Body mass index trends and its impact of under and overweight on outcome among PLHIV on antiretroviral treatment in rural Tanzania: a prospective... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Increased body weight is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is increasingly reported as a health problem in people living with HIV (PLHIV). There is limited data fro
Incidental radiological findings during clinical tuberculosis screening in Lesotho and South Africa: a case series (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Chest X-ray offers high sensitivity and acceptable specificity as a tuberculosis screening tool, but in areas with a high burden of tuberculosis, there is often a lack of radiological expe
Changes in healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic and potential causes : a cohort study from Switzerland (Publications)
Objectives: To describe the frequency of and reasons for changes in healthcare utilization in those requiring ongoing treatment, and to assess characteristics associated with change, during the second
Health system resilience: a critical review and reconceptualisation (Publications)
This Viewpoint brings together insights from health system experts working in a range of settings. Our focus is on examining the state of the resilience field, including current thinking on definition
Investigating sustainability challenges for the National Health Insurance Fund in Tanzania: a modelling approach (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to model the long-term cost associated with expanding public health insurance coverage in Tanzania. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: We analysed the 2016 claims of 2 923 5
A multi-pronged approach to improve blood culture diagnostics in different clinical departments: a single-centre experience (Publications)
PURPOSE: Blood culture (BC) diagnostics are influenced by many factors. We performed a targeted interdisciplinary analysis to analyse effects of various measures on BC diagnostics performance. METHODS
Understanding diarrhoeal diseases in response to climate variability and drought in Cape Town, South Africa: a mixed methods approach (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The climate of southern Africa is expected to become hotter and drier with more frequent severe droughts and the incidence of diarrhoea to increase. From 2015 to 2018, Cape Town, South Afr
Comparison of ambient radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) levels in outdoor areas and public transport in Switzerland in 2014 and 2021 (Publications)
Mobile communication technology has evolved rapidly over the last ten years with a drastic increase in wireless data traffic and the deployment of new telecommunication technologies. The aim of this s
Prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in Lesotho: a population-based survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There are no recent data on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (CVDRFs) in Lesotho. This study aims to assess the prevalence of CVDRFs and their determinants. METHODS: We conduc
Research-implementation: organisations and their role for sustainable development (Publications)
Swiss TPH, KFPE and partners are identifying and describing a group of research institutions in Africa and Switzerland that pursue problem-oriented research and practical project implementation for su
