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

Grimm P.Y, Wyss K. What makes health systems resilient? A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of Swiss NGOs. Global Health. 2022;18:55. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00848-y

Kok M, Bulthuis S, Dieleman M, Onvlee O, Murphy R, Akweongo P, Namakula J, Banda H, Wyss K, Raven J, Martineau T. Using a theory of change in monitoring, evaluating and steering scale-up of a district-level health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda: lessons from the PERFORM2Scale consortium. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:1001. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08354-y

Muho A, Peshkatari A, Wyss K. Work time allocation at primary health care level in two regions of Albania. PLoS One. 2022;17(10):e0276184. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276184

Aebi N.J, Caviezel S, Schaefert R, Meinlschmidt G, Schwenkglenks M, Fink G, Riedo L, Leyhe T, Wyss K, SomPsyNet Consortium. A qualitative study to investigate Swiss hospital personnel's perceived importance of and experiences with patient's mental-somatic multimorbidities. BMC Psychiatry. 2021;21:349. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03353-5

Akweongo P, Aikins M, Wyss K, Salari P, Tediosi F. Insured clients out-of-pocket payments for health care under the national health insurance scheme in Ghana. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21:440. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06401-8

Amouzou A, Faye C, Wyss K, Boerma T. Strengthening routine health information systems for analysis and data use: a tipping point. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21(Suppl. 1):618. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06648-1

Baumann A, Wyss K. The shift from inpatient care to outpatient care in Switzerland since 2017: policy processes and the role of evidence. Health Policy. 2021;125(4):512-519. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.01.012

De Geest S, Zúñiga F, Brunkert T, Deschodt M, Zullig L.L, Wyss K, Utzinger J. Potenciando la atención de salud para el futuro en Suiza: la ciencia de la implementación para atravesar el “valle de la muerte”. Texto e Contexto Enfermagem. 2021;30:e2019e004. DOI: 10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2019-E004

Dhaini S.R, Mielke J, Brunkert T, Wyss K, Utzinger J, De Geest S. Swiss implementation science network (IMPACT): a crucial building block to strengthen the Swiss research pipeline for real-world translation. Int J Public Health. 2021;66:1604081. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604081

Erismann S, Pesantes M.A, Beran D, Leuenberger A, Farnham A, Berger Gonzalez de White M, Labhardt N.D, Tediosi F, Akweongo P, Kuwawenaruwa A, Zinsstag J, Brugger F, Somerville C, Wyss K, Prytherch H. How to bring research evidence into policy? Synthesizing strategies of five research projects in low-and middle-income countries. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19:29. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-020-00646-1

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Health seeking behavior among adults and elderly with chronic health condition(s) in Albania. Front Public Health. 2021;9:616014. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.616014

Gonsalves L, Martin Hilber A, Wyss K, Say L. Potentials and pitfalls of including pharmacies as youth-friendly contraception providers in low- and middle-income countries. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2021;47:6-8. DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200641

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

Kuwawenaruwa A, Tediosi F, Metta E, Obrist B, Wiedenmayer K, Msamba V.S, Wyss K. Acceptability of a prime vendor system in public healthcare facilities in Tanzania. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2021;10(10):625-637. DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.90

Matthys B, Ngaradoumadji M, Dande S, Abakar M, Delcroix P, Cherdron T.S, Monnier N, Zahorka M, Sugimoto K, Revault D, Lamoudi Y, Prytherch H, Raab M, Wyss K. A digital solution for a better health management of refugees in Chad. Trop Med Int Health, 2021;26(Suppl. 1):139-140

Saric J, Kiefer S, Peshkatari A, Wyss K. Assessing the quality of care at primary health care level in two pilot regions of Albania. Front Public Health. 2021;9:747689. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.747689

Saulnier D.D, Blanchet K, Canila C, Cobos Muñoz D, Zennaro L.D, De Savigny D, Durski K.N, Garcia F, Grimm P.Y, Kwamie A, Maceira D, Marten R, Peytremann-Bridevaux I, Poroes C, Ridde V, Seematter L, Stern B, Suarez P, Teddy G, Wernli D, Wyss K, Tediosi F. A health systems resilience research agenda: moving from concept to practice. BMJ Glob Health. 2021;6:e006779. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006779

Barth-Jaeggi T, Zandberg L, Bahruddinov M, Kiefer S, Rahmarulloev S, Wyss K. Nutritional status of Tajik children and women: transition towards a double burden of malnutrition. Matern Child Nutr. 2020;16(2):e12886. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12886

Camacho S, Maher D, Kamau E.M, Saric J, Segura L, Zachariah R, Wyss K. Incorporating operational research in programmes funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in four sub-Saharan African countries. Global Health. 2020;16:67. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-020-00599-8

De Geest S, Zuniga F, Brunkert T, Deschodt M, Zullig L.L, Wyss K, Utzinger J. Powering Swiss health care for the future: implementation science to bridge "the valley of death". Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20323. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.20323

Fischer F.B, Mengliboeva Z, Karimova G, Abdujabarov N, Prytherch H, Wyss K. Out of pocket expenditures of patients with a chronic condition consulting a primary care provider in Tajikistan: a cross-sectional household survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20:546. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05392-2

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Perspectives of public and private primary healthcare users in two regions of Albania on non-clinical quality of care. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020;11:2150132720970350. DOI: 10.1177/2150132720970350

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Factors associated with the utilisation of primary care services: a cross-sectional study in public and private facilities in Albania. BMJ Open. 2020;10(12):e040398. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040398

Gonsalves L, Wyss K, Cresswell J.A, Waithaka M, Gichangi P, Martin Hilber A. Mixed-methods study on pharmacies as contraception providers to Kenyan young people: who uses them and why?. BMJ Open. 2020;10:e034769. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034769

Gonsalves L, Wyss K, Gichangi P, Martin Hilber A. Pharmacists as youth-friendly service providers: documenting condom and emergency contraception dispensing in Kenya. Int J Public Health. 2020;65(4):487-496. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01348-9

Heerdegen A.C.S, Aikins M, Amon S, Agyei Agyemang S, Wyss K. Managerial capacity among district health managers and its association with district performance: a comparative descriptive study of six districts in the Eastern region of Ghana. PLoS One. 2020;15:e0227974.. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227974

Heerdegen A.C.S, Gerold J, Amon S, Agyemang S.A, Aikins M, Wyss K. How does district health management emerge within a complex health system? Insights for capacity strengthening in Ghana. Front Public Health. 2020;8:270. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00270

Kuwawenaruwa A, Tediosi F, Obrist B, Metta E, Chiluda F, Wiedenmayer K, Wyss K. The role of accountability in the performance of Jazia prime vendor system in Tanzania. J Pharm Policy Pract. 2020;13:25. DOI: 10.1186/s40545-020-00220-8

Kuwawenaruwa A, Wyss K, Wiedenmayer K, Metta E, Tediosi F. The effects of medicines availability and stock-outs on household's utilization of healthcare services in Dodoma region, Tanzania. Health Policy Plan. 2020;35(3):323-333. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czz173

Kuwawenaruwa A, Wyss K, Wiedenmayer K, Tediosi F. Cost and cost drivers associated with setting-up a prime vendor system to complement the national medicines supply chain in Tanzania. BMJ Glob Health. 2020;5(9):e002681. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002681

Lechthaler F, Arigoni M, Khamidova M, Davlyatova D, Prytherch H, Wyss K. Assessing the effects of the nursing education reform on the educational environment in Tajikistan: a repeated cross-sectional analysis. BMC Nurs. 2020;19:11. DOI: 10.1186/s12912-020-0405-4

Liwanag H.J, Wyss K. Who should decide for local health services? A mixed methods study of preferences for decision-making in the decentralized Philippine health system. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20:305. DOI: s12913-020-05174-w

Oraro-Lawrence T, Wyss K. Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage: a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20:182. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-5041-x

Gonsalves L, Wyss K, Gichangi P, Say L, Martin Hilber A. Regulating pharmacists as contraception providers: a qualitative study from Coastal Kenya on injectable contraception provision to youth. PLoS One. 2019;14(12):e0226133. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226133

Heerdegen A.C.S, Bonenberger M, Aikins M, Schandorf P, Akweongo P, Wyss K. Health worker transfer processes within the public health sector in Ghana: a study of three districts in the Eastern Region. Hum Resour Health. 2019;17:45. DOI: 10.1186/s12960-019-0379-z

Liwanag H.J, Wyss K. Optimising decentralisation for the health sector by exploring the synergy of decision space, capacity and accountability: insights from the Philippines. Health Res Policy Syst. 2019;17:4. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-018-0402-1

Prytherch H, Kasymova Z, Lechthaler F, Kiefer S, Yarbaeva S, Hojimatova Z, Farrukhzoda A, Wyss K. Bringing greater transparency to health workforceplanning in Tajikistan: using the WISN approach. Eur J Public Health, 2019;29(Suppl. 4):226. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.616

Schubiger M, Lechthaler F, Khamidova M, Parfitt B.A, Prytherch H, van Twillert E, Wyss K. Informing the medical education reform in Tajikistan: evidence on the learning environment at two nursing colleges. BMC Med Educ. 2019;19:85. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1515-0

Auer C, Kiefer S, Zuske M, Schindler C, Wyss K, Blum J, Bosch-Capblanch X, Widmer U, Sauthier S, Janssens J.P, Bossard K, Chatonnet C, Mazza-StalderJ, Zacek B, Zellweger J-P, Altpeter E, Mäusezahl M. Health-seeking behaviour and treatment delay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Switzerland: some slip through the net. Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148(35-36):w14659. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2018.14659

Crivelli M, Wyss K, Grize L, Matthys B, Aebi T, Zemp E. Are overweight and obesity in children risk factors for anemia in early childhood? Results from a national nutrition survey in Tajikistan. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(4):491-499. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1088-4

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza : inventaire des activités de prévention de la grippe saisonnière en Suisse: dans le cadre de la Stratégie nationale de prévention de la grippe saisonnière (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2018

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza: Inventory of activities in the prevention of seasonal influenza in Switzerland: within the framework of the national strategy for the prevention of seasonal influenza (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2018

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza: Inventario delle attività sulla prevenzione dell’influenza stagionale in Svizzera: nell’ambito della strategia nazionale di prevenzione dell’in-fluenza stagionale (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2018

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza: Inventar der Aktivitäten zur Prävention der saisonalen Grippe in der Schweiz: im Rahmen der nationalen Strategie zur Prävention der saisonalen Grippe (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institue, 2018

Lingg M, Dreser A, Durán-Arenas L, Wyss K. Strategies to improve the medical device life cycle in Mexico. Salud Publica Mex. 2018;60(4):462-471. DOI: 10.21149/9060

Liwanag H.J, Wyss K. What conditions enable decentralization to improve the health system? Qualitative analysis of perspectives on decision space after 25 years of devolution in the Philippines. PLoS One. 2018;13(11):e0206809. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206809

Martineau T, Raven J, Aikins M, Alonso-Garbayo A, Baine S, Huss R, Maluka S, Wyss K. Strengthening health district management competencies in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda: lessons from using action research to improve health workforce performance. BMJ Glob Health. 2018;3(2):e000619. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000619

Oraro T, Ngube N, Atohmbom G.Y, Srivastava S, Wyss K. The influence of gender and household headship on voluntary health insurance: the case of North-West Cameroon. Health Policy Plan. 2018;33(2):163-170. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx152

Oraro T, Wyss K. How does membership in local savings groups influence the determinants of national health insurance demand? A cross-sectional study in Kisumu, Kenya. Int J Equity Health. 2018;17:170. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-018-0889-7

Prytherch H, Galeazzi R.L, Djamalova M, Rakhmatova N, Kasymova Z, Ross G, Yarbaeva S, Wyss K. Improving the quality of primary health care through the reform of medical education in Tajikistan. Public Health Panorama. 2018;4(3):491-735

Fischer F, Mengliboeva Z, Karimova G, Prytherch H, Wyss K. Out-of-pocket expenditures in rural Tajikistan and their impact on patients with chronic diseases. European J Pub Health, 2017;27(Suppl. 3)

Kiefer S, Knoblauch A.M, Steinmann P, Barth-Jaeggi T, Vahedi M, Maher D, Utzinger J, Wyss K. Operational and implementation research within Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grants: a situation analysis in six countries. Global Health. 2017;13(1):22. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0245-5

Lingg M, Dreser Mansilla A, Duran-Arenas L, Wyss K. The regulation, assessment, and management of medical devices in Mexico: how do they shape the quality of delivered healthcare?. Saf Health. 2017;3:4. DOI: 10.1186/s40886-017-0055-8

Lingg M, Merida-Herrera E, Wyss K, Duran-Arenas L. Attitudes of orthopedic specialists toward effects of medical device purchasing. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2017;33(1):46-53. DOI: 10.1017/S0266462317000101

Liwanag H.J, Wyss K. Assessing decentralisation is a challenging but necessary task if it should continue as a reform strategy: Reflections from the systematic review by Sumah, Baatiema, and Abimbola. Health Policy. 2017;121(4):468-470. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.01.009

Bonenberger M, Aikins M, Akweongo P, Wyss K. Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016;16:12. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1271-3

Donadel M, Karimova G, Nabiev R, Wyss K. Drug prescribing patterns at primary health care level and related out-of-pocket expenditures in Tajikistan. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016;16:556. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1799-2

Kiefer S, Auer C, Altpeter E, Zellweger J.P, Blum J, Wyss K. Tuberkulose in der Schweiz: das Wichtigste in Kürze. Swiss Med Forum. 2016;16(30-31):613-618

Kiefer S, Kling K, Stephan R, Bratschi M.W, Jost M, Bless P, Schmutz C, Mäusezahl D, Wyss K, Mäusezahl-Feuz M, Hatz C. How can patients and their physicians contribute to an outbreak investigation? Experiences from a nationwide listeriosis outbreak in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14366. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14366

Lingg M, Wyss K, Duran-Arenas L. How does the knowledge environment shape procurement practices for orthopaedic medical devices in Mexico?. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2016;16:85. DOI: 10.1186/s12911-016-0324-1

Lingg M, Wyss K, Duran-Arenas L. Effects of procurement practices on quality of medical device or service received: a qualitative study comparing countries. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016;16(a):362. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1610-4

Bonenberger M, Aikins M, Akweongo P, Bosch-Capblanch X, Wyss K. What do district health managers in Ghana use their working time for? A case study of three districts. PLoS One. 2015;10(6):e0130633. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130633

Bonenberger M, Aikins M, Akweongo P, Bosch-Capblanch X, Wyss K. For what do district health managers in Ghana use their working time? A time use survey in three districts. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):372

Bonenberger M, Aikins M, Akweongo P, Wyss K. Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):372-373. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Kasymova Z, Menges D, van Twillert F.J, Wyss K. Comparison of learning environments of residents in new and existing family medicine speciality training programs in Tajikistan. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):341-342

Kiefer S, Auer C, Wyss K, Blum J. Studie zum Wissen über Tuberkulose bei Hausärzten in der Schweiz : durchgeführt im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Gesundheit. Basel: Schweizerisches Zentrum für Internationale Gesundheit, 2015

Lingg M, Wyss K, Duran-Arenas L. When is procurement expected to harm clinical practice : a qualitative study. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):373. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Martineau T, Aikins M, Baine S, Huss R, Kamuzora P, Wyss K. Management strengthening using health workforce performance problems in decentralised contexts: lessons from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):99

Matthys B, Steinmann P, Karimova G, Tagoev T, Abdurahmonov A, Costa J, Kasimova S.J, Wyss K. Prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism and potential predictors: a rapid appraisal among >/= 45 year old residents of southern Tajikistan. J Diabetes. 2015;7(4):540-547. DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12214

Miraliev S.R, Bratschi M.W, Juraeva N, Komilov I, van Twillert F.J, Wyss K. Assessment of work-time allocation of health workers at family medicine level in rural Tajikistan through direct observation. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):98-99

Bonenberger M, Aikins M, Akweongo P, Wyss K. The effects of health worker motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Hum Resour Health. 2014;12:43. DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-43

Bosch-Capblanch X, Lavis J.N, Lewin S, Atun R, Rottingen J.A, Dröschel D, Beck L, Abalos E, El-Jardali F, Gilson L, Oliver S, Wyss K, Tugwell P, Kulier R, Pang T, Haines A. Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: rationale for and challenges of guidance development [in Chinese]. Chin J Evid Based Med. 2014;14(7):777-782. DOI: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140130

Bonenberger M, Aikins M, Akweongo P, Amon S, Bosch-Capblanch X, Wyss K. Motivation, job satisfaction and retention of health workers in the eastern region of Ghana: study report. Legon: School of Public Health, University of Ghana, 2013

Matthys B, Davlatmamadova M, Karimova G, Jean-Richard V, Zimmermann M.B, Wyss K. Iodine nutritional status and risk factors for goitre among schoolchildren in South Tajikistan. BMC Endocr Disord. 2013;13:50. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-13-50

Montavon A, Jean-Richard V, Bechir M, Daugla D.M, Abdoulaye M, Bongo Nare R.N, Diguimbaye-Djaibe C, Alfarouk I.O, Schelling E, Wyss K, Tanner M, Zinsstag J. Health of mobile pastoralists in the Sahel - assessment of 15 years of research and development. Trop Med Int Health. 2013;18(9):1044-1052. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12147

Mshelia C, Huss R, Mirzoev T, Elsey H, Baine S.O, Aikins M, Kamuzora P, Bosch-Capblanch X, Raven J, Wyss K, Greene A, Martineau T. Can action research strengthen district health management and improve health workforce performance? A research protocol. BMJ Open. 2013;3:e003625. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003625

Schwarz J, Wyss K, Gulyamova Z.M, Sharipov S. Out-of-pocket expenditures for primary health care in Tajikistan: a time-trend analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:103. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-103

Warren A.E, Wyss K, Shakarishvili G, Atun R, de Savigny D. Global health initiative investments and health systems strengthening: a content analysis of global fund investments. Global Health. 2013;9:30. DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-30

Wyss K. Where do we stand and where to go? Primary health care and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in eastern Europe and Central Asia. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2013(128):53-55

Bosch-Capblanch X, Lavis J.N, Lewin S, Atun R, Rottingen J.A, Dröschel D, Beck L, Abalos E, El-Jardali F, Gilson L, Oliver S, Wyss K, Tugwell P, Kulier R, Pang T, Haines A. Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: rationale for and challenges of guidance development. PLoS Med. 2012;9(3):e1001185. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001185

Kiefer S, Matthys B, Beknazarova G, Wyss K. Qualitative research report - Demand and supply-side incentives to increase utilization of primary health care services in Tajikistan. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2012

Manzi F, Schellenberg J.A, Hutton G, Wyss K, Mbuya C, Shirima K, Mshinda H, Tanner M, Schellenberg D. Human resources for health care delivery in Tanzania: a multifaceted problem. Hum Resour Health. 2012;10:3. DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-3

Steinmann P, Baimatova M, Wyss K. Patient referral patterns by family doctors and to selected specialists in Tajikistan. Int Health. 2012;4(4):268-276. DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.09.003

Steinmann P, Kiefer S, Kamoliddinov P, Matthys B, Hanlon P, Wyss K. Demand and supply-side incentives to increase utilization of primary health care services in Tajikistan: part II.: quantitative research report. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2012

Wyss K, Bakozoda K, Costa J, Kiefer S. Demand and supply-side incentives to increase utilization of primary health care services in Tajikistan: part III: synthesis report. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2012

Ayé R, Wyss K, Abdualimova H, Saidaliev S. Factors determining household expenditure for tuberculosis and coping strategies in Tajikistan. Trop Med Int Health. 2011;16(3):307-317. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02710.x

Matthys B, Bobieva M, Karimova G, Mengliboeva Z, Jean-Richard V, Hoimnazarova M, Kurbonova M, Lohourignon L.K, Utzinger J, Wyss K. Prevalence and risk factors of helminths and intestinal protozoa infections among children from primary schools in western Tajikistan. Parasit Vectors. 2011;4:195. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-195

Mikkelsen-Lopez I, Wyss K, de Savigny D. An approach to addressing governance from a health system framework perspective. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2011;11:13. DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-11-13

Sy I, Piermay J.-L, Wyss K, Handschumacher P, Tanner M, Cissé G. Gestion de l'espace urbain et morbidité des pathologies liées à l'assainissement à Rufisque (Sénégal). L'Espace Géographique. 2011;40(1):47-61

Windisch R, de Savigny D, Onadja G, Somda A, Wyss K, Sie A, Kouyate B. HIV treatment and reproductive health in the health system in Burkina Faso: resource allocation and the need for integration. Reprod Health Matters. 2011;19(38):163-175. DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(11)38587-4

Ayé R, Wyss K, Abdualimova H, Saidaliev S. Patient's site of first access to health system influences length of delay for tuberculosis treatment in Tajikistan. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:10. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-10

Ayé R, Wyss K, Abdualimova H, Saidaliev S. Illness costs to households are a key barrier to access diagnostic and treatment services for tuberculosis in Tajikistan. BMC Res Notes. 2010;3:340. DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-340

Ayé R, Wyss K, Abdualimova H, Saidaliev S. Household costs of illness during different phases of tuberculosis treatment in Central Asia: a patient survey in Tajikistan. BMC Public Health. 2010;10:18. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-18

Prytherch H, Wyss K. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS among professionals working with migrants in Switzerland. Int J Migr Health Soc Care. 2010;6(2):31-39. DOI: 10.5042/ijmhsc.2010.0608

Schelling E, Béchir M, Daugla D.M, Bonfoh B, Ould Tableb M, Zinsstag J, Wyss K. Health research among highly mobile pastoralist communities of Chad. SBHA. 2010;75(2):91-113

Sy I, Handschumacher P, Wyss K, Cissé G, Lo B, Piermay J.-L, Tanner M. Variabilité des maladies diarrhéiques chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans en milieu urbain: l'exemple de Rufisque au Sénégal. Méd Trop (Mars. ). 2010;70(1):57-61

Sy I, Handschumacher P, Wyss K, Piermay J.-L, Tanner M, Cissé G. Water and sanitation policies limits in Senegal cities: the case of Rufisque. Desalination. 2010;248:673-677. DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.0000.00.000

Wyss K, Weiss S, Stucki C. Swiss contributions to human resources for health development in low- and middle-income countries : current practices and possible future orientations. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2010

Ayé R, Wyss K. Food supplements for tuberculosis patients - do they reach the target group. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2009(112):43-48

Matthys B, Murugi J, de Haan S, Mäusezahl D, Wyss K. Research for health and health system strengthening in Africa: a study on the relevance and impact of research on health and health system strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa. Geneva: Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), 2009

Senpinar-Brunner N, Eckert T, Wyss K. Acceptance of public health measures by air travelers, Switzerland. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15(5):831-832

Windisch R, Wyss K, Prytherch H. A cross-country review of strategies of the German development cooperation to strengthen human resources. Hum Resour Health. 2009;7(1):46. DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-46

Wyss K, de Savigny D. Can conditional cash transfers contribute to health systems strengthening?. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2009(112):6-8

Brun R, Smith T, Maire N, Vounatsou P, Beck H.P, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Tanner M, Pluschke G, Burri C, Rudin W, Wyss K, Clary B, Hatz C, Marti H.P. Malaria Projektinformationen: Forschung und Dienstleistungen am Schweizerischen Tropeninstitut: Innovation - Validierung - Umsetzung. Basel: Schweiz. Tropeninstitut, 2008

Matthys B, Sherkanov T, Karimov S.S, Khabirov Z, Mostowlansky T, Utzinger J, Wyss K. History of malaria control in Tajikistan and rapid malaria appraisal in an agro-ecological setting. Malar J. 2008;7:217

Schelling E, Wyss K, Diguimbaye C, Bechir M, Ould Taleb M, Bonfoh B, Tanner M, Zinsstag J. Towards integrated and adapted health services for nomadic pastoralists and their animals: a North-South partnership. In: Hirsch G, ed. Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research, 277-291. Heidelberg: Springer, 2008

Sy I, Cissé G, Tanner M, Wyss K. Enjeux et perspectives dans une ville de l'Afrique de l'ouest: urbanisation et santé à Rufisque (Sénégal). Bull Medicus Mundi. 2008(110):20-25

Tediosi F, Ayé R, Ibodova S, Thompson R, Wyss K. Access to medicines and out of pocket payments for primary care: evidence from family users in rural Tajikistan. BMC Health Serv Res. 2008;8:109

Thierfelder C, Makowiecka K, Vinichenko T, Ayé R, Edwards P, Wyss K. Management of pulmonary tuberculosis in Tajikistan: which factors determine hospitalization?. Trop Med Int Health. 2008;13(22):1364-1371

Wyss K, Schwarz J, Prytherch H, Bovier P, Hersperger M, Zahorka M. Qualitätsmanagement in der ambulanten Versorgung: mögliche Rollen der FMH. Schweiz Ärzteztg. 2008;89:708-712

Wyss K, Schwarz J, Prytherch H, Bovier P, Hersperger M, Zahorka M. Gestion de la qualité dans les soins ambulatories: rôles possibles pour la FMH. Schweiz Ärzteztg. 2008;89(16):708-712

Koivusola M, Wyss K, Santana P. Effects of decentralization and recentralization on equity dimensions of health systems. In: Saltman R.B,Bankauskaite V,Vrangbaek K, eds. Decentralisation in health care: strategies and outcomes, 189-205. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2007

Kurowski C, Wyss K, Abdulla S, Mills A. Scaling up priority health interventions in Tanzania: the human resources challenge. Health Policy Plan. 2007;22(3):113-127

Lorenz N, Wyss K. Global Fund: harmonisation and good governance vital [Correspondence]. Lancet. 2007;370(9593):1127

Schelling E, Bechir M, Ahmed M.A, Wyss K, Randolph T.F, Zinsstag J. Human and animal vaccination delivery to remote nomadic families, Chad. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(3):373-379

Weiss S, Martin K, Lorenz N, Wyss K. Human Resources - the heart of every health system. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2007(104):6-11

Wyss K, Prytherch H. Shortage of health staff - what is being done?. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2007(104):30-36

Wyss K, Schwarz J, Prytherch H, Zahorka M. International review of quality management systems in outpatient care. Basel: Swiss Centre for International Health, 2007

Kablan C, Obrist B, Cissé G, Wyss K, Touré I, Tanner M. VIH/SIDA, genre et vulnérabilité: lutte contre la vulnérabilité des femmes infectées par une association de femmes vivant avec le VIH/Sida à Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). VertigO. 2006;Hors Série 3(Chapitre 6):1-7. DOI: 10.4000/vertigo.1844

Koné B, Cissé G, Houenou P.V, Obrist B, Wyss K, Odermatt P, Tanner M. Vulnérabilité et résilience des populations riveraines liées à la pollution des eaux lagunaires de la métropole d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. VertigO. 2006;Hors Série 3(Chapitre 5):1-10. DOI: 10.4000/vertigo.1828