Tuberculosis Research Against "Super Resistant Bacteria" (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/20170905-tuberculosis-research
Super Resistant Bacteria " that is part of the documentary on "The human body: the ultimate frontier of complexity". It had its premiere on the 4 th of September 2017 at the 3 rd International SystemsX.ch [...] and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), which is associated with the University of Basel: "The alarming history of this patient shows that, although it is possible to treat a great majority of TB patients [...] bacteria within the SystemsX.ch initiative. This Swiss initiative in systems...
Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage: a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya (Publications)
sought to examine the value interests that influence agenda setting in the country's health financing space. Given the plurality of Kenya's health policy levers, we aimed to examine how the perspectives of [...] differences amongst stakeholders on the challenges hindering Kenya's achievement of UHC in terms of its the optimisation of health service coverage; expansion of the population that benefits from essential [...] interpretation of what is to be understood by UHC, its...
Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage: a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya (Publications)
sought to examine the value interests that influence agenda setting in the country's health financing space. Given the plurality of Kenya's health policy levers, we aimed to examine how the perspectives of [...] differences amongst stakeholders on the challenges hindering Kenya's achievement of UHC in terms of its the optimisation of health service coverage; expansion of the population that benefits from essential [...] interpretation of what is to be understood by UHC, its...
spezifische Luftschadstoffe (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/ludok/aktuelle-berichte/spezifische-luftschadstoffe
cities still suffer from poor air quality and exceed the EU air quality standards This is the case in particular for PM2.5 which is responsible for adverse health effects and premature deaths. While air [...] improvement of the air quality over the years, there are still problems, which are increasingly localised in specific regions and cities. A key issue is thus to determine at which scale to act in order to abate [...] prepared as part of the review of the primary (health-based) and secondary...
System effectiveness of a targeted free mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Publications)
important means of malaria prevention. Although there is consensus regarding their importance, there is uncertainty as to which delivery strategies are optimal for dispensing these life saving interventions. A [...] surveyed for socio-economic status, the net distribution process, perceptions and use of bed nets. Each step in the distribution process was assessed in all children one to five years of age for unconditional [...] children under five. However, in order to sustain high effective...
System effectiveness of a targeted free mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Publications)
important means of malaria prevention. Although there is consensus regarding their importance, there is uncertainty as to which delivery strategies are optimal for dispensing these life saving interventions. A [...] surveyed for socio-economic status, the net distribution process, perceptions and use of bed nets. Each step in the distribution process was assessed in all children one to five years of age for unconditional [...] children under five. However, in order to sustain high effective...
Promising Antimalarial Drug Proves Ineffective at Saving Children’s Lives (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/un-medicament-antipaludique-prometteur-ne-reduit-pas-la-mortalite-infantile
scale-up until further guidance on the safe implementation of RAS is made available, or urgently review the conditions under which it is currently being used. At present, the current WHO guidelines on RAS are [...] treatment with RAS is the administration of a single suppository by a community health worker or in a remote health facility as an emergency treatment, in order to bridge the time until a child is admitted to [...] potential.” About the study The Community Access to Rectal Artesunate ...
Basic Malaria Research (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/topics/malaria/basic-malaria-research
Elucidation of the Dynamic Interaction Network of Exported Proteins in P. falciparum In this projects we study the interaction network of exported proteins which is of crucial importance for the export of virulence [...] virulence factors to the surface of the infected host cells and for other modifications allowing the parasite’s survival in its host cell. We use state-of-the-art molecular-genetic and cell-biological [...] sexual forms. The anticipated results may open up new avenues for the...
Young Researchers in Environmental Epidemiology Share Latest Findings (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/young-researchers-in-environmental-epidemiology-share-latest-findings
after air pollution. “Awareness on the topic is rather limited and more and better research is still needed to understand the multiple health effects of noise in order to promote more efficient policies [...] needs high quality data and research, which eventually leads to better health for the population. Another important aspect discussed was the broad communication with the public to counter fake news. New standards [...] infant nutrition Among the keynote speakers was Maria Foraster from...
Master of Advanced Studies in International Health | Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/study-with-us/postgraduate/master-international-health
experience. Students identify a topic for the thesis with the guidance of the personal tutor and experts in the field of interest. In many cases, the thesis is linked to the student's working environment. At [...] (10 ECTS). Normally, students enter the Master's programme at the institute where they have completed the core course. The Master's thesis is the final stage of the programme (20 ECTS). It allows students [...] networks. The starting point is Swiss TPH's Diploma of...
