Inhaled glucocorticoids during pregnancy and offspring pediatric diseases: a national cohort study (Publications)
glucocorticoids for asthma treatment during pregnancy (n=1231; 79.9% budesonide, 17.6% fluticasone, 5.4% beclomethasone, and 0.9% other/unspecified glucocorticoids) and offspring diseases (ICD-10 diagnoses)
BAG KEA - Competence Centre for Epidemiological Outbreak Investigations (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/bag-kea-competence-centre-for-epidemiological-outbreak-investigations
competitive tendering process, the FOPH re-awarded the mandate to manage the KEA at Swiss TPH for another 5 years. Swiss TPH can draw upon its experiences during the previous phases of the KEA since 2012. In
Evaluation of commercially available anthelminthics in laboratory models of human intestinal nematode infections (Publications)
moxidectin and abamectin being the most effective drugs against T. muris (ED50 values of 0.2 and 0.5 mg/kg, respectively). Laboratory models for soil-transmitted helminthiasis can assist characterizing
Childhood hospitalisation and related deaths in Hanoi, Vietnam: a tertiary hospital database analysis from 2007 to 2014 (Publications)
longest (median=12 days). Morbidities related to the perinatal period dominated mortality causes (32.5% of deaths among those admitted to the hospital. Among the respiratory diseases, pneumonia was the leading
Evaluation of knowledge-attitudes-practices of the populations in the health districts of Benoye, Laoukassy, Moundou and south N'Djamena towards... (Publications)
action undertaken (20.43%). Households consulted the Health Service (78.50%), the Animal Health Service (5.35%) and the traditional healers (27%). CONCLUSION: A communication campaing for implementing first
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling to identify pharmacokinetic parameters driving drug exposure changes in the elderly (Publications)
y simulated for all ten drugs. Pharmacokinetic parameters were predicted within 1.25-fold (70%), 1.5-fold (86%) and 2-fold (100%) of clinical data. AUC increased progressively by 0.9% per year throughout
Prevalence and adverse obstetric outcomes of female genital mutilation among women in rural northern Ghana (Publications)
those without. Similarly, they had a 4-fold increased risk of post-partum haemorrhage (4.69 [3.74, 5.88]) and more than 2-fold risk lacerations/episiotomy (2.57 [1.86, 3.21]) during delivery. Average duration
Variability and predictors of weekly pesticide exposure in applicators from organic, sustainable and conventional smallholder farms in Costa Rica (Publications)
=0.4). Applicators working on conventional and sustainable farms had exposure scores twofold and 1.5-fold higher than those working in organic farms, respectively. Farm workers who received training on
Safety of co-administration versus separate administration of the same vaccines in children: a systematic literature review (Publications)
studies reported significantly more adverse events following immunization (AEFI) while in 10% (n = 5) significantly fewer adverse events were found in the co-administration groups. Statistically significant
Engagement in care, viral suppression, drug resistance and reasons for non-engagement after home-based same-day ART initiation in Lesotho: a two-year... (Publications)
At 24 months, 64% (88/137) in the SD vs 59% (81/137) in the UC arm were in care (absolute difference 5%; 95%CI -6-16; p=0.38) and 57% (78/137) vs 54% (74/137) had documented viral suppression (3%; -9-15;