Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/tools-for-integrated-management-of-childhood-illness
Despite progress in reducing child mortality, an estimated 5.4 million children under five years of age died of preventable causes in 2017 including pneumonia (24%), diarrhoea (15%), and malaria (9%).
African contributions to global health: Circulating knowledge and innovations (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/african-contributions-to-global-health-circulating-knowledge-and-innovations
This Sinergia project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation focuses on African contributions to global health by examining knowledge, practices or applications that were designed for improvi
Evidence for change as emerging from the r4d public health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/evidence-for-change-as-emerging-from-the-r4d-public-health
15 projects jointly funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) within the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d pro
Evaluations Projekt Sturzprävention in der Gesundheitsvorsorge, -Überführung in die Regelversorgung (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/evaluations-projekt-sturzpraevention-in-der-gesundheitsvorsorge-ueberfuehrung-in-die-regelversorgung
Chronisch kranke, häufig multimorbide ältere Menschen haben ein erhöhtes Sturz- und damit Verletzungsrisiko. Das Projekt StoppSturz - Sturzprävention in der Gesundheitsversorgung - hat zum Ziel, in de
The burden of gastroenteritis in Switzerland (BUGS) study (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/the-burden-of-gastroenteritis-in-switzerland-bugs-study
A cute gastroenteritis (AG) is a common disease worldwide. The incidence and burden of disease of AG in the general Swiss population are unknown. Available information is restricted to notifiable path
Design of trials for pathogen elimination (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/design-of-trials-for-pathogen-elimination
In field trials of new interventions against mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, there are often spill-over effects between areas that receive the intervention and others that do not, because o
Impact of systems failures in malaria service delivery in Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/impact-of-systems-failures-in-malaria-service-delivery-in-africa
Malaria treatment provides individual benefits by curing infection and preventing progression to severe disease. Treatment also provides community-level benefits by reducing the infectious reservoir.
Modelling and simulation for drug development at Swiss TPH: clinical anthelminthic drug development and preclinical antimalarial development (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/modelling-and-simulation-for-drug-development-at-swiss-tph-clinical-anthelminthic-drug-development-and-preclinical-antimalarial-development
This research project is aligned with priorities of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, namely integrating drug discovery and drug development with modeling. Aiming to strengthen capacity
Phase III study to compare intravenous with oral iron to treat iron deficiency anaemia (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/phase-iii-study-to-compare-intravenous-with-oral-iron-to-treat-iron-deficiency-anaemia
Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose compared with oral iron in the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia at delivery in Tanzania Anaemia is a major concern in Africa. Women with frequent pregnancies or m
Understanding the human, parasite, vector and environmental interactions driving residual malaria transmission in Papua New Guinea (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/understanding-the-human-parasite-vector-and-environmental-interactions-driving-residual-malaria-transmission-in-papua-new-guinea
The scale-up of malaria control in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has resulted in a significant reduction in the nationwide prevalence and incidence of malaria. However, this effect has not been uniform acros
