Digital tools to improve parenting behaviour in low-income settings: a mixed-methods feasibility study (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Digital parenting interventions could be potentially cost-effective means for providing early child development services in low-income settings. This 5-month mixed-methods pilot study ev
Using Viral Genetics to Curb the HIV Epidemic in Lesotho, South Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/using-viral-genetics-to-curb-the-hiv-epidemic-in-lesotho-south-africa
Major progress in curbing the HIV epidemic in Lesotho, Southern Africa has been achieved. However, there were still 11'000 new infections in 2019, emphasizing the importance of targeted prevention of
EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/exposome-powered-tools-for-healthy-living-in-urban-settings
By 2030 more than 80% of Europe’s population will live and interact with a complex urban environment, consisting of a mixture of social and environmental factors. These factors include: where we live
Digital support systems to improve child health and development in low income settings - a randomized controlled trial (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/digital-support-systems-to-improve-child-health-and-development
Children in low and middle income countries continue to be exposed to large amount of adversity, undermining their health and early development. While a large number of programs have been launched rec
Swiss contraception report (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/swiss-contraception-report
Der erste Schweizerische Verhütungsbericht beschreibt die Entwicklung, Häufigkeit und Art der Verhütung in der Schweiz. Im Auftrag des Obsan hat das Schweizerische Tropen- und Public Health-Institut d
Collaboration for innovation: Establishment of a pan-nematode drug development platform (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/collaboration-for-innovation-establishment-of-a-pan-nematode-drug-development-platform
To target helminth elimination, a drug research and development (R&D) pipeline is needed to provide new chemotherapeutics that effectively eliminate or sterilize adult worms, thus bringing about the p
Novel Approaches to Improve Quality of Lymphatic Filariasis Interventions (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/novel-approaches-to-improve-quality-of-lymphatic-filariasis-interventions
Introduction: The World Health Organization resolved to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF), a severely disfiguring and debilitating mosquito-borne infection, as a public health problem by the year 20
P-4 Swiss Learning Health System (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/p-4-swiss-learning-health-system
In learning health systems (LHS), the research agenda is collaboratively developed to be responsive to current health system needs and to facilitate the flow of information at levels of policy, resea
Beyond seasonal suffering: Effects of Pollen on Cardiorespiratory Health and Allergies (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/beyond-seasonal-suffering-effects-of-pollen-on-cardiorespiratory-health-and-allergies
As climate change increases the duration and intensity of the pollen season, allergies to airborne pollen are increasingly common in Europe. Yet, it is not well recognized that high pollen concentrati
The Last Mile: Novel Tools and Strategies for Breaking Schistosomiasis Transmission (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/the-last-mile-novel-tools-and-strategies-for-breaking-schistosomiasis-transmission
Background: Global elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem is set as target in the new World Health Organization’s Neglected Tropical Diseases Roadmap for 2030. Due to a long history
