Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a... (Publications)
birth defects, and skin, oral, and sense organ diseases) either increased or remained unchanged, leading to increases in their relative ranking in many geographies. From 2005 to 2015, HALE at birth increased [...] increases in total disability. Many countries and territories in central America and eastern sub-Saharan Africa had increasingly lower rates of disease burden than expected given their SDI. At the same time, a
getting a malaria infection, especially in malaria endemic countries such as those in sub-Saharan Africa. RTS,S and R21 are both first generation malaria vaccines targeting the circumsporozoite protein [...] Immunology Unit (CI) of the Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology Department (MPI) is the scientific lead and sponsor representative. Sumaya Biotech GmbH & Co. KG - A clinical stage biotech company and the [...] AAHI developed the adjuvant (GLA-SE) used in the vaccine. Ifakara Health...
collaboration and a network of well-established partnerships in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and South America, as well as in Europe and North America. Sharing Expertise with the Next [...] Basel area and Swiss community, as well as internationally. Our malaria experts are represented in leading consortia for global health such as the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, the Medicines for Malaria
pollution effects on health are studied at the molecular level to better understand how inhaled pollutants lead to diseases such as asthma or cardiovascular disease. Link to Project Chronic Infections and NCDs [...] Trade-offs between food safety and food security and its impacts towards the SDGs for children in South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland TRAPEGO - Transformation in Pesticide Governance Related Topics Air Pollution
Heterogeneity in P<em>lasmodium falciparum </em>whole sporozoite vaccine induced humoral immune responses and protection in African volunteers: the... (Publications)
disease caused by Plasmodium species remains a major public health problem especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2018 alone, there were an estimated 228 million clinical cases and 405,000 deaths attributed [...] observed among African volunteers residing in different malaria endemic regions of East and West Africa. These different outcomes could be linked to levels of malaria pre-exposure and co-infections at [...] under researched, highly prevalent viruses like Human Pegivirus (HPgV-1)...
Heterogeneity in P<em>lasmodium falciparum </em>whole sporozoite vaccine induced humoral immune responses and protection in African volunteers: the... (Publications)
disease caused by Plasmodium species remains a major public health problem especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2018 alone, there were an estimated 228 million clinical cases and 405,000 deaths attributed [...] observed among African volunteers residing in different malaria endemic regions of East and West Africa. These different outcomes could be linked to levels of malaria pre-exposure and co-infections at [...] under researched, highly prevalent viruses like Human Pegivirus (HPgV-1)...
N'Djamena, September 2014 Human and Animal Health Helminths and Health One Health One Health East Africa Using One Health, an integrated and internationally supported approach to health, the unit works [...] develop One Health - including its links to social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions, leading to a theoretical framework for One Health approaches. Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approaches One [...] al, governance and security perspectives. Towards Elimination of Dog...
stigmatising disease. Affecting mainly children in West and Central Africa, the chronic disease results in devastating skin lesions and can lead to permanent disfigurement and long-term disabilities. Buruli
Community health outreach program of the Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project (Publications)
developing world. Reducing mortality rates for infants and children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa requires massive scaling-up of malaria-control interventions (eg, large-scale distribution of ITNs [...] thereby approaching the Abuja targets (see Armstrong Schellenberg et al). The local NGOs that took a lead within the framework of the CHOP in the distribution of ITNs and accompanying health education messages
Community health outreach program of the Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project (Publications)
developing world. Reducing mortality rates for infants and children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa requires massive scaling-up of malaria-control interventions (eg, large-scale distribution of ITNs [...] thereby approaching the Abuja targets (see Armstrong Schellenberg et al). The local NGOs that took a lead within the framework of the CHOP in the distribution of ITNs and accompanying health education messages
