control group versus 3386 (81%) of 4174 in the intervention group (odds ratio 3·00 [95% CI 2·52–3·59]; p<0·0001). Secondary distribution of oral-fluid HIV self-tests during home-based testing increases testing [...] the control group due to the increased coverage. Main funding Swiss National Science Foundation (IZ07Z0_160876/1; PCEFP3_181355; 323530_177576) & International AIDS Society (CIPHER grant) Trial registration
countries only provides an average of exclusive breastfeeding within the last 24-hours among children 0-5 months of age, leaving the final duration of exclusive breastfeeding unknown. Lastly, interventions
Swiss TPH has provided services to support the development of the SMART Guidelines for child health (0-59 months) in humanitarian emergencies and piloting in Iraq and Cameroon.
Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a... (Publications)
hospitals comprises three conditions: treatment as usual (TAU) without screening for distress (phase 0), TAU with screening but without consequences (phase I, main comparator) and TAU with screening and
Aircraft noise exposure and risk for recurrent cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome: a prospective patient cohort study (Publications)
L(den) aircraft noise exposure was 48.1 dB. Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for recurrence was 1.24 (95%-CI: 0.97-1.58) per 10 dB increase in L(den) aircraft noise exposure. A combined analysis of recurrence and
Prevalence and predictors of <em>Aspergillus</em> seropositivity and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in an urban tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a... (Publications)
117 (59.4%) and dyspnea 90 (45.7%). Current or past TB infection {aOR 3.52, 95% CI (1.46, 8.97); p = 0.005} was an independent predictor of Aspergillus seropositivity and CPA. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: We
Case-control study of individuals with discrepant nucleocapsid and spike protein SARS-CoV-2 IgG results (Publications)
improved to 96.5% with minimal effect on specificity if the index threshold was lowered from 1.4 to 0.6. CONCLUSION: Real-world concordance between different serologic assays may be lower than previously
Cost-effectiveness analysis of typhoid conjugate vaccines in an outbreak setting: a modeling study (Publications)
disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs). Reactive vaccination was the preferred strategy for WTP values of $0-300 per DALY averted. For WTP values > $300, introduction of preventative routine TCV immunization with
Analysis of drug resistance among difficult-to-treat tuberculosis patients in Ghana identifies several pre-XDR TB cases (Publications)
kanamycin (KAN), amikacin (AMK), capreomycin (CAP), and viomycin (VIO). Additionally, there were 4.0% (5 RIF(r) and 2 MDR samples) resistant to both FQs and AMGs. 81 (65.6%) out of 125 INH-resistant samples
Effect of lifting COVID-19 restrictions on utilisation of primary care services in Nepal: a difference-in-differences analysis (Publications)
6 to 100.5), 15.6 antenatal care visits (95% CI 5.3 to 25.9) and 1.6 child pneumonia visits (95% CI 0.2 to 2.9). This corresponded to a 9.4% increase in contraceptive users, 34.2% increase in antenatal
