Digital data innovation in health impact assessment: new methods to track and respond to the migration and humanitarian crisis in Northern Mozambique (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/digital-data-innovation-in-health-impact-assessment-new-methods-to-track-and-respond-to-the-migration-and-humanitarian-crisis-in-northern-mozambique
Background In northern Mozambique, a volatile combination of natural disasters, violence and conflict, and COVID-19 have all combined to create a humanitarian crisis where it is estimated that over ha
Identifying Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Urban Low Income Settings (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/identifying-barriers-to-exclusive-breastfeeding-in-urban-low-income-settings
Children in Lao PDR as well as in many other middle-income countries continue to receive sub-optimal nutrition because of low breastfeeding rates, undermining their developmental potential. While majo
GeoLEGIO: Legionnaires’ disease in Switzerland: A spatial analysis of notification data from 2017-2021 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/geolegio-legionnaires-disease-in-switzerland-a-spatial-analysis-of-notification-data-from-2017-2021
Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella spp. bacteria. The disease is notifiable to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Over the past ten years, ann
Missed opportunities to responding to violence against women and girls in the health sector (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/missed-opportunities-to-responding-to-violence-against-women-and-girls-in-the-health-sector
Violence against women (VAW) remains a critical global issue with significant implications for public health and societal well-being. Effective detection and response by the health sector are essentia
Expanding NTD and COVID-19 control to mobile pastoralists in Chad (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/expanding-ntd-and-covid-19-control-to-mobile-pastoralists-in-chad
The EXPAND project aims to expanding neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and COVID-19 surveillance and control to mobile pastoralists in Chad through the establishment of integrated surveillance and ac
A longitudinal mixed-methods investigation of masculinity, stigma, and disclosure on men’s ART initiation in South Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/a-longitudinal-mixed-methods-investigation-of-masculinity-stigma-and-disclosure-on-mens-art-initiation-in-south-africa
Engaging and retaining men in HIV care is critical to the success of ending the HIV epidemic, particularly in South Africa where over 7.9 million people live with HIV. Idealized forms of masculinity m
Mathematical modelling to examine disease, control measures, vaccine interactions and resistance to guide public health and disease elimination... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/mathematical-modelling-to-examine-disease-control-measures-vaccine-interactions-and-resistance-to-guide-public-health-and-disease-elimination-strategies
Mathematical models are increasingly important to understand new and existing diseases and for planning how we tackle these diseases. Models with enough detail of how a disease interacts with the body
Climate change and cardiovascular diseases: state and exploratory analyses of patient data in Limpopo province, South Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/climate-change-and-cardiovascular-diseases-state-and-exploratory-analyses-of-patient-data-in-limpopo-province-south-africa
The main objectives of this project are to explore and undertake preliminary analyses of existing available cardiovascular disease (CVD) specific health data in Limpopo collected through a completed c
Improving Access to SARS-CoV-2 Screening and Testing through Community-based COVID-19 Case-Finding and the Use of Digital Solutions in Lesotho and... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/improving-access-to-sars-cov-2-screening-and-testing-through-community-based-covid-19-case-finding-and-the-use-of-digital-solutions-in-lesotho-and-zambia
In a collaboration between teams in Lesotho and Zambia, Dr Klaus Reither ( Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute , BRCCH) and Dr Kwame Shanaube ( Zambart , EDCTP) will investigate the effects of
Multifaceted impacts of COVID-19 on bottom forty percent income residents in Malaysia: inequities and co-benefits of interventions (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/multifaceted-impacts-of-covid-19-on-bottom-forty-percent-income-residents-in-malaysia-inequities-and-co-benefits-of-interventions
The aim of this project is to contribute to a better understanding of the multifaceted impacts of COVID-19 crisis among the bottom low-income urban communities in Malaysia and improve the benefits fro
