World Malaria Day 2020: Urgent Action Is Critical to Save Lives (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/journee-mondiale-du-paludisme-2020-il-est-urgent-dagir-pour-sauver-des-vies
actors of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, is therefore calling for action to end malaria: We must protect the lives of the most vulnerable - especially those of pregnant women and children under the age [...] - due to the blocking and suspension of imports and exports of goods and the redeployment of some antimalarials in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Swiss Malaria Group, together with the internationally [...] Cooperation at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)...
Implementation of the global plan for insecticide resistance management in malaria vectors: progress, challenges and the way forward (Publications)
pyrethroids which are widely used in insecticide-treated nets. The Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management in malaria vectors (GPIRM), released in May 2012, is a collective strategy for the malaria [...] an urgent need for a global response plan to address these deficits and ensure the correct and efficient use of available tools in order to maintain the effectiveness of current vector control efforts whilst [...] made to date and the challenges experienced in the implementation of...
Implementation of the global plan for insecticide resistance management in malaria vectors: progress, challenges and the way forward (Publications)
pyrethroids which are widely used in insecticide-treated nets. The Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management in malaria vectors (GPIRM), released in May 2012, is a collective strategy for the malaria [...] an urgent need for a global response plan to address these deficits and ensure the correct and efficient use of available tools in order to maintain the effectiveness of current vector control efforts whilst [...] made to date and the challenges experienced in the implementation of...
Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: the strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy... (Publications)
as its external evaluation. RESULTS: The analysis highlighted the fluid boundaries of HPSR?+?A and the range and variability of the courses addressing the field, the important, though not exclusive, role [...] among the 11 African and European partners of the Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa (CHEPSAA), a capacity development collaboration. A first questionnaire completed by the partners [...] subsequently collected on 17 of the courses). The questionnaires yielded a...
Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: the strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy... (Publications)
as its external evaluation. RESULTS: The analysis highlighted the fluid boundaries of HPSR?+?A and the range and variability of the courses addressing the field, the important, though not exclusive, role [...] among the 11 African and European partners of the Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa (CHEPSAA), a capacity development collaboration. A first questionnaire completed by the partners [...] subsequently collected on 17 of the courses). The questionnaires yielded a...
Evaluation of the contribution of Fundación Anesvad to the WHO Road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/evaluation-of-the-contribution-of-fundacion-anesvad-to-the-who-road-map-for-neglected-tropical-diseases-2021-2030
, some of which overlap with the 22 disease-specific targets of the WHO road map. The project conducts an in-depth analysis on how and to what extent the foundation’s work contributed to the WHO road map [...] analysis. Building on the findings, the third part of the mandate is to formulate recommendations for corrective action directed at Anesvad and potentially other stakeholders. [...] The WHO framework for integrated control and management of skin-related NTDs provides a people-centred...
The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination.... (Publications)
of all 60 papers elucidates the complex architecture of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination which is presented herein. CONCLUSIONS: The current global malaria elimination [...] campaign calls for a health systems strengthening approach to provide an enabling environment for programmes in developing countries. In order to realize the benefits of this approach it is vital to provide [...] as is the importance of ensuring that current global malaria elimination...
The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination.... (Publications)
of all 60 papers elucidates the complex architecture of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination which is presented herein. CONCLUSIONS: The current global malaria elimination [...] campaign calls for a health systems strengthening approach to provide an enabling environment for programmes in developing countries. In order to realize the benefits of this approach it is vital to provide [...] as is the importance of ensuring that current global malaria elimination...
Evaluation of the Qvella FAST System and the FAST-PBC cartridge for rapid species identification and antimicrobial resistance testing directly from... (Publications)
(DD), and MICRONAUT-AM for yeast/fungi. A total of 261 samples were analyzed, of which 86.6% (226/261) were eligible for the comparative ID and AST analyses. In comparison to the reference technique (c [...] agreement (CA) of the FAST System LC in comparison to the routine workflow for Gram-positive bacteria was 96.1% and 98.7% for MicroScan and DD, respectively. Similar results were obtained for Gram-negative [...] bacteria with 96.6% and 97.5% of CA for MicroScan and DD, respectively. Taken...
Evaluation of the Qvella FAST System and the FAST-PBC cartridge for rapid species identification and antimicrobial resistance testing directly from... (Publications)
(DD), and MICRONAUT-AM for yeast/fungi. A total of 261 samples were analyzed, of which 86.6% (226/261) were eligible for the comparative ID and AST analyses. In comparison to the reference technique (c [...] agreement (CA) of the FAST System LC in comparison to the routine workflow for Gram-positive bacteria was 96.1% and 98.7% for MicroScan and DD, respectively. Similar results were obtained for Gram-negative [...] bacteria with 96.6% and 97.5% of CA for MicroScan and DD, respectively. Taken...
