Capacity building in health impact assessment (HIA) training and research in Vietnam (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/capacity-building-in-health-impact-assessment-hia-training-and-research-in-vietnam
Health impact assessment (HIA) is an interdisciplinary approach that aims at predicting and managing potential positive and negative health effects of policies, programmes, and projects on affected co
Cyanide use in artisanal small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso: health effects, environmental burden and societal dimensions (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/cyanide-use-in-artisanal-small-scale-gold-mining-in-burkina-faso-health-effects-environmental-burden-and-societal-dimensions
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is an important activity in many developing countries as it provides a primary and additional source of income, particularly in rural regions where economi
Implementing Resource Recovery and Safe Reuse (RRR) business models in Lima (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/implementing-resource-recovery-and-safe-reuse-rrr-business-models-in-lima
The growing demand in urban and peri-urban areas for food, energy and water is challenging the traditional distribution of resources, rural-urban resource flows, and nutritional cycles. For this reaso
Health impact assessment service provision, research and education and training (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/health-impact-assessment-service-provision-research-and-education-and-training
This long-term inter-departmental project combines service provision, research and education and traning pertaining to health impact assessment (HIA). It focusses on the assessment, management, monito
Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/integrated-climate-forcing-and-air-pollution-reduction-in-urban-systems
ICARUS will develop innovative tools for urban impact assessment in support of air quality and climate change governance in the EU. This will lead to designing and implementing win-win strategies to i
Study Panel on Upcoming Technologies to measure Non-Ionizing Radiation and Cognition (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/study-panel-on-upcoming-technologies-to-measure-non-ionizing-radiation-and-cognition
The SPUTNIC study measured individual exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF, e.g. from cell phones) in relation to acute health effects including cognitive performance, healt-relat
Prospective cohort study on skin cancer and residential radon exposure (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/prospective-cohort-study-on-skin-cancer-and-residential-radon-exposure
Radon is a natural radioactive gas that penetrates into buildings from soil. It is well acknowledged that radon is the second common cause of lung cancer after smoking. Recently, some studies found in
Identifying Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Urban Low Income Settings (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/identifying-barriers-to-exclusive-breastfeeding-in-urban-low-income-settings
Children in Lao PDR as well as in many other middle-income countries continue to receive sub-optimal nutrition because of low breastfeeding rates, undermining their developmental potential. While majo
Digital data innovation in health impact assessment: new methods to track and respond to the migration and humanitarian crisis in Northern Mozambique (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/digital-data-innovation-in-health-impact-assessment-new-methods-to-track-and-respond-to-the-migration-and-humanitarian-crisis-in-northern-mozambique
Background In northern Mozambique, a volatile combination of natural disasters, violence and conflict, and COVID-19 have all combined to create a humanitarian crisis where it is estimated that over ha