Comparing pharmacy practice in health facilities with and without pharmaceutically trained dispensers: a post intervention study in Tanzania (Publications)
measure indicators of Good Pharmacy Practice, comparing 29 public health facilities employing pharmacy-trained dispensers (PTD) with 32 public health facilities with NPTDs in Dodoma, Shinyanga and Morogoro [...] healthcare staff in Tanzania affects the capacity to deliver essential health services, attain universal health coverage and compromises health outcomes. There is a specific lack of suitably trained pharmaceutical [...] availability of tracer medicines (77%) than those with NPTDs (70%),...
Systems Strengthening and Health Promotion (Page)
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- Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity PADS - Support Project for the Health Districts in Chad - Yao and Danamadji Scaling Up Nutrition - SUN Donor Network Facilitator BACKUP Health Zanzibar [...] Unit | Systems Strengthening and Health Promotion In the context of the drive towards Universal Health Coverage we apply systems thinking to strengthen health systems, and work on questions of the quality [...] according to the principles of Shanghai and “Health for all and all for hea...
Aligning new interventions with developing country health systems: target product profiles, presentation, and clinical trial design (Publications)
Many new interventions are being created to address health problems of the developing world. However, many developing countries have fragile health systems and find it difficult to accommodate change. [...] Examples are provided from research on malaria vaccines that are also applicable to other new public health interventions [...] Consequently, it is essential that new interventions are well aligned with health systems and their users. Establishing target product profiles (TPPs) is a...
The Effects of the Scorching Summer of 2018 on Health (News)
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Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss [...] Symposium on "Climate Change and Health" Climate change will affect global health in many different ways, and adaptation strategies will be needed to prevent negative health consequences in countries most [...] and coordinated heat plans have an effect," said Martin Röösli, Head of...
Rationale and design of a panel study investigating six health effects of airborne pollen: the EPOCHAL study (Publications)
effects on pulmonary function, cardiovascular health, sleep quality, and cognitive performance are less well-established. It is likely that the public health impact of pollen may increase in the future due [...] plateaus and slopes. Conclusion: A gain of knowledge in pollen-health outcome relationships is critical to inform future public health policies and will ultimately lead toward better symptom forecasts [...] six specific health domains: (1) pulmonary function and inflammation; (2)...
Cost analysis for “The Magic Glasses Philippines” health education package to prevent intestinal worm infections among Filipino schoolchildren (Publications)
Background: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are a significant public health problem affecting over 900 million people globally. Health education has been shown to complement mass drug administration [...] costs associated with the implementation of standard health education (SHE) activities and mass drug administration (MDA) were determined with a public sector perspective. Findings: The cost per participating [...] randomised control trial (RCT) showing the positive impact of the...
Impact of social accountability monitoring on health facility performance: evidence from Tanzania (Publications)
effective in areas of health service provision that are responsive to changes in provider behavior but may not work in settings where improvements in outcomes are conditional on larger health systems features [...] Social accountability programs are increasingly used to improve the performance of public service providers in low-income settings. Despite their growing popularity, evidence on the effectiveness of social [...] remains mixed. In this manuscript, we assess the impact of a social...
Water and health in mining settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods geospatial visualization (Publications)
Industrial mining transforms local landscapes, including important health determinants like clean water and sanitation. In this paper, we combined macro-level quantitative and micro-level qualitative data [...] data to show how mining projects affect water infrastructures and ultimately the health of affected communities. Although we observed a positive trend of water infrastructure in mining settings, surrounding [...] characterized by water scarcity and degradation of water quality. The video...
Spatial epidemiology in zoonotic parasitic diseases: insights gained at the 1st International Symposium on Geospatial Health in Lijiang, China, 2007 (Publications)
ABSTRACT: The 1st International Symposium on Geospatial Health was convened in Lijiang, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China from 8 to 9 September, 2007. The objective was to review progress made [...] as arthropod-borne diseases such as leishmaniasis, malaria and lymphatic filariasis. The work made public at this occasion is briefly summarized here to highlight the advances made and to put forth research
Health of mobile pastoralists in the Sahel - assessment of 15 years of research and development (Publications)
from health services because the provision of social services adapted to their way of life is challenging. In cooperation with various partners in the region, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute [...] Close contact between humans and livestock necessitates close cooperation between human and animal health specialists. Such useful approaches should be continued and extended