Surveillance and response systems for elimination of tropical diseases: summary of a thematic series in Infectious Diseases of Poverty (Publications)
journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty provides a new platform to engage with, and disseminate in an open-access format, science outside traditional disciplinary boundaries. The current piece reviews a thematic
A pilot study characterizing real time exposures to particulate matter and carbon monoxide from cookstove related woodsmoke in rural Peru (Publications)
kitchen carbon monoxide (CO) samples were taken. Control households used a number of stoves including open fire and chimney stoves while intervention households used study-promoted chimney stoves. Measurements
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em>: spatial distribution of a highly prevalent and ubiquitous soil-transmitted helminth in Cambodia (Publications)
age of 13 and women aged 50 years and over had lower odds of infection than their male counterparts. Open defecation was associated with higher odds of infection, while having some knowledge of the health
eWHORM - Enabling the WHO-Roadmap 2030 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/ewhorm-enabling-the-who-roadmap-2030
the Congo, the Republic of Gabon, the Republic of Cameroon and the United Republic of Tanzania. An open-source virtual training and assessment tool for diagnosing NTDs will complement the knowledge transfer
Environmental, Social, Economic and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) for a Field Study of a Self-Limiting Nondrive Strain of Genetically Modified... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/environmental-social-economic-and-health-impact-assessment-eshia-for-a-field-study-of-a-self-limiting-nondrive-strain-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-on-behalf-of-target-malaria
three-phased approach in this 170-million project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Open Philantropy. Phase 1, the release of genetically modified sterile males (non-gene drive) in a rural
Visual Analysis of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets to Maximise Universal Access (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/visual-analysis-of-long-lasting-insecticidal-nets-to-maximise-universal-access
reduce malaria transmission and improve child health. Data capture and analysis algorithms will be made open source.
Exposure to Electromagnetic FIelds and Planetary Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/exposure-to-electromagnetic-fields-and-planetary-health
validate approaches to assess the impact of existing and novel wireless technologies. Within ETAIN, an open-access RF-EMF exposure app for smartphones is being designed using a Citizen Science approach. The
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
EXPANSE will translate its insights and innovations into research and dissemination tools that will be openly accessible via the EXPANSE toolbox. By applying innovative ethics-by-design throughout the project
Mass deworming for improving health and cognition of children in endemic helminth areas: a systematic review and individual participant data network... (Publications)
infections may benefit more. We urge the global community to adopt calls to make data available in open repositories to facilitate IPD analyses such as this, which aim to assess effects for the most vulnerable
The Swiss TPH Travel Clinic Temporarily Moves Next Door (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/the-swiss-tph-travel-clinic-temporarily-moves-next-door
for its numerous clients and patients of the region. Tomorrow, 3 February 2022, the physicians will open their new temporary practice at Socinstrasse 55, right next to the former location at Socinstrasse