowski M, Probst-Hensch N. Effectiveness of behavioural change interventions on physical activity, diet and body mass index of public primary healthcare users in Kosovo: the KOSCO cohort. BMJ Open. 2023;13(10):e071100. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071100

Ferrari G, Lwamushi S.M, Balaluka G.B, Lafta R.K, Schindler C, Bugugu D, Lurhangire E, Tediosi F, Mendoza J.R, Merten S. Understanding context of violence against healthcare through citizen science and evaluating the effectiveness of a co-designed code of conduct and of a tailored de-escalation of violence training in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq: a study p. Trials. 2023;24:814. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07839-3

Ikuteyijo O.O, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Fetters M.D, Akinyemi A.I, Merten S. Health providers' response to female adolescent survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and demand side barriers in the utilization of support services in urban low-income communities of Nigeria. Healthcare (Basel). 2023;11(19):2627. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11192627

Künzli N, Woodrow C, Berger A, Czabanowska K, Iacoviello L, Lucas R, Madarasova Geckova A, Merten S, Knesebeck O.V.D, Mantwill S, Panico S, Osorio L, Ribeiro A.I, Chiodini P, Suggs L.S, Coulibaly J. Chocolate eaters do not necessarily win a Nobel Prize - authors in special issues do not necessarily publish lower quality papers. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1606967. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606967

Lee T.T, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Merten S, Kwiatkowski M, Mahomed H, Sweijd N, Cissé G. Understanding diarrhoeal diseases in response to climate variability and drought in Cape Town, South Africa: a mixed methods approach. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:76. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01127-7

Makali S.L, Lembebu J.C, Boroto R, Zalinga C.C, Bugugu D, Lurhangire E, Rosine B, Chimanuka C, Mwene-Batu P, Molima C, Mendoza J.R, Ferrari G, Merten S, Bisimwa G. Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Confl Health. 2023;17:44. DOI: 10.1186/s13031-023-00541-w

Merten S, Haller T. Interwoven landscapes: gender and land in the Kafue Flats, Zambia. Land. 2023;12(9):1657. DOI: 10.3390/land12091657

Merten S. Planning familial - un droit ouvert à tous. Berne: Commission fédérale pour les questions familiales COFF, 2023. Policy Brief

Merten S. Pianificazione familiare: un diritto per tutti. Berna: Commissione federale per le questioni familiari COFF, 2023. Policy Brief

Merten S. Familienplanung – ein Recht für alle. Bern: Eidgenössische Kommission für Familienfragen EKFF, 2023. Policy Brief

Oehri J, Chernet A, Merten S, Sydow V, Paris D.H. Improving primary healthcare access for asylum seekers and refugees: a qualitative study from a Swiss family physician perspective. J Prim Care Community Health. 2023;14:21501319231181878. DOI: 10.1177/21501319231181878

Ombere S.O, Nyambedha E.O, Haller T, Merten S. Anti-politics and free maternal health services in Kilifi County, Kenya. Afr Stud. 2023;82(1):85-97. DOI: 10.1080/00020184.2023.2241833

Ombere S.O, Nyambedha E.O, Haller T, Merten S. Local perspectives on policy implementation of free maternity health services in Kenya: implications for universal health coverage. Afr J Reprod Health. 2023;27(5s):71-81. DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i5s.9

Owolodun B, Merten S. Food security from the forest: the case of the commodification of baobab fruit (Adansonia digitata L.) in Boundou Region, Senegal. Land. 2023;12(7):1423. DOI: 10.3390/land12071423

Schwarz J, Merten S. 'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi. Cult Health Sex. 2023;25(1):78-93. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2021.2020904

Schwind B, Zemp E, Jafflin K, Späth A, Barth M, Maigetter K, Merten S, Kurth E. "But at home, with the midwife, you are a person": experiences and impact of a new early postpartum home-based midwifery care model in the view of women in vulnerable family situations. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23:375. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09352-4

Shrikhande S.S, Merten S, Cambaco O, Lee T, Lakshmanasamy R, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Utzinger J, Cissé G. "Climate change and health?": Knowledge and perceptions among key stakeholders in Puducherry, India. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(6):4703. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064703

Shrikhande S.S, Merten S, Cambaco O, Lee T.T, Lakshmanasamy R, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Barriers to climate change and health research in India: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2023;13(10):e073381. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073381

Wüthrich-Grossenbacher U, Mutsinze A, Wolf U, Maponga C.C, Midzi N, Mutsaka-Makuvaza M.J, Merten S. A validation of the religious and spiritual struggles scale among young people living with HIV in Zimbabwe: Mokken scale analysis and exploratory factor analysis. Front Psychol. 2023;4:1051455. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1051455

Wüthrich-Grossenbacher U, Mutsinze A, Wolf U, Maponga C.C, Midzi N, Mutsaka-Makuvaza M.J, Merten S. Spiritual and religious aspects influence mental health and viral load: a quantitative study among young people living with HIV in Zimbabwe. BMJ Glob Health. 2023;8(8):e012671. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012671

Zepro N.B, Ali N.T, Tarr N, Medhanyie A.A, Paris D.H, Probst-Hensch N, Merten S. Sexual and reproductive health services use among adolescents in pastoralist settings, northeastern Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23:677. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09616-z

Bytyci-Katanolli A, Merten S, Kwiatkowski M, Obas K, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Jerliu N, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Probst-Hensch N. Non-communicable disease prevention in Kosovo: quantitative and qualitative assessment of uptake and barriers of an intervention for healthier lifestyles in primary healthcare. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:647. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07969-5

Bytyci-Katanolli A, Probst-Hensch N, Obas K.A, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Jerliu N, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Merten S. Perceived barriers to physical activity behaviour among patients with diabetes and hypertension in Kosovo: a qualitative study. BMC Prim Care. 2022;23:257. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01866-w

Darkhawaja R.A.M, Kwiatkowski M, Vermes T, Allabadi H, Merten S, Alkaiyat A, Probst-Hensch N. Exploring the role of social capital, self-efficacy and social contagion in shaping lifestyle and mental health among students representing the future healthcare workforce in Palestine: social cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e049033. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049033

Ebi S.J, Deml M.J, Jafflin K, Buhl A, Engel R, Picker J, Häusler J, Wingeier B, Kruerke D, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. Parents' vaccination information seeking, satisfaction with and trust in medical providers in Switzerland: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 2022;12(2):e053267. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053267

Grimm P.Y, Oliver S, Merten S, Han W.W, Wyss K. Enhancing the understanding of resilience in health systems of low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(7):899-911. DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.261

Ikuteyijo O.O, Akinyemi A.I, Merten S. Exposure to job-related violence among young female sex workers in urban slums of Southwest Nigeria. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:1021. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13440-1

Jafflin K, Deml M.J, Schwendener C.L, Kiener L, Delfino A, Gafner R, Schudel S, Mäusezahl M, Berger C, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. Parental and provider vaccine hesitancy and non-timely childhood vaccination in Switzerland. Vaccine. 2022;40(23):3193-3202. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.044

Kiener L.M, Schwendener C.L, Jafflin K, Meier A, Reber N, Schärli Maurer S, Muggli F, Gültekin N, Huber B.M, Merten S, Deml M.J, Tarr P.E. Vaccine hesitancy and HPV vaccine uptake among male and female youth in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2022;12(4):e053754. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053754

Ombere S.O, Nyambedha E.O, Haller T, Merten S. Measures adopted by indigent mothers in Kilifi County to tackle maternal health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. Afr J Reprod Health. 2022;26(12):57-65. DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2022/v26i12s.7

Schwarz J, Manirakiza R, Merten S. Reproductive governance in a fragile and population-dense context: family planning policies, discourses, and practices in Burundi. Eur J Dev Res. 2022;34(6):2666-2687. DOI: 10.1057/s41287-021-00482-1

Schwendener C.L, Kiener L.M, Jafflin K, Rouached S, Juillerat A, Meier V, Schärli Maurer S, Muggli F, Gültekin N, Baumann A, Debergh M, Gruillot C, Huber B, Merten S, Buhl A, Deml M.J, Tarr P.E. HPV vaccine awareness, knowledge and information sources among youth in Switzerland: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e054419. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054419

Bapolisi W, Ferrari G, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Gendered determinants of food insecurity in ongoing regional conflicts, North and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Agric Food Secur. 2021;10:13. DOI: 10.1186/s40066-021-00285-x

Biller-Andorno N, Spitale G, Schwind B, Jafflin K, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Merten S. Publico - a digital tool for pandemic crisis communication and management. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Bioethica. 2021;65:34-35

Grimm P.Y, Merten S, Wyss K. Evidence of health system resilience in Myanmar during cyclone Nargis: a qualitative analysis. BMJ Open. 2021;11(9):e050700. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050700

Leuenberger A, Cambaco O, Zabré H.R, Lyatuu I, Utzinger J, Munguambe K, Merten S, Winkler M.S. “It is like we are living in a different world”: health inequity in communities surrounding industrial mining sites in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(21):11015. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111015

Leuenberger A, Kihwele F, Lyatuu I, Kengia J.T, Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Merten S. Gendered health impacts of industrial gold mining in northwestern Tanzania: perceptions of local communities. Impact Assess Proj Apprais. 2021;39(3):183-195. DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2021.190469

Olarewaju V.O, Jafflin K, Deml M.J, Gültekin N, Muggli F, Schärli S, Gruillot C, Kloetzer A, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. The Youth Attitudes about Vaccines (YAV-5) scale: adapting the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines short scale for use with youth in German, French, and Italian in Switzerland, exploratory factor analysis and mokken scaling analysis. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021;17(12):5183-5190. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1980314

Olarewaju V.O, Jafflin K, Deml M.J, Zimmermann C, Sonderegger J, Preda T, Staub H, Kwiatkowski M, Kloetzer A, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. Application of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey in three national languages in Switzerland: exploratory factor analysis and mokken scale analysis. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021;17(8):2652-2660. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1894894

Ombere S.O, Haller T, Nyambedha E, Merten S. Cultural practices during pregnancy and birth among the Giriama community in coastal Kenya: a qualitative study. Int J Childbirth. 2021;11(4):154-165. DOI: 10.1891/IJC-2021-0008

Spitale G, Merten S, Jafflin K, Schwind B, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Biller-Andorno N. PubliCo. A protocol for a new risk and crisis communication platform to bridge the gap between policy makers and the public in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021;10(11):e33653. DOI: 10.5167/uzh-20779

Zepro N.B, Medhanyie A.A, Bezabih A.M, Tarr N, Merten S. Lived experiences and perceptions of childbirth among pastoralist women in north-eastern Ethiopia: a multimethod qualitative analysis to the WHO health systems responsiveness framework. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23):12518. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312518

Bapolisi W.A, Ferrari G, Blampain C, Makelele J, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Impact of a complex gender-transformative intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: protocol of a longitudinal parallel mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:51. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8084-3

Giles M.L, Mantel C, Munoz F.M, Moran A, Roos N, Yusuf N, Diaz T, Ahun M, Nic Lochlainn L.M, Wootton E, Pathirana J, Rendell S, Tuncalp O, Perut M, Hombach J, Merten S, Lambach P. Vaccine implementation factors affecting maternal tetanus immunization in low- and middle-income countries: results of the Maternal Immunization and Antenatal Care Situational Analysis (MIACSA) project. Vaccine. 2020;38(33):5268-5277. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.084

Giles M.L, Mason E, Muñoz F.M, Moran A.C, Lambach P, Merten S, Diaz T, Baye M, Mathai M, Pathirana J, Rendell S, Tunçalp O, Hombach J, Roos N. Antenatal care service delivery and factors affecting effective tetanus vaccine coverage in low- and middle-income countries: results of the Maternal Immunisation and Antenatal Care Situational analysis (MIACSA) project. Vaccine. 2020;38(33):5278-5285. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.025

Jafflin K. Monitoring der Baby Freundlichen Spitäler in zertifizierten Geburtskliniken (Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative): Bericht 2019: eine Analyse im Auftrag der UNICEF Schweiz und Lichtenstein. Basel: Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, 2020

Jafflin K. Monitoring des hôpitaux amis des bébés. Maternités certifiées (Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative): rapport 2019: une analyse réalisée sur mandat d’UNICEF Suisse Lichtenstein. Basel: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique Suisse, 2020

Kusi C, Steinmann P, Merten S. The fight against lymphatic filariasis: perceptions of community drug distributors during mass drug administration in coastal Kenya. Infect Dis Poverty. 2020;9:22. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-0638-1

Merten S, Mlotshwa L, Schwarz J. Youth, sexuality, gender, and health: dealing with a social phenomenon. Int J Public Health. 2020;65(4):375-376. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01392-5

Wyss-van den Berg M, Ogutu B, Sewankambo N.K, Merten S, Biller-Andorno N, Tanner M. Communities and clinical trials: a case study from the RTS,S malaria vaccine trials in eastern Africa. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2020;15(5):465-477. DOI: 10.1177/1556264620951384

Deml M.J, Jafflin K, Merten S, Huber B, Buhl A, Frau E, Mettraux V, Sonderegger J, Kliem P, Cattalani R, Kruerke D, Pfeiffer C, Burton-Jeangros C, Tarr P.E. Determinants of vaccine hesitancy in Switzerland: study protocol of a mixed-methods national research programme. BMJ Open. 2019;9(11):e032218. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032218

Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, Bisimwa G, Mwamini M.C, Mommers P, Merten S. Navigating fertility, reproduction and modern contraception in the fragile context of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: 'Les enfants sont une richesse'. Cult Health Sex. 2019;21(3):323-337. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2018.1470255

Leuenberger A, Farnham A, Azevedo S, Cossa H, Dietler D, Nimako B, Adongo P.B, Merten S, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Health impact assessment and health equity in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2019;79:106288. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2019.106288

Mhalu G, Weiss M.G, Hella J, Mhimbira F, Mahongo E, Schindler C, Reither K, Fenner L, Zemp E, Merten S. Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:217. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4030-4

Schwarz J, Arminjon M, Zemp Stutz E, Merten S, Bodenmann P, Clair C. Déterminants sociaux de la santé en Suisse - comment le genre s'est perdu en chemin. Rev Méd Suisse. 2019;15(640):485-489

Schwarz J, Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, Ndorere M.S, Mwamini M.C, Bisimwa G, Merten S. "So that's why I'm scared of these methods": Locating contraceptive side effects in embodied life circumstances in Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Soc Sci Med. 2019;220:264-272. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.030

Späth A. Monitoring der Baby Freundlichen Spitäler in zertifizierten Geburtskliniken (Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative): Bericht 2018: eine Analyse im Auftrag der UNICEF Schweiz und Lichtenstein. Basel: Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, 2019

Späth A. Monitoring des hôpitaux amis des bébés. Maternités certifiées (Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative): rapport 2018: une analyse réalisée sur mandat d’UNICEF Suisse Lichtenstein. Basel: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique Suisse, 2019

van den Berg M, Ogutu B, Sewankambo N.K, Merten S, Biller-Andorno N, Tanner M. Clinical trials in low-resource settings: the perspectives of caregivers of paediatric participants from Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2019;24(8):1023-1030. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13281

Elouard Y, Weiss C, Martin-Hilber A, Merten S. Sexual violence as a risk factor for family planning-related outcomes among young Burundian women. Int J Public Health. 2018;63:13-22. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-0988-z

Haller T, Merten S. Crafting our own rules: constitutionality as a bottom-up approach for the development of by-laws in Zambia. Hum Ecol. 2018;46(1):3-13. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-017-9917-2

Mlotshwa L, Manderson L, Chasela C, Merten S. Talking about sex in pregnancy: reflections from the field in urban South Africa. Cult Health Sex. 2018;20(11):1157-1170. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1420233

Mtenga S.M, Pfeiffer C, Tanner M, Geubbels E, Merten S. Linking gender, extramarital affairs, and HIV: a mixed methods study on contextual determinants of extramarital affairs in rural Tanzania. AIDS Res Ther. 2018;15:12. DOI: 10.1186/s12981-018-0199-6

Rokicki S, Merten S. The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study. Reprod Health. 2018;15:212. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-018-0656-7

Späth A, Zemp E, Merten S, Dratva J. Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding. Matern Child Nutr. 2018;14(1):e12497. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12497

Weiss C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Merten S. Training in youth-friendly service provision improves nurses' competency level in the Great Lakes Region. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(6):753-763. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1106-6

Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, van de Weerd J, Zabiti M, Mommers P, Balaluka G.B, Merten S. Evaluating the comparative effectiveness of different demand side interventions to increase maternal health service utilization and practice of birth spacing in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: an innovative, mixed methods approach. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017;17:212. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1396-3

Mlotshwa L, Manderson L, Merten S. Personal support and expressions of care for pregnant women in Soweto, South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2017;10:1363454. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1363454

Späth A, Merten S, Zemp E, Dratva J. The impact of baby-friendly hospital designation on duration of breastfeeding in Switzerland. European J Pub Health, 2017;27(Suppl. 3)

Gerold J, Staudacher S, Merten S. Survey among Medicus Mundi Switzerland members on human rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health: study report. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2016

Merten S, Ntalasha H, Musheke M. Non-uptake of HIV testing in children at risk in two urban and rural settings in Zambia: a mixed-methods study. PLoS One. 2016;11(6):e0155510. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155510

Merten S. Ambiguous care: siblings and the economies of HIV-related care in Zambia. AIDS Care. 2016;28(Supplment 4):41-50. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1195483

Mtenga S.M, Geubbels E, Tanner M, Merten S, Pfeiffer C. "It is not expected for married couples": a qualitative study on challenges to safer sex communication among polygamous and monogamous partners in southeastern Tanzania. Glob Health Action. 2016;9:32326. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.32326

Musheke M, Merten S, Bond V. Why do marital partners of people living with HIV not test for HIV? A qualitative study in Lusaka, Zambia. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:882. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3396-z

Sundaram N, Schaetti C, Merten S, Schindler C, Ali S.M, Nyambedha E.O, Lapika B, Chaignat C.L, Hutubessy R, Weiss M.G. Sociocultural determinants of anticipated oral cholera vaccine acceptance in three African settings: a meta-analytic approach. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:36. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2710-0

Weiss C, Schropfer D, Merten S. Parental attitudes towards measles vaccination in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland: a latent class analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16:400. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1747-0

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : survey report 2014 South Kivu province, DRC. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Enquête sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescent(e)s et des jeunes adultes : rapport d'enquête 2014 Province du Sud Kivu, RDC. Bâle: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique, 2015

Blake C, Cartaña L, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Ngabo F, Nzamponimpa A, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey: household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: Rwanda report: Next Generation Programm 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : survey report 2014, Burundi. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Enquête sur la santé sexuelle at reproductive des adolescent(e)s et des jeunes adultes : rapport d'enquête 2014, Burundi. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: South Kivu (DRC) report : Next Generation Programme 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: Burundi report : Next Generation Programme 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, Zabiti M, Mommers P, Merten S. Demand side interventions to increase maternal health service utilization and practice of birth spacing on Idjwi Island, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: who is participating?. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):348

Gerold J, Hoop S, Blake C, Merten S, Martin Hilber A. 'I try to avoid the boys!' Adolescents' sexuality representation in Rwanda, a mixed method analysis. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):75

Gross K, Hartmann K, Zemp E, Merten S. 'I know it has worked for millions of years': the role of the 'natural' in parental reasoning against child immunization in a qualitative study in Switzerland. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:373. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1716-3

Merten S, Martin Hilber A, Biaggi C, Secula F, Bosch-Capblanch X, Namgyal P, Hombach J. Gender determinants of vaccination status in children: evidence from a meta-ethnographic systematic review. PLoS One. 2015;10(8):e0135222. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135222

Merten S, Weiss C, Elouard Y, Schwarz J, Blake C, Hilbert A.M. Sexuality education is associated with increased disclosure and treatment seeking after violence experiences of young women 15-24: results from a multi-country-survey including Eastern DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):74-75. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Mtenga S, Merten S, Geubbels E, Tanner M, Pfeiffer C. Prevalence and social-structural determinants of extramarital affairs in South-Eastern Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):359-360

Mtenga S.M, Pfeiffer C, Merten S, Mamdani M, Exavery A, Haafkens J, Tanner M, Geubbels E. Prevalence and social drivers of HIV among married and cohabitating heterosexual adults in south-eastern Tanzania: analysis of adult health community cohort data. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:28941. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.28941

Ntalasha H, Malungo J.R, Merten S, Simona J.S. Influence of food supplements on testing for HIV and Aids and adhering to treatment in a resource poor rural setting: a case of Chivuna, Southern Zambia. Sci J Public Health. 2015;3(3):314-320. DOI: 10.11648/j.sjph.20150303.13

Schwarz J, Blake C, Ndabihore N, Weiss C, Martin Hilber A, Merten S. Pregnancy in adolescence in the Great Lakes region: findings from a multi-country survey in South Kivu (DRC), Burundi and Rwanda. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):157

Weiss C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Merten S. Self-reported competencies of nurses in providing sexual and reproductive health services to young people (1524 years): a comparative survey in DRC, Burundi and Rwanda. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):283. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Gari S, Musheke M, Malungo R.S.J, Martin Hilber A, Schindler C, Merten S. Sex differentials in the uptake of antiretroviral treatment in Zambia. AIDS Care. 2014;26(10):1258-1262. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.897911

Forrester-Knauss C, Merten S, Weiss C, Ackermann-Liebrich U, Zemp Stutz E. The baby-friendly hospital initiative in Switzerland: trends over a 9-year period. J Hum Lact. 2013;29(4):510-516. DOI: 10.1177/0890334413483923

Gari S, Doig-Acuna C, Smail T, Malungo J.R, Martin-Hilber A, Merten S. Access to HIV/AIDS care: a systematic review of socio-cultural determinants in low and high income countries. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:198. DOI: 110.1186/1472-6963-13-198

Gari S, Malungo J.R, Martin-Hilber A, Musheke M, Schindler C, Merten S. HIV testing and tolerance to gender based violence: a cross-sectional study in Zambia. PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e71922. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071922

Haller T, Merten S. Losing the commons - fighting with magic: institutional change, fortress conservation and livelihood strategies of the Batwa, Kafue flats floodplain, Zambia. In: Cliggett L,Bond V, eds. Tonga timeline: appraising sixty years of multidisciplinary research in Zambia and Zimbabwe, 207-236. Lusaka: Lembani Trust, 2013

Merten S, Gari S. Sexuelle und reproduktive Gesundheit der Migrationsbevölkerung in der Schweiz und ausgewählten anderen Staaten: Literaturübersicht 2006-2012. Basel: Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, 2013

Merten S, Schaetti C, Manianga C, Lapika B, Chaignat C.L, Hutubessy R, Weiss M.G. Local perceptions of cholera and anticipated vaccine acceptance in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:60. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-60

Merten S, Schaetti C, Manianga C, Lapika B, Hutubessy R, Chaignat C.L, Weiss M. Sociocultural determinants of anticipated vaccine acceptance for acute watery diarrhea in early childhood in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013;89(3):419-425. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0643

Musheke M, Bond V, Merten S. Couple experiences of provider-initiated couple HIV testing in an antenatal clinic in Lusaka, Zambia: lessons for policy and practice. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:97. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-97

Musheke M, Bond V, Merten S. Deterrents to HIV-patient initiation of antiretroviral therapy in urban Lusaka, Zambia: a qualitative study. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2013;27(4):231-241. DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0341

Musheke M, Bond V, Merten S. Self-care practices and experiences of people living with HIV not receiving antiretroviral therapy in an urban community of Lusaka, Zambia: implications for HIV treatment programmes. AIDS Res Ther. 2013;10:12. DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-10-12

Musheke M, Ntalasha H, Gari S, McKenzie O, Bond V, Martin-Hilber A, Merten S. A systematic review of qualitative findings on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:220. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-220

Schaetti C, Sundaram N, Merten S, Ali S.M, Nyambedha E.O, Lapika B, Chaignat C.L, Hutubessy R, Weiss M.G. Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings. BMC Med. 2013;11:206. DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-206

Martin Hilber A, Kenter E, Redmond S, Merten S, Bagnol B, Low N, Garside R. Vaginal practices as women's agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography. Soc Sci Med. 2012;74(9):1311-1323. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.032

Merten S, Manianga C. Community perceptions of cholera and oral cholera vaccines in DRC. Summary report for WHO. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2012

Musheke M, Bond V, Merten S. Individual and contextual factors influencing patient attrition from antiretroviral therapy care in an urban community of Lusaka, Zambia. J Int AIDS Soc. 2012;15(Suppl. 1):17366. DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.3.17366

Haller T, Merten S. "We had cattle and did not fish and hunt anyhow!" Institutional change and contested commons in the Kafue Flats floodplain (Zambia). In: Haller T, ed. Disputing the floodplains: institutional change and the politics of resource management in African wetlands, 301-359. Leiden: Brill, 2010

Martin Hilber A, Bosch-Capblanch X, Schindler C, Beck L, Sécula F, McKenzie O, Gari S, Stucki C, Merten S. Gender and immunisation: summary report for SAGE, November 2010. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2010

Merten S, Kenter E, McKenzie O, Musheke M, Ntalasha H, Martin Hilber A. Patient-reported barriers and drivers of adherence to antiretrovirals in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-ethnography. Trop Med Int Health. 2010;15 Suppl 1:16-33. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02510.x

Merten S, Haller T. Whose logic? The local redistribution of food aid targeting old and chronically sick people in Zambia. Hum Organ. 2009;68(1):89-102