Sustainability of a school-based health intervention for prevention of non-communicable diseases in marginalised communities: protocol for a... (Publications)
identified as having an increased risk for non-communicable diseases. Data collection will take place 1.5 and 2 years postintervention and includes quantitative and qualitative methods, such as anthropometric
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared to ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in adolescents infected with <em>Trichuris... (Publications)
lumbricoides and hookworm). Potential effects of the treatment regimens on follow-up prevalences of STH at 5-6 weeks and 3 months post-treatment and pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic parameters will also be assessed
Estimated all-day and evening whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields doses, and sleep in preadolescents (Publications)
preadolescents with zero evening whole-brain RF-EMF dose from phone calls [-11.9min (95%CI -21.2; -2.5)]. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest the evening as a potentially relevant window of RF-EMF exposure
Systematic review and meta-analysis of integrated studies on antimicrobial resistance genes in Africa - a One Health perspective (Publications)
spp. (N = 6). The most prevalent AMR genes in animals included sul1 (36.2%), sul2 (32.0%), tetA (31.5%), strB (30.8%) and blaTEM (30.0%), whereas sul2 (42.4%), tetA (42.0%), strB (34.9%), blaTEM (28.8%)
Increased impact of air pollution on lung function in preterm versus term infants: the BILD study (Publications)
of PM10 and FeNO differed between moderate to late preterm [3.4 (-0.1, 6.8) ppb] and term [-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) ppb] infants, the interaction with prematurity was significant (pprematurity x PM10 interaction
Scoping future outbreaks: a scoping review on the outbreak prediction of the WHO Blueprint list of priority diseases (Publications)
outbreaks. RESULTS: Out of 3959 articles identified, we included 58 articles based on inclusion criteria. 5 major prediction methods emerged; the most frequent being spatio-temporal risk maps predicting outbreak
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in household members and other close contacts of COVID-19 cases: a serologic study in canton of Vaud, Switzerland (Publications)
simple hygiene rules like hand washing (aOR, 1.80; 95% CI, 1.02-3.17). The risk was lower when more than 5 people outside home were met during semiconfinement, compared with none (aOR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.16-0.74)
Characterization of the population pharmacokinetics of moxidectin in adults infected with <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em>: support for a fixed-dose... (Publications)
body weight. High clearance was found in the infected adults (4.47 L/h [95% confidence interval 3.63-5.39] for a 70 kg individual) compared with that previously reported for healthy adults. Model-based
Surveillance of molecular markers of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> artemisinin resistance (<em>kelch</em>13 mutations) in Papua New Guinea between... (Publications)
importation of drug resistant parasites into PNG. Although sample size in this location was small (n = 5), our identification of a C580Y mutant in this second location is concerning, highlighting the urgent
Providing Technical Assistance to a Church Based Health Insurance Scheme (BEPHA) in Cameroon (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/providing-technical-assistance-to-a-church-based-health-insurance-scheme-bepha-in-cameroon
sector in Cameroon, operating in total 45 health facilities (12 in Bamenda, 4 in Buea, 24 in Kumbo, and 5 in Mamfe). BEPHA was launched as a pilot scheme in Mamfe on the 15th of October 2007, followed by the