Linking air pollution exposure models with health: the challenge of choices (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/400
Authorities are faced with important challenges in evaluating the health relevance of air quality and its trends. First, advancements in exposure and modelling sciences result in the abundance of spat
Starting at the community: treatment seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda (Publications)
Introduction: Community health workers (CHW) usually refer children with suspected severe malaria to the nearest public health facility or a designated public referral health facility (RHF). Caregiver
Privacy preserving-probabilistic record linkage to assess cancer outcomes in people living with HIV in South Africa (Publications)
Background: Privacy-preserving probabilistic record linkage (PPPRL) methods were developed and applied in high-income countries to link records within and between organizations under strict privacy pr
Reinforcement of the regional epidemiological surveillance network of the Indian Ocean Commission (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/reinforcement-of-the-regional-epidemiological-surveillance-network-of-the-indian-ocean-commission
Conseil Santé (France) and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute – Swiss TPH (Switzerland) provide a range of services related to the “Assistance to the project leader of the project strength
Moxidectin for Strongyloidiasis (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/657
Strongyloides stercoralis belongs to the soil-transmitted helminths and is the most neglected helminth infection among the neglected tropical diseases. It occurs almost worldwide and may result in lon
Mathematical modelling to examine disease, control measures, vaccine interactions and resistance to guide public health and disease elimination... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/mathematical-modelling-to-examine-disease-control-measures-vaccine-interactions-and-resistance-to-guide-public-health-and-disease-elimination-strategies
Mathematical models are increasingly important to understand new and existing diseases and for planning how we tackle these diseases. Models with enough detail of how a disease interacts with the body
PATH Malaria Vaccine Modelling (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/path-malaria-vaccine-modelling
RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) is the world’s first malaria vaccine shown to provide partial protection against malaria in young children. In October 2021, WHO recommended widespread use of RTS,S among children i
Impementation and scaling up of a digital Clinical Decision Support System / ICRC Nigeria (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/impementation-and-scaling-up-of-a-digital-clinical-decision-support-system-/-icrc-nigeria
Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest mortality for children under five years of age. Due to the violent conflict in the northern part of the country and scarce medical resources, mortality
