Promising Drug Combination Treatment Against Parasitic Worm Infections (Page)
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help to eliminate this disease as a public health problem”, said Jennifer Keiser, Head of the Helminth Drug Development unit at Swiss TPH and last author of the publication. Blood sample collection in Côte [...] helminthiasis. The findings were published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal. Health personnel taking blood samples of participants in the combination drug clinical trial in Laos. (Photo: [...] Swiss TPH) Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) affect one in five people in...
Student Spotlight: Maryam Tavakkoli (Page)
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Maryam, tell us a bit about your research at Swiss TPH I started my PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH in 2018. My research is focused on road traffic crash data systems in low- and mi [...] countries" Can you tell us about your internship at the World Health Organization? During last two years, I had the privilege to work with the World Health Organization (WHO) on two, multi-country workshops on
WHO Collaborating Centre for Modelling, Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination (Page)
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primarily contributed by the Unit Health Interventions . The WHO Collaborating Centre is based in the Unit Health Interventions, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss TPH Funders The activities [...] until March 2025. An Expert Hub for Malaria Administered by the Health Interventions Unit of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health , the Collaborating Centre, upon WHO’s request, provides technical [...] is a highly respected academic institution in Switzerland, with a...
Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter? (Publications)
conducted with patients attending health facilities for initial illness consultation. Information about health workers' training and supervision visits was collected. Health facilities were inventoried for [...] received AL were assessed for correct dosing. Most patients who received AL (85.3%) were seen in public health facilities, 75.7% in a dispensary and 91.1% in a facility that had AL in stock on the survey day [...] outcome was correct dosing of AL based on age and weight. Logistic...
A cross-sectional survey on parasitic infections in schoolchildren in a rural Tanzanian community (Publications)
children's health markedly. However, continued efforts to control parasitic diseases, including new approaches of drug combinations, stronger intersectoral collaboration, rigorous surveillance and public health [...] helminths and intestinal protozoa cause considerable morbidity. The aim of this study was to assess the health status of schoolchildren in nine villages of the Kilombero district. We conducted a cross-sectional
National and sub-national environmental burden of disease in Iran from 1990 to 2013-study profile (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Development of national evidence-based public health strategies requires a deep understanding of the role of major risk factors (RFs) and the burden of disease (BOD). In this article, we explain [...] information systems. DISCUSSION: The EBD study aims to provide an official report to Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, to publish a series of articles on the exposure trends of the selected en [...] ic, and geographic areas. Results of this comparative risk assessment...
Mortality due to Chagas disease in Brazil from 1979 to 2009: trends and regional differences (Publications)
it remains an important public health problem. After successful control of the primary vector Triatoma infestans, intervention measures must focus on improved access to health care and secondary prevention [...] of death) were obtained from the nationwide Mortality Information System (SIM) of the Ministry of Health. We calculated crude mortality rates and rates standardized by age, as well as proportional mortality
Approaches to the evaluation of malaria elimination of county level: case of study in the Yangtze river delta region (Publications)
providing standard diagnosis and treatment, standardized disposal of epidemic focus, and health education and health promotion, strengthening the management of mobile population, etc. All the measures were [...] surveyed and some control measures were carried out. Various health education and promotion activities were carried out including publicizing malaria control knowledge through news media, newspapers and
Integrating community-based verbal autopsy into civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS): system-level considerations (Publications)
Reliable and representative cause of death (COD) statistics are essential to inform public health policy, respond to emerging health needs, and document progress towards Sustainable Development Goals. However [...] increased the potential for VA to be routinely applied in CRVS systems. However, a number of CRVS and health system integration issues should be considered in planning, piloting and implementing a system-wide
How urban characteristics affect vulnerability to heat and cold: a multi-country analysis (Publications)
effect modification of temperature-mortality relationships. Evidence from this study can inform public-health interventions and urban planning under various climate-change and urban-development scenarios [...] BACKGROUND: The health burden associated with temperature is expected to increase due to a warming climate. Populations living in cities are likely to be particularly at risk, but the role of urban ch [...] characteristics in modifying the direct effects of temperature on health is still...