Research and implementation lessons learned from a youth-targeted digital health randomized controlled trial (the ARMADILLO Study) (Publications)
and their implications for digital health researchers and program implementers. METHODS: This was an open, three-armed RCT. Following completion of a baseline survey, participants were randomized into the
Digital Tool Improves Quality of Care for Children (News)
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as the quality of care they received. The results were published in the peer-reviewed journal BMJ Open . “These findings support the use of CDSS for overall health systems strengthening, especially when
Altitude Positively Impacts Cardiovascular Health Peruvian Study Finds (News)
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of MetS were found in men and women overall and within groups of users of improved cookstoves and open fires. “This shows us that it is important to consider behavioural differences between women and men
Human African Tryponosomiasis | SwissTPH (Page)
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patients with human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense : a multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase 2/3 trial. Lancet Infect Dis . 2023;23(4):463-470. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-30 [...] fexinidazole in children with gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: a multicentre, single-arm, open-label, phase 2-3 trial. Lancet Glob Health . 2022;10(11):e1665-e1674. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00338-2
SwissLEGIO - Legionnaires' diseases in Switzerland: Prestudies to develop health systems and epidemiologic research (Projects)
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infection source. In the European Union and the US, such outbreak toolboxes are available and can be openly consulted. Exploring physicians’ management of pneumonia : This study was conducted to better comprehend
Spring Symposium 2017 (Page)
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and guidance development Programme Thursday, April 6 Registration and Welcome 08.30 Registration Opens 09.00 Setting the Stage, Xavier Bosch Capblanch, Swiss TPH Session 1 – Policy Makers’ Perspective
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healthier place! Subscribe to the AlumNet newsletter! AlumNet Activities For now, the alumni network is open to everyone who graduated with an MSc, PhD, MAS/MBA, DAS or CAS degree from Swiss TPH. The AlumNet
The effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields exposure on human self-reported symptoms: a systematic review of human experimental studies (Publications)
any evidence that there were particularly vulnerable individuals in the IEI-EMF group, although in open provocation studies, when volunteers were informed about the presence or absence of EMF exposure,
Housing conditions and respiratory health in children in mining communities: an analysis of data from 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
analyses. The increase in the share of houses being built from finished building materials after mine opening was more than 4-fold higher (odds ratio (OR): 4.32, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.98–6.24) in close
Offering ART refill through community health workers versus clinic-based follow-up after home-based same-day ART initiation in rural Lesotho: the... (Publications)
home-based same-day ART initiation. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The VIBRA trial is a cluster-randomized open-label clinical superiority trial conducted in 249 rural villages in the catchment areas of 20 health