Systematic review and meta-analysis of integrated studies on <em>Salmonella </em>and <em>Campylobacter </em>prevalence, serovar, and phenotyping and... (Publications)
human and animal health, the environment, and food production components (iSRS), called a One Health approach, would be optimal. Objective: We aimed to identify existing integrated One Health studies on foodborne [...] Recently, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the most critical challenges for public health and food safety. To investigate and detect infections commonly transmitted from animals, food [...] animals, the genes were tetO (77%), Class 1 integrons (69%), blaOXA-61...
Health-related quality of life among school children with parasitic infections: findings from a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
infections are still of considerable public health relevance, notably among children in low- and middle-income countries. Measures to assess the magnitude of ill-health in infected individuals, however, are [...] advanced morbid sequelae (e.g., anemia), were measurable by the instrument's health construct. Further investigations on health impacts of parasitic infection among school-aged children and refinement of [...] are debated and patient-based proxies through generic health-related quality...
Geospatial health: the first five years (Publications)
research articles and reviews reveals that three quarters of the publications focus on human health with the remainder dealing with veterinary health. Two thirds of the papers come from Africa, Asia and Europe [...] Geospatial Health is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal produced by the Global Network for Geospatial Health (GnosisGIS). This network was founded in 2000 and the inaugural issue of its [...] (GIS) applications, remote sensing and other spatial analytic tools focusing...
Preparedness of Tanzanian health facilities for outpatient primary care of hypertension and diabetes: a cross-sectional survey (Publications)
cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 24 public and not-for-profit health facilities in urban and rural Tanzania (four hospitals, eight health centres, and 12 dispensaries). We did structured [...] BACKGROUND: Historically, health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa have mainly managed acute, infectious diseases. Few data exist for the preparedness of African health facilities to handle the growing [...] able diseases (NCDs). We assessed the burden of NCDs in health facilities in...
Association between the proportion of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> infections detected by passive surveillance and the... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Passively collected malaria case data are the foundation for public health decision making. However, because of population-level immunity, infections might not always be sufficiently symptomatic [...] care. Understanding the proportion of all Plasmodium spp infections expected to be detected by the health system becomes particularly paramount in elimination settings. The aim of this study was to determine [...] derived from paired household cross-sectional survey and routinely...
Poor mental health of livestock farmers in Africa: a mixed methods case study from Ghana (Publications)
of diseased cattle pose health risks to the public. Further research to evaluate the performance of veterinary services in Ghana, mental health problems and risk to human health due to potential high-risk [...] , livestock farmers' mental health is poorly documented. This study aims to identify the root causes of livestock losses and their influence on pastoralists' mental health. METHODS: We conducted a mixed [...] quantitative and qualitative data from 287 livestock farmers and 24...
Health service quality in 2929 facilities in six low-income and middle-income countries: a positive deviance analysis (Publications)
performance among health facilities across six low-resource health systems. METHODS: This positive deviance analysis used nationally representative samples of public and private health facilities from Service [...] BACKGROUND: Primary care is of insufficient quality in many low-income and middle-income countries. Some health facilities perform better than others despite operating in similar contexts, although the factors [...] government-owned hospitals and clinics. INTERPRETATION: Our findings...
“Climate Change is Becoming One of the Biggest Global Health Threats” (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/climate-change-is-becoming-one-of-the-biggest-global-health-threats
is one thing, but what is the role of a public health institute like Swiss TPH? At Swiss TPH, we have been working on climate change and health for over ten years, for example, with our research on air [...] Mr. Cissé, what are the health consequences of climate change? The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 250,000 deaths annually between 2030 and 2050 could be due to climate change [...] more denying the various effects that climate change has and will have on health;...
One Health: Connecting Humans, Animals and the Environment (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/study-with-us/postgraduate/one-health-connecting-humans-animals-and-the-environment
Animals and the Environment" One Health. The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches. 2nd Edition Human and Animal Health One Health Ecosystems and One Health [...] planning and implementing integrated approaches to health care. It is offered by the One Health expert group at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) together with the University of [...] for integrated human and animal health approaches. "We understand One Health as the added value of closer...
Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania (Publications)
found that even children with convulsions were first brought to health facilities. This study integrated ethnographic and public health approaches in order to investigate this seemingly contradictory evidence [...] showing that children with convulsions are more likely to use health facilities than traditional practices. This study has identified health system and livelihood factors, rather than local understandings [...] degedege as limiting health-seeking behaviours. Improvements on the supply...