Ten-year trends of syphilis in sero-surveillance of pregnant women in Rwanda and correlates of syphilis-HIV co-infection (Publications)
Syphilis can be transmitted by pregnant women to their children and is a public health problem in Africa. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 24 antenatal clinics from 2002 to 2003 and increased
Real-time PCR for detection of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in human stool samples from Côte d'Ivoire: diagnostic accuracy, inter-laboratory... (Publications)
Human infections with the helminth species Strongyloides stercoralis encompass a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening disease. The diagnosis of S. stercoralis
Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/tools-for-integrated-management-of-childhood-illness
Despite progress in reducing child mortality, an estimated 5.4 million children under five years of age died of preventable causes in 2017 including pneumonia (24%), diarrhoea (15%), and malaria (9%).
African contributions to global health: Circulating knowledge and innovations (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/african-contributions-to-global-health-circulating-knowledge-and-innovations
This Sinergia project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation focuses on African contributions to global health by examining knowledge, practices or applications that were designed for improvi
Evidence for change as emerging from the r4d public health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/evidence-for-change-as-emerging-from-the-r4d-public-health
15 projects jointly funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) within the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d pro
Evaluations Projekt Sturzprävention in der Gesundheitsvorsorge, -Überführung in die Regelversorgung (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/evaluations-projekt-sturzpraevention-in-der-gesundheitsvorsorge-ueberfuehrung-in-die-regelversorgung
Chronisch kranke, häufig multimorbide ältere Menschen haben ein erhöhtes Sturz- und damit Verletzungsrisiko. Das Projekt StoppSturz - Sturzprävention in der Gesundheitsversorgung - hat zum Ziel, in de
Systems thinking for district health systems (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/systems-thinking-for-district-health-systems
The Systems Thinking for Strengthening District Health Systems initiative takes a unique approach by supporting countries to apply systems thinking tools and practices to understand and intervene in t
Health for All, Albania - Phase 2 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/health-for-all-albania-phase-2
Context: Albania’s has shown encouraging developments in recent years underlined by economic growth. At the same time the health sector is affected by a broad array of challenges, ranging from issues