Kaspar Wyss, Professor, PhD, MPH

Function(s)
Deputy Director, Head of Department

Qualification
Public Health Specialist and Epidemiologist

Organisational Entity

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.

Banatvala N, Wyss K, Akweongo P, Kuwawenaruwa A, Grodwin V. Universal health coverage and NCD prevention and control. In: Banatvala N,Bovet P, eds. Noncommunicable diseases: a compendium, 277-284. London, New York: Routledge, 2023. DOI: 10.4324/9781003306689

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

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Out of pocket payments and access to NCD medication in two regions in Albania. PLoS One. 2022;17(8):e0272221. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272221

Grimm P.Y, Oliver S, Merten S, Han W.W, Wyss K. Enhancing the understanding of resilience in health systems of low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(7):899-911. DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.261

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

Kok M et al. Using a theory of change in monitoring, evaluating and steering scale-up of a district-level health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda: lessons from the PERFORM2Scale consortium. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:1001. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08354-y

Muho A, Peshkatari A, Wyss K. Work time allocation at primary health care level in two regions of Albania. PLoS One. 2022;17(10):e0276184. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276184

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

CORESMA - Application of the epidemic surveillance and response analysis system (SORMAS) to improve preparedness and surveillance in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic in Côte d'Ivoire and Nepal: an implementation research study BSM - Backstopping Mandate Health Focal Point, Health Network and Global Health, Phase XIX SAVING - Building Capacity to Address Implementation Challenges for Sustainable Access and Delivery of New Vaccines in Ghana Suicide Prevention - Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Projects SomPsyNet - Evaluation Project "Prevention of consequences of psychosocial stress among somatic patients in the hospital setting of Basel-Stadt "

Kaspar Wyss, Professor, PhD, MPH

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