Systems to support health technology assessment (HTA) in member states of the European union with limited institutionalization of HTA (Publications)
s were established by the government (61 percent), and all were not-for-profit. Working on HTA (80.5 percent) and doing research (63.4 percent) were the main lines of activity. Survey on information management
Impact of a national HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaign on VCT in a rural hospital in Tanzania (Publications)
2008 (26%vs. 23%, P = 0.034). This rate was much higher than the Tanzanian National HIV prevalence of 5.7%. Of 1069 individuals who tested HIV-positive, the proportion of married, divorced or widowed individuals
Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the evaluation and management of acute dyspnea (Publications)
c peptide group and 11.0 days in the control group (P=0.001). The mean total cost of treatment was 5,410 dollars (95 percent confidence interval, 4,516 dollars to 6,304 dollars) in the B-type natriuretic
Force of infection is key to understanding the epidemiology of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria in Papua New Guinean children (Publications)
Individual parasite clones were tracked longitudinally by genotyping. On average, children acquired 5.9 (SD 9.6) new P. falciparum infections per child per y. (mol)FOI showed a pronounced seasonality, was
Age-independent osteopathology in skeletons of a South American cervid: the Patagonian huemul (<em>hippocamelus bisulcus</em>) (Publications)
population dynamics, skeletal remains collected between 1993 and 2007 in the Andes (41-45 degrees S, 71.5-72 degrees W) were examined macroscopically for osteopathologic changes. Bones from six huemul were
Differences in heart rate variability associated with long-term exposure to NO2 (Publications)
normal-to-normal RR intervals (SDNN), -6% (95% CI, -11 to -1) for nighttime low frequency (LF), and -5% (95% CI, -9 to 0) for nighttime LF/high-frequency (HF) ratio. We saw no significant effect for 24-hr
The economic payoffs of integrated malaria control in the Zambian copperbelt between 1930 and 1950 (Publications)
healthy work forces. The programmes averted an estimated 796,622 US dollars in direct treatment costs and 5,678,745 US dollars in indirect costs as a result of reduced work absenteeism. Within a few years of
Antiviral Therapeutics for Rapid Response Against Pandemic Infectious Diseases (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/antiviral-therapeutics-for-rapid-response-against-pandemic-infectious-diseases
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. AVITHRAPID started in January 2024 with a duration of 54 months and a budget of 7.5 million EUR. The Swiss partners in the AVITHRAPID consortium are funded by the Swiss State Secretariat
eWHORM - Enabling the WHO-Roadmap 2030 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/ewhorm-enabling-the-who-roadmap-2030
Worm infections (helminthiases) affect around 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the most prevalent infections in humans. Worm infections can cause chronic and debilitating health problems
EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/exposome-powered-tools-for-healthy-living-in-urban-settings
and OMICs information for more than 2 million Europeans, and personalized Exposome assessment for 5,000 individuals living in five “Urban Labs”; 2) applying a novel approach to use ultra-high-resolution