Publications

Ammann P, Jeong A, Lovison G, Doetzer J, Fuhrimann S, Imboden M, Ingold K, Winkler M.S, Probst-Hensch N. Human flourishing in the context of farm characteristics and occupational hazards – baseline findings from the FarmCoSwiss cohort. Swiss Med Wkly. 2025;155(4):4135. DOI: 10.57187/s.4135

Brugger C, Owen B.N, Abu Hamad B, van Gastel T, Sittaro F, Rossi R, Probst-Hensch N, Winkler M.S. Drinking water access and quality in the Gaza Strip prior to 7 October 2023 and implications for reconstruction. Environ Health. 2025;24:41. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-025-01191-6

Brugger F, Proksik J.J, Cambaço O, Lyatuu I, Adongo P, Ayanore M.A, Winkler M.S. 'Knowing how the machine works': a novel framework for engaging with the political determinants of health. BMJ Glob Health. 2025;10(8):e019640. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019640

Cambaco O, Brugger C, Munguambe K.R, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S, Galvão C, Knoblauch A.M. Understanding stakeholders' perceptions of the impact of extractive industries on adolescent health and well-being in Mozambique: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2025;15(6):e088207. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088207

Doetzer J, Ammann P, Imboden M, Ingold K, Jeong A, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Schaffner E, Winkler M.S, Fuhrimann S, Probst-Hensch N. Methods and exploratory findings of the first Swiss agricultural health cohort FarmCoSwiss. Sci Rep. 2025;15:10690. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-94440-0

Doetzer J, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Ammann P, Imboden M, Jeong A, Veillat A, Ingold K, Winkler M.S, Fuhrimann S, Probst-Hensch N. A call for research and policy into building multi-layered social resilience toward a sustainable agricultural workforce in Switzerland. Front Public Health. 2025;13:1617575. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1617575

Elmanama A.A, Abu Tayyem N.E.S, Winkler M.S, Abu-Dan R.I, El Hindi M.W. Knowledge, attitude and practices of antimicrobial use among veterinarians and para-veterinarians in Gaza strip, Palestine. Iraqi J Vet Med = Almagallat Altibbiyyat Albaytariyyat Aliraqiyyat. 2025;49(1):23-30. DOI: 10.30539/2jb8ab31

Galli A, Winkler M.S, Hattendorf J, Friedrich M.N.D, Bagayogo I, Ballo A, Bänziger C, Dembélé H, Keita M.S, Peter M, Tall A.O, Utzinger J, Owen B.N. Baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial targeting hand hygiene in primary healthcare in Burkina Faso and Mali. Int J Public Health. 2025;70:1608406. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1608406

Brugger C, Dietler D, Abu Hamad B.A, van Gastel T, Sittaro F, Rossi R, Owen B.N, Probst-Hensch N, Winkler M.S. Assessment of health and well-being effects associated with the challenging drinking water situation in the Gaza Strip: protocol for a cross-sectional household survey study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e63415. DOI: 10.2196/63415

Cambaco O, Cossa H, Farnham A, Macete E, Winkler M.S, Gross K, Munguambe K. Applying the photovoice method with adolescents in mining areas in rural Mozambique: critical reflections and lessons learned. Glob Health Action. 2024;17:2305506. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2305506

Cambaco O, Landtwing J, Cossa H, Macete E, Utzinger J, Torres N, Winkler M.S. Adolescent health and well-being in the context of impact assessment of natural resource extraction projects: a scoping review. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2024;105:107360. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107360

Galli A, Ma'ani Abuzahra Y, Bänziger C, Ballo A, Friedrich M.N.D, Gross K, Harter M, Hattendorf J, Peter M, Tamas A, Owen B.N, Winkler M.S. Assessing the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention on hand hygiene and well-being in primary health care centers and schools lacking functional water supply in protracted conflict settings: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e52959. DOI: 10.2196/52959

Lamprecht N, Erlanger T.E, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Prospects and perspectives of health impact assessment: a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature from June 2007 to January 2023. Public Health Rev. 2024;45:1606649. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1606649

Rodríguez-Zamora M.G, Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Rosa M.J, Reich B, Lindh C, Mora A.M. Respiratory and allergic outcomes among farmworkers exposed to pesticides in Costa Rica. Sci Total Environ. 2024;954:176776. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176776

Farnham A, Loss G, Lyatuu I, Cossa H, Kulinkina A.V, Winkler M.S. A roadmap for using DHIS2 data to track progress in key health indicators in the Global South: experience from sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:1030. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15979-z

Himmelsbach G.S, Zabré H.R, Leuenberger A, Knoblauch A.M, Brugger F, Winkler M.S. Exploring the impact of mining on community health and health service delivery: perceptions of key informants involved in gold mining communities in Burkina Faso. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(24):7167. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20247167

Hofmann B, Ingold K, Stamm C, Ammann P, Eggen R.I.L, Finger R, Fuhrimann S, Lienert J, Mark J, McCallum C, Probst-Hensch N, Reber U, Tamm L, Wiget M, Winkler M.S, Zachmann L, Hoffmann S. Barriers to evidence use for sustainability: insights from pesticide policy and practice. Ambio. 2023;52(2):425-439. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-022-01790-4

Luyten A, Winkler M.S, Ammann P, Dietler D. Health impact studies of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures: a scoping review. J Clim Chang Health. 2023;9:100186. DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100186

Robledo Abad C, Bieri S, Eschen R, Fuerst S, Jacobi J, Jiménez E, Llannque Zonta A, Naughton M, Schaffner U, Winkler M.S, Flury M. Promising practices for dealing with complexity in research for development. Gaia. 2023;32(1):115-124. DOI: 10.14512/gaia.32.1.8

Simon A.J, Pradyumna A, Knoblauch A.M, Winkler M.S. Walking the talk: a mixed-methods study investigating current opportunities for promoting health impact assessment practice. Impact Assess Proj Apprais. 2023;41(6):489-505. DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2261750

Angora E.K, Vangraefschepe A, Allienne J.F, Menan H, Coulibaly J.T, Meite A, Raso G, Winkler M.S, Yavo W, Toure A.O, N'Goran E.K, Zinsstag J, Utzinger J, Balmer O, Boissier J. Population genetic structure of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma haematobium x Schistosoma bovis hybrids among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasite. 2022;29:23. DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2022023

Cossa H, Dietler D, Macete E, Munguambe K, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. Global Health. 2022;18:7. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00797-6

Cossa H, Dietler D, Macete E, Munguambe K, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Correction: Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. Global Health. 2022;18:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00816-6

Dietler D, Farnham A, Lyatuu I, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Industrial mining and HIV risk: evidence from 39 mine openings across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2022;36(11):1573-1581. Video Abstract: http://links.lww.com/QAD/C557. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003294

Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Zabré H.R, Divall M.J, Fink G, Knoblauch A.M. Spatial mobility and large-scale resource extraction: an analysis of community well-being and health in a copper mining area of Zambia. Extr Ind Soc. 2022;9:101016. DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.101016

Galli A, Brugger C, Fürst T, Monnier N, Winkler M.S, Steinmann P. Prevalence, incidence, and reported global distribution of noma: a systematic literature review. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022;22(8):e221-e230. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00698-8

Galli A, Winkler M.S, Doanthu T, Fuhrimann S, Huynh T, Rahn E, Stamm C, Staudacher P, Huynh T.V, Loss G. Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong delta. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2022;19(9):509-523. DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2022.2100403

Leuenberger A, Winkler M.S, Lyatuu I, Cossa H, Zabré H.R, Dietler D, Farnham A. Incorporating community perspectives in health impact assessment: a toolbox. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2022;95:106788. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106788

Mora A.M, Baker J.M, Hyland C, Rodriguez-Zamora M.G, Rojas-Valverde D, Winkler M.S, Staudacher P, Palzes V.A, Gutierrez-Vargas R, Lindh C, Reiss A.L, Eskenazi B, Fuhrimann S, Sagiv S.K. Pesticide exposure and cortical brain activation among farmworkers in Costa Rica. Neurotoxicology. 2022;93:200-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2022.10.004

Pradyumna A, Mishra A, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Health in food systems policies in India: a document review. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(7):1158-1171. DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.18

Winkler M.S, Pradyumna A, Viliani F, Knoblauch A.M. Impact assessment in the post-COVID-19 world: the growing role of health impact assessment. In: Fonseca A, ed. Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment, 47-65. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2022

Ammann P, Dietler D, Winkler M. Health impact assessment and climate change: a scoping review. J Clim Chang Health. 2021;3:100045. DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100045

Cossa H, Scheidegger R, Leuenberger A, Ammann P, Munguambe K, Utzinger J, Macete E, Winkler M.S. Health studies in the context of artisanal and small-scale mining: a scoping review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(4):1555. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041555

Dietler D, Farnham A, Loss G, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health. 2021;17:70. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-021-00723-2

Dietler D, Loss G, Farnham A, de Hoogh K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Housing conditions and respiratory health in children in mining communities: an analysis of data from 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2021;89:106591. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106591

Farnham A, Fuhrimann S, Staudacher P, Quiros-Lepiz M, Hyland C, Winkler M.S, Mora A.M. Long-term neurological and psychological distress symptoms among smallholder farmers in Costa Rica with a history of acute pesticide poisoning. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(17):9021. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179021

Fuhrimann S, Farnham A, Staudacher P, Atuhaire A, Manfioletti T, Niwagaba C.B, Namirembe S, Mugweri J, Winkler M.S, Portengen L, Kromhout H, Mora A.M. Exposure to multiple pesticides and neurobehavioral outcomes among smallholder farmers in Uganda. Environ Int. 2021;152:106477. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106477

Kouamé P.K, Galli A, Peter M, Loss G, Wassa D, Bonfoh B, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Access to water and sanitation infrastructures for primary schoolchildren in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(16):8863. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18168863

Leuenberger A, Cambaco O, Zabré H.R, Lyatuu I, Utzinger J, Munguambe K, Merten S, Winkler M.S. “It is like we are living in a different world”: health inequity in communities surrounding industrial mining sites in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(21):11015. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111015

Leuenberger A, Dietler D, Lyatuu I, Farnham A, Kihwele F, Brugger F, Winkler M.S. Water and health in mining settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods geospatial visualization. Geospat Health. 2021;16:965. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2021.965