Publications
Brugger C, Owen B.N, Abu Hamad B, van Gastel T, Sittaro F, Rossi R, Probst-Hensch N, Winkler M.S. Drinking water access and quality in the Gaza Strip prior to 7 October 2023 and implications for reconstruction. Environ Health. 2025;24:41. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-025-01191-6
Cambaco O, Brugger C, Munguambe K.R, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S, Galvão C, Knoblauch A.M. Understanding stakeholders' perceptions of the impact of extractive industries on adolescent health and well-being in Mozambique: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2025;15(6):e088207. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088207
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
Signorell A, van Heerden A, Ayakaka I, Jacobs B.K, Antillon M, Tediosi F, Verjans A, Brugger C, Harkare H.V, Labhardt N.D, Bosman S, Kamele M, Keitseng M, Madonsela T, Kurscheid J, Muhairwe J, Keter A.K, Murphy K, van Ginneken B, Gils T, Katende B, Gebresenbet R.F, Erhardt R.M, Zoller T, Vanobberghen F, Glass T.R, Lynen L, Reither K. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based TB screening algorithms using computer-aided detection (CAD) technology alone compared with CAD combined with point-of-care C reactive protein testing in Lesotho and South Africa: protocol for a pair. BMJ Open. 2025;15(7):e093989. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093989
Brugger C, Dietler D, Abu Hamad B.A, van Gastel T, Sittaro F, Rossi R, Owen B.N, Probst-Hensch N, Winkler M.S. Assessment of health and well-being effects associated with the challenging drinking water situation in the Gaza Strip: protocol for a cross-sectional household survey study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e63415. DOI: 10.2196/63415
Lin Y, Walker A, Batta M, Ottilie-Kovelman S, Duchenko A, Brugger C, Keiser O, Wallis R.S, Reither K, Tediosi F, Antillón M. Economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and post-tuberculosis sequelae in low- and middle-income countries: a database compiled from a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Public Health. 2024;2:e000441. DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000441
Ssekkadde P, Tomberge V.M.J, Brugger C, Atuhaire A, Dalvie M.A, Rother H.-A, Röösli M, Inauen J, Fuhrimann S. Evaluating and enhancing an educational intervention to reduce smallholder farmers' exposure to pesticides in Uganda through a digital, systematic approach to behavior change: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e55238. DOI: 10.2196/55238
Galli A, Brugger C, Fürst T, Monnier N, Winkler M.S, Steinmann P. Prevalence, incidence, and reported global distribution of noma: a systematic literature review. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022;22(8):e221-e230. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00698-8
Staudacher P, Brugger C, Winkler M.S, Stamm C, Farnham A, Mubeezi R, Eggen R.I.L, Günther I. What agro-input dealers know, sell and say to smallholder farmers about pesticides: a mystery shopping and KAP analysis in Uganda. Environ Health. 2021;20:100. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-021-00775-2