Reducing health inequities in the prevention of cervical cancer: The cervical cancer prevention and care cascade for women living with HIV (Publications)
Cervical cancer is the leading cause ofcancer related deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Women living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer [...] developed to enhance cervical cancer screening programmes for women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Basel will be of great help.” Swiss TPH Leading House in Helminth Drug Development Parasitic worm infections (helmintiasis) are a major public health [...] billion people worldwide are affected by soil-transmitted helminth infections. Swiss TPH is one of the leading institutions worldwide in discovering novel treatments and conducting clinical trials in the area
Symptoms and functional limitations related to respiratory health and carbon monoxide poisoning in Tanzania: a cross sectional study (Publications)
and respiratory functional limitations is underestimated in Africa. Few data are available on carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in sub-Saharan Africa and existing data is derived from CO in ambient air, but [...] level of CO in the blood is more dependent on shared exposure to sources of CO with the type of housing and type of cooking fuel as most relevant factors, and less on person-individual risk factors or
Symptoms and functional limitations related to respiratory health and carbon monoxide poisoning in Tanzania: a cross sectional study (Publications)
and respiratory functional limitations is underestimated in Africa. Few data are available on carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in sub-Saharan Africa and existing data is derived from CO in ambient air, but [...] level of CO in the blood is more dependent on shared exposure to sources of CO with the type of housing and type of cooking fuel as most relevant factors, and less on person-individual risk factors or
MalariaSphere: a greenhouse-enclosed simulation of a natural <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> (Diptera: Culicidae) ecosystem in western Kenya (Publications)
The development and implementation of innovative vector control strategies for malaria control in Africa requires in-depth ecological studies in contained semi-field environments. This particularly applies [...] trials to complete the life-cycle of this mosquito vector therein. METHODS: We constructed a local house, planted crops and created breeding sites to simulate the natural ecosystem of this vector in a s
Disparities in parasitic infections, perceived ill health and access to health care among poorer and less poor schoolchildren of rural Côte... (Publications)
Differences in the state of health between rural and urban populations living in Africa have been described, yet only few studies analysed inequities within poor rural communities. We investigated disparities [...] questionnaire survey was carried out for the appraisal of self-reported morbidity indicators, as well as housing characteristics and household assets ownership. Mean travel distance from each village to the nearest
MalariaSphere: a greenhouse-enclosed simulation of a natural <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> (Diptera: Culicidae) ecosystem in western Kenya (Publications)
The development and implementation of innovative vector control strategies for malaria control in Africa requires in-depth ecological studies in contained semi-field environments. This particularly applies [...] trials to complete the life-cycle of this mosquito vector therein. METHODS: We constructed a local house, planted crops and created breeding sites to simulate the natural ecosystem of this vector in a s
Disparities in parasitic infections, perceived ill health and access to health care among poorer and less poor schoolchildren of rural Côte... (Publications)
Differences in the state of health between rural and urban populations living in Africa have been described, yet only few studies analysed inequities within poor rural communities. We investigated disparities [...] questionnaire survey was carried out for the appraisal of self-reported morbidity indicators, as well as housing characteristics and household assets ownership. Mean travel distance from each village to the nearest
will establish a truly multidisciplinary network of partner institutions in Europe and Africa, including leading capacities in mosquito- tick- and snail-borne diseases of livestock and humans. The partners [...] diseases. Swiss TPH is responsible for leading WP2 on estimating disease risk and vector distributions and WP7 on model-based surveillance and early warning under the lead of Prof. Penelope Vounatsou, head [...] detection, prediction and control of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) of both...
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of environmental management for malaria control (Publications)
(RBM) aims at halving the current burden of the disease by the year 2010. The focus is on sub-Saharan Africa, and it is proposed to implement efficacious and cost-effective control strategies. But the evidence [...] clearance, modification of river boundaries, draining swamps, oil application to open water bodies and house screening. Part of the population also was given quinine and was sleeping under mosquito nets. Monthly
