New approaches to transform health in low- and middle- income countries: A Swiss TPH researcher discussed with Bill Gates (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/blog-template-interview-2/blog-id/75
Sumaiyya Thawer, researcher and former PhD student at Swiss TPH, joined the science dinner with Bill Gates as part of the Grand Challenges annual meeting. In this impact story, she shares her experien
Mathematical modelling to examine disease, control measures, vaccine interactions and resistance to guide public health and disease elimination... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/mathematical-modelling-to-examine-disease-control-measures-vaccine-interactions-and-resistance-to-guide-public-health-and-disease-elimination-strategies
Mathematical models are increasingly important to understand new and existing diseases and for planning how we tackle these diseases. Models with enough detail of how a disease interacts with the body
Impementation and scaling up of a digital Clinical Decision Support System / ICRC Nigeria (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/impementation-and-scaling-up-of-a-digital-clinical-decision-support-system-/-icrc-nigeria
Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest mortality for children under five years of age. Due to the violent conflict in the northern part of the country and scarce medical resources, mortality
Population genomic and phenotypic determinants of host tropism in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex affecting livestock and humans (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/population-genomic-and-phenotypic-determinants-of-host-tropism-in-the-mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex-affecting-livestock-and-humans
Tuberculosis (TB) in humans and animals remains a public health emergency and a global economic problem. TB causes more human deaths than any other infectious disease, and TB in livestock leads to a g
Customize and setup the modular version of openIMIS for Health Insurance Board requirements (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/customize-and-setup-the-modular-version-of-openimis-for-health-insurance-board-requirements
This initiative aims to assist the Nepal Health Insurance Board (NHIB) in upgrading its legacy openIMIS to a full modular architecture, to develop new features on top of existing openIMIS modules, and
Strategic interventions for inclusive and quality healthcare in Albania (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/strategic-interventions-towards-inclusive-and-quality-healthcare/blog-id/76
The Health for All Project (HAP) project aims to improve primary healthcare services for the Albanian population as a whole and for vulnerable groups in particular. Now in its third phase, the project
Noma: giving a face to a deadly disease (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/die-schweizer-luftreinhaltepolitik-muss-sich-dem-neusten-stand-des-wissens-stellen-1/blog-id/78
On December 15, 2023, the World Health Organization officially added noma to the list of neglected tropical diseases, which will make it easier to combat and research this poverty-related disease. Swi