Kaspar Wyss, Professor, PhD, MPH

Function(s)
Deputy Director, Head of Department

Qualification
Public Health Specialist and Epidemiologist

Organisational Entity

Swiss Centre for International Health

Kaspar Wyss is Deputy Director of Swiss TPH, Head of the Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH) at Swiss TPH and Professor at the University of Basel. He has extensive management and leadership experience and is in charge of a team of over 50 people in Basel focusing on health systems development, primarily in low- and middle income countries. His activities relate to research and health system monitoring and performance assessment, with a specific interest in the role and importance of human resources for health. He directs a number of research and implementation projects in Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia and advises a broad range of institutions, such as the World Bank, WHO and UNICEF. Wyss lectures on health systems for the University of Basel (MSc and medical students) and the Swiss Inter-University Master of Public Health Program.

Latest Publications

All Publications

Aebi N.J et al. Association of different restriction levels with COVID-19-related distress and mental health in somatic inpatients: a secondary analysis of swiss general hospital data. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:872116. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.872116

Grimm P.Y, Wyss K. What makes health systems resilient? A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of Swiss NGOs. Global Health. 2022;18(1):55. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00848-y

Aebi N.J et al. A qualitative study to investigate Swiss hospital personnel's perceived importance of and experiences with patient's mental-somatic multimorbidities. BMC Psychiatry. 2021;21:349. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03353-5

Akweongo P, Aikins M, Wyss K, Salari P, Tediosi F. Insured clients out-of-pocket payments for health care under the national health insurance scheme in Ghana. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21:440. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06401-8

Amouzou A, Faye C, Wyss K, Boerma T. Strengthening routine health information systems for analysis and data use: a tipping point. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21(Suppl. 1):618. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06648-1

Baumann A, Wyss K. The shift from inpatient care to outpatient care in Switzerland since 2017: policy processes and the role of evidence. Health Policy. 2021;125(4):512-519. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.01.012

De Geest S et al. Potenciando la atención de salud para el futuro en Suiza: La ciencia de la implementación para atravesar el “valle de la muerte”. Texto e Contexto Enfermagem. 2021;30:e2019e004. DOI: 10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2019-E004

Dhaini S.R, Mielke J, Brunkert T, Wyss K, Utzinger J, De Geest S. Swiss implementation science network (IMPACT): a crucial building block to strengthen the Swiss research pipeline for real-world translation. Int J Public Health. 2021;66:1604081. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604081

Erismann S et al. How to bring research evidence into policy? Synthesizing strategies of five research projects in low-and middle-income countries. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19:29. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-020-00646-1

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Health seeking behavior among adults and elderly with chronic health condition(s) in Albania. Front Public Health. 2021;9:616014. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.616014