Publications

Boichuk A, Fehlbaum A, Tymruk-Skoropad K.A, Duchenko A, Wyss K, Prytherch H. Strengthening the rehabilitation system in Ukraine. Public Health Rev. 2026;47:1609220. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609220

Dietsche S, Weeren F, Meinlschmidt G, Toussaint A, Baenteli I, Bahmane S, Frick A, Karpf C, Studer A, Wyss K, Schwenkglenks M, Fink G, Tschudin S, Trost S, Bachmann M, Dörner A, Buechel D, Ebner L, Schaefert R, SomPsyNet Consortium. Assessing DSM-5 criteria of somatic symptom disorder in medically hospitalized inpatients: a cross-sectional analysis. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2026;99:6-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2025.12.023

Hollenstein E, Castelli Dransart D.A, Rajkumar S, Durrer M, Gysin Maillart A, Michaud L, Saillant S, Wyss K. Professional perspectives on roles and structural gaps in interprofessional collaboration for suicide prevention: a qualitative study. Front Psychiatry. 2026;17

Kulinkina A.V, Rwandarwacu V.P, Habakurama J, Cobuccio L, Norris M, Kalisa E, Havugimana C, Ingabire A, Levine G.A, Tan R, Faivre V, Vonlanthen A, Le Pogam M.A, Wyss K, Tuyisenge L, Ngabonziza J.C.S, D'Acremont V. Effectiveness of a digital clinical decision support algorithm for guiding antibiotic prescribing in pediatric outpatient care in Rwanda: a pragmatic cluster non-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2026;23(2):e1004692. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004692

Awasthi S, Kumar D, Pandey A.K, Agarwal G.G, Jacob A, Sharma K, Agarwal , Langet H, Kumar G, Levine G.A, Cicconi S, Ruffo M, Emmanuel-Fabula M, Beynon F, Schär F, Wyss K, D'Acremont V, TIMCI Collaborator Group. Prevalence of hypoxemia among sick children, aged under-five years, seeking healthcare at primary health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India: an observational-cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2025;43:100706. DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2025.100706

Beynon F, Mhalu G, Kumar D, Cicconi S, Langet H, Levine G.A, Agarwal G, Festo C, Glass T.R, Jacob A, Kumar G, Lwambura S, Matata L, Mkopi A, Moshiro R, Schaer F, Bandi V, Bohle L.F, Emmanuel-Fabula M, Horlacher M, Horton S, Maiba J, Makawia S, Masanja N, Mjungu D, Mtebene I.E, Odek O, Oliveira V, Pantjushenko E, Reus E, Ruffo M, Sharma K, Storey H, Tyagi M, D'Acremont V, Masanja H, Awasthi S, Wyss K, TIMCI Collaborator Group. Effectiveness of introducing pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms for the management of sick children in primary care in India and Tanzania on hospitalisation and mortality: the TIMCI pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2025;85:103306. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103306

De Geest S.M, Akre C, Aubert C.E, Brauchli P, Brunkert T, Dhaini S, Goldhahn J, Mabire C, Meyer-Massetti C, Mielke J, Schneider M, Utzinger J, Wyss K, Clack L. Accelerating innovation: implementation science as a cornerstone of high-performance Swiss research infrastructures. Swiss Med Wkly. 2025;155:4501. DOI: 10.57187/s.4501

Frei A, Aschenbrenner L.M, Firnenburg D.P, Cattapan K, Michaud L, Saillant S, Olbrich S, Werdin S, Wyss K, Sedlinska M.A, Walther S, Gysin-Maillart A.C. Therapeutische Allianz, Selbstwirksamkeit und suizidales Erleben: eine Subanalyse. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1055/a-2640-1839

Frei A, Aschenbrenner L.M, Firnenburg D.P, Cattapan K, Michaud L, Saillant S, Olbrich S, Werdin S, Wyss K, Sedlinska M.A, Walther S, Gysin-Maillart A.C. Therapeutische Allianz, Selbstwirksamkeit und suizidales Erleben: eine Subanalyse. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2025;75(9-10):377-383. DOI: 10.1055/a-2640-1839

Frei A, Aschenbrenner L.M, Sedlinskà M.-A, von Strauss und Torney F, Cattapan K, Michaud L, Saillant S, Olbrich S, Homan S, Werdin S, Wyss K, Adorjan K, Walther S, Gysin-Maillart A. ASSIP flex Suizidprävention flexibel und nachhaltig: ein Behandlungsangebot für Menschen nach einem Suizidversuch. Ther Umsch. 2025;82(2):62–69. DOI: 10.23785/TU.2025.02.006

Horton S, Adombi U, Beynon F, Emmanuel-Fabula M, Herrick T, Kumar S, Makawia S, Mugo M, Onah M, Ruffo M, Awasthi S, Ba M, Bohle L.F, Cicconi S, Langet H, Faye P.M, Masanja H, Miheso A, Mjungu D, Machoki M'Imunya J, Ndiaye O, Sharma K, D'Acremont V, Wyss K, TIMCI Collaborator Group. Costs of testing sick children in primary care with pulse oximetry: Evidence from four countries, both with and without electronic clinical decision support. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5(7):e0004644. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004644

Langet H, Faye P.M, Njiri F, Cicconi S, Levine G.A, Glass T.R, Kosgei R.J, Ngari K, Schaer F, Thiongane A, Tine J.A.D, Ba M, Bohle L.F, Emmanuel-Fabula M, Faye M.M, Horton S, Miheso A, Mugo M, Ngutu M, Ruffo M, Shauri J, Sougou N.M, D’Acremont V, Wyss K, Ndiaye O, Beynon F, The TIMCI Collaborator Group. Effectiveness of introducing pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms for the management of sick children in primary care in Kenya and Senegal on referral and antibiotic prescription: the TIMCI quasi-experimental pre-post study. eClinicalMedicine. 2025;83:103196. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103196

Matthys B, Monnier N, Ngaradoumadji M, Toubangue Y, Delcroix P, Pereira M, Schmitz T, Armour-Marshall J, Zahorka M, Sugimoto K, Léchenne M, Revault D, Wyss K, Alladiguimbai M. Development and implementation of a digital clinical decision support system to increase the quality of primary healthcare delivery in a refugee setting in Chad. BMC Prim Care. 2025;26:113. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-025-02818-w

Muho A, Brugger C, Salzmann T, Wyss K, Steinmann P. Sustainability of health system strengthening interventions implemented at primary healthcare level: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2025;15(4):e095516. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095516

Ntawuyirushintege S, Ahmed A, Bucyibaruta G, Siddig E.E, Remera E, Tediosi F, Wyss K. Spatiotemporal trends in stunting prevalence among children aged two years old in Rwanda (2020–2024): a retrospective analysis. Nutrients. 2025;17(17):2808. DOI: 10.3390/nu17172808

Poroes C, Seematter-Bagnoud L, Wyss K, Peytremann-Bridevaux I. Building resilience through better performance assessment of Switzerland’s health system in times of crises. Public Health Rev. 2025;46:1608860. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2025.1608860

Tyagi M, Kumar D, Sharma K, Beynon F, Kumar G, Langet H, Levine G.A, Ruffo M.A, Fabula M.E, D'Acremont V, Wyss K, Bohle L.F, Awasthi S. Barriers and enablers of using a clinical decision support algorithm to consult sick children at primary health facilities: a qualitative study from Uttar Pradesh, India. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2025;34:102038. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2025.102038

Werdin S, Fink G, Rajkumar S, Durrer M, Gurtner C, Harbauer G, Warnke I, Wyss K, SERO Study Group. Impact of four integrated self-management interventions on psychiatric readmissions in patients at suicide risk: an interrupted time series analysis in Switzerland. J Affect Disord. 2025;388:119604. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.119604

Werdin S, Hollenstein E, Wyss K. Promoting the sustainability of suicide prevention projects in Switzerland. Public Health Rev. 2025;46:1607824. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2025.1607824

Baumann A, Wyss K. Exploring evidence use and capacity for health services management and planning in Swiss health administrations: a mixed-method interview study. PLoS One. 2024;19(5):e0302864. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302864

Beynon F, Langet H, Bohle L.F, Awasthi S, Ndiaye O, Machoki M'Imunya J, Masanja H, Horton S, Ba M, Cicconi S, Emmanuel-Fabula M, Faye P.M, Glass T.R, Keitel K, Kumar D, Kumar G, Levine G.A, Matata L, Mhalu G, Miheso A, Mjungu D, Njiri F, Reus E, Ruffo M, Schär F, Sharma K, Storey H.L, Masanja I, Wyss K, D'Acremont V, TIMCI Collaborator Group. The Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) study protocol: a multi-country mixed-method evaluation of pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms. Glob Health Action. 2024;17:2326253. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2326253

Kaburi B.B, Harries M, Hauri A.M, Kenu E, Wyss K, Silenou B.C, Klett-Tammen C.J, Ressing C, Awolin J, Lange B, Krause G. Availability of published evidence on coverage, cost components, and funding support for digitalisation of infectious disease surveillance in Africa, 2003-2022: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:1731. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19205-2

Kessely H, Revault D, Zinsstag J, Ouattara O, Gbangou J.-B, Wyss K, Léchenne M. Joint human and animal health campaigns in Chad. One Health Cases. 2024(September):ohcs20240026. DOI: 10.1079/onehealthcases.2024.0026

Mack A, Rajkumar S, Kofler J, Wyss K. Estimating the burden of disease attributable to non-assisted suicide in Switzerland from 2009 to 2021: a secondary data analysis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154(11):3522. DOI: 10.57187/s.3522

Nwankwo O.N.O, Auer C, Oyo-Ita A, Eyers J, Wyss K, Fink G, Bosch-Capblanch X. Human resources for health: a framework synthesis to put health workers at the centre of healthcare. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(9):e014556. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014556

Palmeirim M.S, Houngbedji C.A, Barth-Jaeggi T, Kouamé J.Y, Krouman A, Coulibaly D, Wyss K. Key characteristics and perception of different outbreak surveillance systems in Côte d'Ivoire: cross-sectional survey among users. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2024;10:e56275. DOI: 10.2196/56275

Raven J, Mansour W, Aikins M, Bulthuis S, Chikaphupha K, Dieleman M, Kok M, Martineau T, Ssenggooba F, Wyss K, Vallières F. From PERFORM to PERFORM2Scale: lessons from scaling-up a health management strengthening intervention to support Universal Health Coverage in three African countries. Health Policy Plan. 2024;39(8):841-853. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae063

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 (Bern 1994). 2024;113(2):28-33

Werdin S, Fink G, Rajkumar S, Durrer M, Gurtner C, Harbauer G, Warnke I, Wyss K. Mental health of individuals at increased suicide risk after hospital discharge and initial findings on the usefulness of a suicide prevention project in Central Switzerland. Front Psychiatry. 2024;15:1432336. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1432336

Werdin S, Wyss K. Challenges in the evaluation of suicide prevention measures and quality of suicide data in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: findings from qualitative expert interviews. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:2209. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19726-w

WerdinS, WyssK. Advancing suicide prevention in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: a qualitative study. Front Public Health. 2024;12:1378481. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1378481

Aebi N.J, Baenteli I, Fink G, Meinlschmidt G, Schaefert R, Schwenkglenks M, Studer A, Trost S, Tschudin S, Wyss K, SomPsyNet Consortium. Facilitators and barriers of routine psychosocial distress assessment within a stepped and collaborative care model in a Swiss hospital setting. PLoS One. 2023;18(6):e0285395. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285395

Banatvala N, Wyss K, Akweongo P, Kuwawenaruwa A, Grodwin V. Universal health coverage and NCD prevention and control. In: Banatvala N,Bovet P, eds. Noncommunicable diseases: a compendium, 277-284. London, New York: Routledge, 2023. DOI: 10.4324/9781003306689

Barth-Jaeggi T, Houngbedji C.A, Palmeirim M.S, Coulibaly D, Krouman A, Ressing C, Wyss K. Introduction and acceptability of the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:2189. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17026-3

Kaburi B.B, Wyss K, Kenu E, Asiedu-Bekoe F, Hauri A.M, Laryea D.O, Klett-Tammen C.J, Leone F, Walter C, Krause G. Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a digital surveillance and outbreak response system in Ghana before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative analysis of stakeholder interviews. JMIR Form Res. 2023;7:e45715. DOI: 10.2196/45715

Meinlschmidt G, Frick A, Baenteli I, Karpf C, Studer A, Bachmann M, Dörner A, Tschudin S, Trost S, Wyss K, Fink G, Schwenkglenks M, Caviezel S, Rocco T, Schaefert R, SomPsyNet consortium. Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2023;13(11):e076814. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076814

Poroes C, Seematter-Bagnoud L, Wyss K, Peytremann-Bridevaux I. Health system performance and resilience in times of crisis: an adapted conceptual framework. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(17). DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20176666

Aebi N.J, Fink G, Wyss K, Schwenkglenks M, Baenteli I, Caviezel S, Studer A, Trost S, Tschudin S, Schaefert R, Meinlschmidt G, SomPsyNet Consortium. Association of different restriction levels with COVID-19-related distress and mental health in somatic inpatients: a secondary analysis of Swiss general hospital data. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:872116. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.872116

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Out of pocket payments and access to NCD medication in two regions in Albania. PLoS One. 2022;17(8):e0272221. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272221

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