MalCommit - Understanding Sexual Commitment and Early Differentiation of Malaria Transmission Stages (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/malcommit-understanding-sexual-commitment-and-early-differentiation-of-malaria-transmission-stages
The project aims to understand the processes responsible for the differentiation of asexual malaria blood stage parasites into sexual forms. The anticipated results may open up new avenues for the dev
Influence of the transition from school to work on health promotion choices of young people in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/influence-of-the-transition-from-school-to-work-on-health-promotion-choices-of-young-people-in-switzerland
The transition from school to work comes with opportunities as well as risks. During the sensitive period from adolescence to adulthood youth make important decisions that can influence their health i
Increased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum of insecticide resistant Anopheles in West Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/increased-susceptibility-to-plasmodium-falciparum-of-insecticide-resistant-anopheles-in-west-africa
This project aims to assess how widespread the susceptibility to Plasmodium of insecticide-resistant Anopheles is, and to assess the risk associated with this phenomenon in relationship with human beh
Systems thinking for district health systems (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/systems-thinking-for-district-health-systems
The Systems Thinking for Strengthening District Health Systems initiative takes a unique approach by supporting countries to apply systems thinking tools and practices to understand and intervene in t
Health for All, Albania - Phase 2 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/health-for-all-albania-phase-2
Context: Albania’s has shown encouraging developments in recent years underlined by economic growth. At the same time the health sector is affected by a broad array of challenges, ranging from issues
NTD Modelling Consortium (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/ntd-modelling-consortium
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are at a crucial point in global policy decision making. Huge investments and global efforts have reduced the burden of these diseases in many of the poorest populat
A malaria-free China: global importance and key experience (Publications)
Malaria has a worldwide distribution and is the world's deadliest mosquito-borne disease. The goal of malaria elimination is also reflected in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the
Estimating baseline rates of adverse perinatal and neonatal outcomes using a facility-based surveillance approach: a prospective observational study... (Publications)
Background: Most perinatal and neonatal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet, quality data on burden of adverse outcomes of pregnancy is limited in such countries. Methods: A
Novel high-throughput fluorescence-based assay for the identification of nematocidal compounds that target the blood-feeding pathway (Publications)
Hookworm infections cause a neglected tropical disease (NTD) affecting ~740 million people worldwide, principally those living in disadvantaged communities. Infections can cause high morbidity due to
Long-term exposure to source-specific fine particles and mortality horizontal line a pooled analysis of 14 European cohorts within the ELAPSE project (Publications)
We assessed mortality risks associated with source-specific fine particles (PM2.5) in a pooled European cohort of 323,782 participants. Cox proportional hazard models were applied to estimate mortalit
