PNG Programme (Page)
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Sentinel Sites. PNGIMR, 2010 Health Facility Survey Reports Health Facility Survey 2021. PNGIMR 2022 Health Facility Surveys, 2010-2016. PNGIMR, 2016 Report of the Baseline Health Facility Survey 2010. PNGIMR [...] Effectiveness and Impact Unit | Health Interventions Partners and Collaborators Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research Rotarians Against Malaria PNG National Department of Health Walter + Eliza Hall Institute [...] in Papua New Guinea (2011–2019): contribution towards a...
Tuberculosis Research Against "Super Resistant Bacteria" (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20170905-tuberculosis-research
the Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology (MPI) at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), which is associated with the University of Basel: "The alarming history [...] five continents both on human and animal TB, from basic research to health systems. About Tuberculosis According to the World Health Organization, TB claims 5 000 lives each day. An estimated 480 000 people [...] Antibiotic resistance represents an imminent threat to the health of the human...
Heatwaves Increase Emergency Admissions to Swiss Hospitals (News)
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effects of heatwaves on morbidity and hospital admissions. Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) recently conducted a detailed analysis of emergency hospital admissions [...] categories by comparing observed and expected cases. Heat-health action plans prevent illness The study authors recommend that the cantonal heat-health action plans be expanded in line with the study’s findings [...] cantonal heat-health action plans play an important role in preventing...
World Tuberculosis Day 2021 (Page)
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in TB is well known to fuel antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR on the other hand is a global public health and economic crisis in itself, already referred to by some as “the next pandemic”. "With 10 million [...] Koch’s ground-breaking discovery paved the way for improved control of TB. Indeed, the World Health Organization estimates that we could save 63 million human lives since the year 2000 thanks to various [...] though COVID-19 has claimed more lives since the beginning of the pandemic,...
New Partnership to Achieve Zero Leprosy (News)
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the World Health Organization (WHO). The secretariat for the partnership will be hosted by the Task Force for Global Health in Decatur, GA, USA. Peter Steinmann, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Legionellosis Cases Continue to Increase in Switzerland (News)
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Legionnaires’ disease is a notifiable disease and case numbers are monitored by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Cases need to be reported both by the diagnostic laboratory and the physician. Since 2000 [...] published today by Swiss TPH researchers in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health . Impact of COVID-19 on legionellosis reporting The researchers investigated the impact of the COVID-19 [...] summer peaks,” said Daniel Mäusezahl, principal investigator of...
Prevalence of sero-markers and non-invasive assessment of liver cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis B virus infection in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a... (Publications)
retrospective study of HBV-infected children and adults of all age groups who were evaluated at public and private health facilities in Freetown, Sierra Leone between January 2017 and January 2019. We assessed [...] BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major global health problem. Although sub-Saharan Africa has a high proportion of the global burden of HBV, the epidemiology and clinical features of HBV in this [...] tools, and the proportion of treatment eligible patients using the criteria...
Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to distribute nine million free LLINs to children under five years of age in Tanzania (Publications)
additional burden on the healthcare system. Distribution costs per net were comparable to other public health interventions. Particularly among rural residents, ITN ownership and use increased significantly [...] (U5s) in mainland Tanzania increased from 16% in 2004 to 26.2% in 2007. In 2008, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare planned a catch-up campaign to rapidly and equitably deliver a free long-lasting [...] National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), coordinated the campaign on behalf...
Etude suisse sur la pollution de l'air et les maladies respiratoires chez l'adulte (SAPALDIA) (Publications)
bronchitis (1.50; 1.11-2.02). Health effects of moderate air pollution were confirmed in Switzerland. Although for the individual the relative risks are small, the public health impact may be considerable [...] Long-term health effects of moderate ambient air pollution are rarely investigated. In Switzerland, no large-scale study has addressed this issue so far. Important results of the Swiss Study on Air Pollution
Epidemiological characterization of malaria in rural southern Tanzania following China-Tanzania pilot joint malaria control baseline survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is an important public health problem in Tanzania. The latest national malaria data suggests rebound of the disease in the country. Anopheles arabiensis, a mosquito species renowned [...] malaria parasite prevalence and associated risk exposures prior to piloting the T3-initiative of World Health Organization integrated with Chinese malaria control experience aimed at additional reduction of [...] CONCLUSION: The findings have been discussed in the light of results from...