Upscaling cervical cancer screening and treatment for women living with HIV at a rural referral hospital in Tanzania: protocol of a before-and-after... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CC) is nearly always caused by persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. It is the most common cancer among women living with HIV (WLWH) and is the leading cause of cancer-related [...] Tanzania in 2020. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented a global strategy for the elimination of CC as a public health problem, proposing targets to meet by 2030 for HPV vaccine coverage (90% [...] study aims to evaluate the upscaling of screening and treatment...
Upscaling cervical cancer screening and treatment for women living with HIV at a rural referral hospital in Tanzania: protocol of a before-and-after... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CC) is nearly always caused by persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. It is the most common cancer among women living with HIV (WLWH) and is the leading cause of cancer-related [...] Tanzania in 2020. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented a global strategy for the elimination of CC as a public health problem, proposing targets to meet by 2030 for HPV vaccine coverage (90% [...] study aims to evaluate the upscaling of screening and treatment...
Attractive toxic sugar baits for controlling mosquitoes: a qualitative study in Bagamoyo, Tanzania (Publications)
were presented and explained their mode of action. At the end of the meeting, one ATSB was given to each participant for a period of 2 weeks, after which they were invited to participate in focus group discussions [...] were disappointed not to find the dead mosquitoes in the baits, although they had been informed that this was unlikely to happen. Most participants disliked the appearance of the bait and some thought it to [...] increase the acceptance and confidence in ATSBs for mosquito...
Attractive toxic sugar baits for controlling mosquitoes: a qualitative study in Bagamoyo, Tanzania (Publications)
were presented and explained their mode of action. At the end of the meeting, one ATSB was given to each participant for a period of 2 weeks, after which they were invited to participate in focus group discussions [...] were disappointed not to find the dead mosquitoes in the baits, although they had been informed that this was unlikely to happen. Most participants disliked the appearance of the bait and some thought it to [...] increase the acceptance and confidence in ATSBs for mosquito...
Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania (Publications)
health approaches in order to investigate this seemingly contradictory evidence. Carefully drawn random samples were used to maximize the representativity of the results. METHODS: The study used a cultural [...] version of the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC), which ensures a comprehensive investigation of disease perception and treatment patterns. The tool was applied in three studies; i) the 2004 random [...] cross-sectional community fever survey (N = 80), ii) the 2004-2006...
Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania (Publications)
health approaches in order to investigate this seemingly contradictory evidence. Carefully drawn random samples were used to maximize the representativity of the results. METHODS: The study used a cultural [...] version of the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC), which ensures a comprehensive investigation of disease perception and treatment patterns. The tool was applied in three studies; i) the 2004 random [...] cross-sectional community fever survey (N = 80), ii) the 2004-2006...
Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/tools-for-integrated-management-of-childhood-illness
dissemination; and demonstrating the benefit of donor investment. Swiss TPH leads the research component of the project, in conjunction with PATH and research partners in each of the four countries. This involves [...] policy. The project is a cross-departmental collaboration between SCIH (Health Technology and Telemedicine Unit) and the Clinical Research Unit, in partnership with Unisanté in Lausanne. This study is the [...] persists, with a mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa that is 14 times...
Mitigation strategies for communities with COVID-19 transmission in Lesotho using artificial intelligence on chest x-rays and novel rapid diagnostic... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/mitigation-strategies-for-communities-with-covid-19-transmission-in-lesotho-using-artificial-intelligence-on-chest-x-rays-and-novel-rapid-diagnostic-tests
centre, which will be used for RDT and CAD4COVID validation, through collaboration with the TB TRIAGE+ project. The innovative and comprehensive MistaL project will directly improve the health of the people [...] n an integral part of the COVID-19 outbreak response in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a LMIC with one of the highest HIV and TB prevalence in the world and a very limited capacity for PCR-based confirmatory [...] second main objective is to select the most promising antigen-based SARS-CoV-2...
Mitigation strategies for communities with COVID-19 transmission in Lesotho using artificial intelligence on chest x-rays and novel rapid diagnostic... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/mitigation-strategies-for-communities-with-covid-19-transmission-in-lesotho-using-artificial-intelligence-on-chest-x-rays-and-novel-rapid-diagnostic-tests
centre, which will be used for RDT and CAD4COVID validation, through collaboration with the TB TRIAGE+ project. The innovative and comprehensive MistaL project will directly improve the health of the people [...] n an integral part of the COVID-19 outbreak response in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a LMIC with one of the highest HIV and TB prevalence in the world and a very limited capacity for PCR-based confirmatory [...] second main objective is to select the most promising antigen-based SARS-CoV-2...
EMA Recommends Arpraziquantel for Treatment of Schistosomiasis in Preschool-Aged Children (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/ema-recommends-arpraziquantel-for-treatment-of-schistosomiasis-in-preschool-aged-children
developed in the 1970s. Extending the range of options for the treatment of schistosomiasis, arpraziquantel is tailored for use in preschool-aged children. It is a 150 mg tablet that withstands the hot and [...] climate. The tablet is administered by dissolving it in water and has an improved taste to make it more palatable for very young children. The positive CHMP scientific opinion by EMA is the basis for the potential [...] under the EU-M4all procedure for high-priority medicines for human...
