Joint South Africa and Swiss Chair in Global Environmental Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/joint-south-africa-and-swiss-chair-in-global-environmental-health
This first South African-Swiss bilateral research chair on Global Environmental Health in Cape Town addresses emerging environmental health problems in South Africa. The collaboration consists of four
Master of Advanced Studies in International Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/master-of-advanced-studies-in-international-health
The MAS in International Health is a collaborative modular programme involving some 30 tropEd accredited universities worldwide. The programme prepares students to act as international health experts
Master of Public Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/master-of-public-health
Students of the Master of Public Health acquire profound knowledge in public health and analytical and problem solving competences to address public health related questions. The programme caters to p
Monitoring of Baby Friendly Hospitals in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/monitoring-of-baby-friendly-hospitals-in-switzerland
Since the launch of the Baby Friendly Hospitals Initiative (BHFI) of WHO and UNICEF in 1991, the Baby Friendly Hospitals (BHF) help towards a goof start in life worldwide. In Switzerland, BFH accredit
Short-term effects of nocturnal transportation noise on cardio-metabolic outcomes and its association to sleep (Publications)
Transportation noise is one of the most important environmental risk factors for cardio-metabolic diseases. It is assumed that short-term noise exposure activates a physiological stress response, whic
Mode of action of synthetic antimalarial peroxides (Publications)
Malaria is one of the most widespread infectious diseases which caused an estimated 212 million cases and 429,000 deaths worldwide in 2015. Today, artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), a combin