Fexinidazole - First All-Oral Treatment for Sleeping Sickness Approved (News)
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decision which paves the way for the distribution of fexinidazole in endemic countries, and hence, opens a new era of treatment. Indeed, this first oral compound will become a key element in the elimination [...] opportunity to visit the field sites together with colleagues from DND i and Swiss TPH, which was an eye-opener in terms of barriers to access to health." said Jürg Utzinger, Director of Swiss TPH. "The partnership
Integrated Eco-Health approach significantly reduces helminth infections in endemic Khong islands with emphasis on <em>Schistosoma mekongi</em> (Publications)
helminth infections, knowledge attitudes and practices toward Schistosoma mekongi infection, behavior of open defecation and availability of latrine at home. After the baseline (T0), the Eco-Health/One-Health [...] infections. Logistic regression was applied to associate the KAP (knowledge, attitudes, and practices and open defecation behavior) and the reduction of helminth infections between intervention and control islands
Systems Strengthening and Health Promotion (Page)
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to Malaria Care and Services for Children Under Five: Pilot Project openIMIS Capacity Building - Global online training course for openIMIS Healthy Life Project, Phase II: Reducing the Burden of Non-Communicable [...] Tanzania and subsequently in a number of other countries, Swiss TPH continues to work with the global openIMIS initiative to maintain and develop the tool as a Global Digital Public Good . Swiss TPH provides [...] Moldova HAP - Health for All, Albania - Phase 2 IHS - Integrated...
Multicentre harmonization and co-analysis for large-scale environmental epidemiology : combining environmental exposure and health datasets (Publications)
interdisciplinary team of epidemiologists, statisticians, and computer scientists. I then show how these open-source and freely available tools can provide innovative solutions to facilitate collaborative ep [...] lung function and COPD in UK Biobank using two different air pollution exposure databases. Results An open-source software application suite and a standardized metadata model for observational cohort studies [...] and resources presented in this thesis provide the epidemiological...
Multicentre harmonization and co-analysis for large-scale environmental epidemiology : combining environmental exposure and health datasets (Publications)
interdisciplinary team of epidemiologists, statisticians, and computer scientists. I then show how these open-source and freely available tools can provide innovative solutions to facilitate collaborative ep [...] lung function and COPD in UK Biobank using two different air pollution exposure databases. Results An open-source software application suite and a standardized metadata model for observational cohort studies [...] and resources presented in this thesis provide the epidemiological...
Vaccine potentials of an intrinsically unstructured fragment derived from the blood stage-associated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> protein PFF0165c (Publications)
antigen-specific antibody response with protection against clinical malaria. Within the predicted open reading frame of P. falciparum hypothetical protein PFF0165c, several segments with low hydrophobic
Multiple glomus tumors of the urinary bladder in a cow associated with bovine papillomavirus type 2 (BPV-2) infection (Publications)
acidophilic cytoplasm, and well-defined cytoplasmic borders. Tumor cells were distributed around open vascular lumina and in perivascular spaces. They were immunohistochemically positive for actin and
The safety and efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine, and their combination in the treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)
Tanzanian children (age range, 6-59 months) with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. This open, randomized study followed the 28-day World Health Organization (WHO) protocol and evaluated safety
Transdisciplinarity in higher education: the potential of digitalization (Publications)
learn how to use transdisciplinary approaches in research. Digitalization, and especially the massive open access online course (MOOC) format, provides a unique leverage point to increase access and extend
Walking the talk: a mixed-methods study investigating current opportunities for promoting health impact assessment practice (Publications)
various influential actors such as governments and the World Health Organization (WHO). Developing an open exchange platform allowing all HIA stakeholders to connect seems an urgent strategy to pursue for