Methods matter: a comparative review of health risk assessments for ambient air pollution in Switzerland (Publications)
Objectives: Air pollution health risk assessments (AP-HRAs) provide a method to quantify health effects for entire populations. In Switzerland, AP-HRAs are included in Swiss assessments for Transport [...] Externalities (STEs), ordered by public authorities since the 1990s. This study aimed to describe the differences among national and international AP-HRAs for Switzerland. Methods: We compared input data [...] scenario, from 0.96 to 1.13 for concentration-response function and from 1.03 to...
Using costing to facilitate policy making towards universal health coverage: findings and recommendations from country-level experiences (Publications)
As countries progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), they frequently develop explicit packages of health services compatible with UHC goals. As part of the Disease Control Initiative 3 Country [...] guidance and standard ways to implement costing methodologies, particularly regarding the treatment of health systems-related common costs, (2) acknowledging ranges of uncertainty of costing results and integrating [...] order to improve both reliability and policy relevance, and (4)...
Peru: progress in health and sciences in 200 years of independence (Publications)
mental health conditions. In terms of the configuration of the public health system, Peru has also strived to secure country-wide optimal health care, struggling in particular to improve primary health care [...] has experienced major changes on its epidemiological and population health profile. Major advancements in maternal and child health as well as in communicable diseases have been achieved in recent decades [...] challenges to population health given Peru's geographical and microclimates...
20171220 One Health (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20180112-tb-and-migration
Contribution to Global Health Swiss TPH pursued the epidemiological investigation for the Competence Centre for Epidemiological Outbreak mandated by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Swiss TPH [...] Migration increases the risk of tuberculosis outbreaks in populations. The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) contributed to the documentation of a cross-border response to an outbreak [...] awareness of the connection between TB and AMR,” said Gagneux. With its...
Whole-genome sequencing for One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in conflict zones: a case study of <em>Salmonella</em> spp. and... (Publications)
results point toward the expected benefits of operationalizing a One Health approach through closer cooperation of public and animal health and food safety authorities. [...] the food chain, emphasizing the importance of a One Health approach that considers the interconnections between human, animal, and environmental health. IMPORTANCE Prior to this study, there existed hardly [...] One Health approach, and did not use WGS to determine the circulating serotypes and their AMR profiles. Civil...
Migration and Health for People on the Move | Swiss TPH Short Courses (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/study-with-us/postgraduate/migrationandhealth
interested participants from all levels of the health sector, scientists involved in clinical, epidemiological or public health research projects, health care providers, emergency or humanitarian aid workers [...] migration health conditions, addresses current trends, and provides insight with interactive exchange into specific areas of expertise relating to child health, sexual and reproductive health, and mental [...] mental health. The course is open to all interested participants involved in...
Whole-genome sequencing for One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in conflict zones: a case study of <em>Salmonella</em> spp. and... (Publications)
results point toward the expected benefits of operationalizing a One Health approach through closer cooperation of public and animal health and food safety authorities. [...] the food chain, emphasizing the importance of a One Health approach that considers the interconnections between human, animal, and environmental health. IMPORTANCE Prior to this study, there existed hardly [...] One Health approach, and did not use WGS to determine the circulating serotypes and their AMR profiles. Civil...
Geneva Health Forum Events with Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/events/ghf-events
Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa) della.berhanu@lshtm.ac.uk [DB] Professor Lars-Ake Persson, LSHTM lars.persson@lshtm.ac.uk [LAP] Dr Bonaventure Savadogo (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute [...] University of Science and Technology School of Public Health, Ghana) Professor Margaret Gyapong (Centre for Health Policy and Implementation Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana) [MG]. Overall [...] global public health actors and specialists. We welcome you to...
Leveraging global investments for polio eradication to strengthen health systems' resilience through transition (Publications)
analyses global polio activities through the lens of health systems and the Common Goods for Health (CGH). Polio activities include key health system functions such as surveillance and response systems and [...] to integrate these functions into local health systems so that the capacity built through the polio eradication programme can be used for broader public health purposes. It is vital that this integration [...] eradication. The World Health Organization and its partners are currently...
Symptoms of ill health ascribed to electromagnetic field exposure--a questionnaire survey (Publications)
From June 2001, health questionnaires were distributed to people who complained about symptoms of ill health which they ascribed to exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF). The objective of the survey [...] survey was not designed to establish a causal association between exposure to EMF and symptoms of ill health. Within one year, 429 questionnaires were returned of which 394 persons reported symptoms. The average [...] to a specific field source could be identified. Eighty-five percent of the...
