Delivering an integrated decision analysis, monitoring & evaluation infrastructure to support more effective and responsive child and youth mental... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/delivering-an-integrated-decision-analysis-monitoring-evaluation-infrastructure-to-support-more-effective-and-responsive-child-and-youth-mental-health-systems
Mental illness in early life can have a devastating effect on the social, educational and economic future of young people, which in turn influences the mental wealth of countries across the globe. Wit
Outdoor air pollution exposure and cognitive performance: findings from the enrolment phase of the CONSTANCES cohort (Publications)
Background Air pollution exposure is one of the modifiable risk factors of cognitive decline. We aimed to test the association between exposure to several outdoor air pollutants and domain-specific co
Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with short-term temperature variability from 2000-19: a three-stage modelling study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Increased mortality risk is associated with short-term temperature variability. However, to our knowledge, there has been no comprehensive assessment of the temperature variability-related
Effectiveness of four different interventions against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> in a seasonal transmission setting of Côte d'Ivoire: a cluster... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Annual mass drug administration (MDA) using praziquantel is the cornerstone of schistosomiasis morbidity control but is not sufficient to interrupt transmission. We implemented a cluster-r
Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within... (Publications)
Background Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with premature mortality, but associations at concentrations lower than current annual limit values are uncertain. We analyse
Pragmatic Clinical Trial for a more Effective, Concise and Less toxic MDR-TB treatment regimen(s) (TB-PRACTECAL) (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/pragmatic-clinical-trial-for-a-more-effective-concise-and-less-toxic-mdr-tb-treatment-regimens-tb-practecal
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and is globally one of the major causes of death by an infectious agent. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO)