Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth Training Tool (Projects)
Background Millions of babies, children and women die every year, mostly due to preventable and treatable conditions related to pregnancy, deliveries and common childhood disease. IMCI (Integrated Man
Ecohealth and adaptation to climate change in water and health sectors in West (Projects)
Background: The frequency of extreme weather events associated with climate change, particularly floods, has increased in West Africa. Floods can negatively affect water quality by causing faecal path
Health effects related to mobile phone use in adolescents (Projects)
Background To date, epidemiological research on the health effects of mobile phone use in children and adolescents is scarce and the World Health Organization (WHO) considers additional research in th
Allergy and Endotoxin (Projects)
Background In industrialized countries and societies, the prevalence of childhood asthma and allergic diseases has risen throughout the last three decades. Several studies showed reduced prevalence of
Assessing and monitoring health impacts of infrastructure development projects in sub-Saharan Africa (Projects)
Background: Health impact assessment (HIA) has developed over the past 20 years as a discipline to support decision-making for projects, programmes and policies with the aim to maximise health benefit
TbX: Systems Biology of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in the field (Projects)
Bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple antibiotics are an increasing global public health problem. In human tuberculosis (TB) caused by acid-fast bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis co
Evaluation of heat wave related mortality and adaptation measures in Switzerland (Projects)
The heat wave in 2003 caused approximately 7% more deaths. As a result, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health developed an information campaign for the behaviour during heat waves which has been a
