Direct health costs of environmental tobacco smoke exposure and indirect health benefits due to smoking ban introduction (Publications)
prospective cohort studies in order to calculate the direct health costs. To assess the indirect health benefits, a meta-analysis of smoking ban studies on hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction [...] 1000-5000), corresponding to health costs of 330 Mio CHF. The number of hospital days for ischaemic heart disease attributable to passive smoking is much larger if derived from smoking ban studies (41 000) [...] resulting in additional health costs of 89 Mio CHF, which are attributed...
Good collaborative practice: reforming capacity building governance of international health research partnerships (Publications)
strained settings is limited but has improved with the implementation guidance of the International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans by The Council for International Org [...] partnership governance is not supported by the principal industry ethics guidelines - the International Conference on Harmonization Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceutical for Human Use (ICH) [...] In line with the policy objectives of the United Nations Sustainable...
Good collaborative practice: reforming capacity building governance of international health research partnerships (Publications)
strained settings is limited but has improved with the implementation guidance of the International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans by The Council for International Org [...] partnership governance is not supported by the principal industry ethics guidelines - the International Conference on Harmonization Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceutical for Human Use (ICH) [...] In line with the policy objectives of the United Nations Sustainable...
Study Launched on Antibody Prevalence and Impact of Coronavirus in Basel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/study-launched-on-antibody-prevalence-and-impact-of-coronavirus-in-basel
t and Swiss TPH, which is in charge of the study, are jointly launching the long-term study "COVCO-Basel". The study aims to investigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in the Basel region in two [...] In order to analyse the effects of the coronavirus pandemic (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) and to examine the consequences it has on individual's quality of life, the Health Department of Basel-Stadt, the Economic [...] cohort, which is exclusively questionnaire-based, as well as an...
<em>Blastocystis</em> in Swiss children: a practical approach (Publications)
e. The aim of the study was to shed light on clinical characteristics of pediatric patients in Swiss children with a positive stool sample for Blastocystis, in order to provide recommendations for a practical [...] practical approach for the clinician to know whom, when, and how to test. This is a retrospective study of pediatric patients, whose stool has been tested positive for Blastocystis in the last 10 years in [...] No screening after travels/immigration is recommended.What is Known:*...
<em>Blastocystis</em> in Swiss children: a practical approach (Publications)
e. The aim of the study was to shed light on clinical characteristics of pediatric patients in Swiss children with a positive stool sample for Blastocystis, in order to provide recommendations for a practical [...] practical approach for the clinician to know whom, when, and how to test. This is a retrospective study of pediatric patients, whose stool has been tested positive for Blastocystis in the last 10 years in [...] No screening after travels/immigration is recommended.What is Known:*...
Co-infection of HIV and parasites in China: <em>Cryptosporidium</em> prevalence in environmental water in HIV/AIDS high endemic areas (Publications)
techniques. The main results showed that a total of 32 water samples were collected, of which 9 were collected from the surface water, including 6 of pond water and 3 of the river water; 23 were from the drinking [...] surface water is serious and is a high risk to people lived with HIV-positive (PLWH) to be infected with Cryptosporidium spp. And water contamination with Cryptosporidium oocysts is one of the major causes [...] The purpose of this study is to explore relationship between water...
Co-infection of HIV and parasites in China: <em>Cryptosporidium</em> prevalence in environmental water in HIV/AIDS high endemic areas (Publications)
techniques. The main results showed that a total of 32 water samples were collected, of which 9 were collected from the surface water, including 6 of pond water and 3 of the river water; 23 were from the drinking [...] surface water is serious and is a high risk to people lived with HIV-positive (PLWH) to be infected with Cryptosporidium spp. And water contamination with Cryptosporidium oocysts is one of the major causes [...] The purpose of this study is to explore relationship between water...
Combating Over-Prescription of Antibiotics in Children: A Swiss-Tanzanian Digital Health Innovation with Promising Results (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/lutte-contre-la-surprescription-dantibiotiques-chez-les-enfants-une-innovation-helvetico-tanzanienne-aux-resultats-prometteurs
by a mentoring strategy for clinicians based on the visualisation of their own monthly drug prescriptions. The project is funded by the Fondation Botnar and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [...] forward in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, which is all the more urgent now that new antibacterial agents are becoming increasingly rare. Promising prospects for expanded use Although the results [...] encouraging, the research team is continuing to work to ensure that these...
Transmission dynamics and elimination potential of zoonotic tuberculosis in Morocco (Publications)
animals. The prevalence of BTB in Moroccan cattle is estimated at 18%, and 33% at the individual and the herd level respectively, but the human M. bovis burden needs further clarification. The current control [...] equations were used to model the different pathways between the compartments for cattle and humans. Scenarios of test and slaughter were simulated to determine the effects of varying the proportion of tested animals [...] 12 years for p = 100%. For p > 60% the time to elimination was...
