Neurodegenerative diseases and other chronic disease in relation to long-term electromagnetic field exposure (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/neurodegenerative-diseases-and-other-chronic-disease-in-relation-to-long-term-electromagnetic-field-exposure
Like many developed countries, the age structure of Switzerland has changed substantially over the past few decades with a demographic shift toward an aging population. The social, economic and health
The Virulence-Transmission Trade-Off: Exploring the Biological Determinants and Epidemiological Consequences of Subclinical Tuberculosis (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/the-virulence-transmission-trade-off-exploring-the-biological-determinants-and-epidemiological-consequences-of-subclinical-tuberculosis
Human tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health emergency, causing 10 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths every year. TB manifests as a spectrum, ranging from self-cured or asymptomatic infection
Child Health and Infection with Low Density (CHILD) Malaria, a randomized controlled trial to assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impact of... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/child-health-and-infection-with-low-density-child-malaria-a-randomized-controlled-trial-to-assess-the-long-term-health-and-socioeconomic-impact-of-interventions-targeting-low-density-malaria-infection-lmi-among-children-in-tanzania
As malaria transmission declines, an increasing proportion of infections persist in the body at low levels. Low-density malaria infection (LMI) are often chronic and represent a high proportion of inf
UBDPOLICY - The Urban Burden of Disease Estimation for Policy Making (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/ubdpolicy-the-urban-burden-of-disease-estimation-for-policy-making
In Europe, more than 70% of the population lives in urban areas. Cities have long been known to be society’s predominant engine of innovation and wealth creation, yet they are also a main source of po
Burden of disease based methods for estimating the socio-economic cost of environmental stressors (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/burden-of-disease-based-methods-for-estimating-the-socio-economic-cost-of-environmental-stressors
The outdoor environment has a significant impact on our health and wellbeing. The European Green Deal has introduced the ambitious commitment to a ‘Zero-Pollution Action Plan for air, water, and soil’
Democratizing Neglected Tropical Diseases Interventions through Citizen Science for Improving Women’s Health in a Fragile Setting at Lake Chad (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/democratizing-neglected-tropical-diseases-interventions-through-citizen-science-for-improving-womens-health-in-a-fragile-setting-at-lake-chad
In crisis areas, health systems struggle to serve refugee, internally displaced people (IDPs) and host populations. A particular concern are diseases linked to insufficient water, sanitation and hygie
Integrated Health Services in Kosovo, Phase I (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/integrated-health-services-in-kosovo-phase-i
The Integrated Health Services (IHS) project aims at improving the availability, quality and continuity of care for patients with non-communicable diseases by strengthening related clinical, manageria
Vector Modelling - AnophelesModel R Package (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/vector-modelling-anophelesmodel-r-package
We developed the AnophelesModel R Package to interface mosquito bionomics, human exposure and intervention effects with models of malaria intervention impact. The package contains an in-built entomolo
Assessment of the factors affecting emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance in Rwanda (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/assessment-of-the-factors-affecting-emergence-and-spread-of-artemisinin-resistance-in-rwanda
Background: Malaria is a major public health problem globally and resistance to most widely used drugs impedes its control. Artemisinin resistance has emerged and spread in the Greater Mekong Sub regi
OpenMalaria Workflow and OpenMalariaUtilities R Packages (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/openmalaria-workflow-and-openmalariautilities-r-packages
OpenMalaria Workflow R Package The work of the Analytics and Intervention Modelling Group is based on OpenMalaria : an open-source C++ program for simulating malaria epidemiology and the impacts on th
