Vaccine value profile for leishmaniasis (Publications)
potential public health, economic, and societal value of leishmaniasis vaccines. The leishmaniasis VVP was developed by a working group of subject matter experts from academia, public health groups, policy [...] Leishmania infections are global, occurring in 98 countries and all World Health Organization (WHO) regions with 600 million to 1 billion people at risk of infection. Visceral leishmaniasis is associated [...] state of knowledge and identified the current gaps. The VVP was developed...
Elimination on the Horizon: Prevalence of Schistosomiasis, a Neglected Tropical Disease, Decreases by Nearly 60% (News)
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About the study The study was conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the University of Basel, a number of national [...] Schistosomiasis is a parasitic worm infection that continues to be a major public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 20 years, control efforts against this neglected tropical [...] drug praziquantel serving as the main intervention. In a new study led by...
Need for Innovation to End Malaria (News)
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at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and overseen by Regina Rabinovich (ISGlobal and T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Pedro Alonso (World Health Organisation, WHO), Dyann Wirth (Harvard [...] approaches tailored to local health systems and local variations in disease transmission dynamics “MalERA Refresh will give new momentum to science and R&D in the public and private sectors to make e [...] elimination of malaria possible,” said Marcel Tanner, former director of the...
Mathematical Modelling to Inform Next-Generation Malaria Interventions (News)
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drug and insecticide resistance, there is now a need for novel malaria interventions to improve public health. According to the study published in Communications Medicine , using mathematical modeling to [...] models can provide insight into which characteristics of an intervention are most important for public health impact, and support decision-makers early on in the product development pipeline. While clinical [...] and iteratively into the development process, we can link product...
Exposome Science (Page)
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pollution and health ( LUDOK ) and measuring and modelling exposure to ambient air pollution, to investigating its health effects in children and adults, and estimating the related public health burden or [...] . Int J Public Health . 2024;69:1606737. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606737 Ekou F.K et al. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related [...] Group | Exposome Science Epidemiology and Public Health Chronic Disease...
Systems Performance and Monitoring (Page)
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of different programmes and projects on health systems, and more generally, on public health. Through improving the performance quality and functioning of health services and programmes we contribute to [...] equitable and efficient health systems. Development of Sustainable Health Systems We carry out research and project implementation, supporting the development of sustainable health systems to alleviate poverty [...] of funding for additional contributions to MEMTI BSM - Backstopping Mandate...
Perceived barriers to physical activity behaviour among patients with diabetes and hypertension in Kosovo: a qualitative study (Publications)
inform health care providers and policy-makers in Kosovo on strategies for promoting physical activity. METHODS: Interviews were conducted from July to October 2020 with 26 public primary health care users [...] KOSCO cohort. KOSCO was implemented in 2019 and recruited consecutive patients visiting the public primary health care centres in these municipalities. Participants of this qualitative sub-study were selected [...] sidewalks, lack of green spaces, lack of proper lighting in public...
Promising Antimalarial Drug Proves Ineffective at Saving Children’s Lives (News)
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Associates in Nigeria and the Makerere University School of Public Health in Uganda. The study was published on 11 October 2022 in BMC Medicine . Publication Hetzel MW et al. Pre-referral rectal artesunate: no [...] from severe malaria, according to the results of a new study conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and partners. A viewpoint about these findings was published today in The [...] l treatment with RAS is the administration of a single suppository by a...
Assessment of factors influencing retention in the Philippine National Rural Physician Deployment Program (Publications)
of an interest in public health. Those who joined the Program to return service experienced significantly less satisfaction, whilst those who joined out of an interest in public health were significantly [...] Department of Health, LGUs need to strengthen the support provided to DTTBs. Priority could be given to those acting out of a desire to help rural populations or having an interest in public health, and those
Reducing the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Moldova (News)
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integrated care, planning of public health actions based on health profiles, and modern approaches in health promotion. "Fostering inter-sectoral collaboration on health promotion and integrated care [...] University in Chisinau. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection and the National Agency for Public Health spearheaded the event, alongside the World Health Organization, the University of Iowa [...] These efforts are embedded in broader health systems strengthening reforms in the...