Traffic noise and air pollution, especially particulate matter (PM), are closely linked environmental risk factors that contribute significantly to the development of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. In Europe, traffic noise is responsible for the loss of 1.6 million…

Cambodia and Lao PDR have secured funding from the Global Development Fund (China) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to eliminate Schistosoma mekongi. Funding is through the World Health Organization (WHO), and Swiss TPH together with the National Institute of Parasitic…

This program aims to address the pervasive issue of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and gender-based violence (GBV) across the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region. According to a recent WHO global review, 26 per cent of women in Eastern Europe and 23 per cent of women in Central…

Transformative adaptation is gaining recognition as the appropriate response to climate change as the current adaptive measures reach their limits. In addressing health risks associated with heat waves, air pollution, wildfire emission and pollen, the implementation of comprehensive transformative…

The German Ministry Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation is interested in investing through KfW in a future project which aims to strengthen pandemic prevention capacities in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), by reducing the negative impact of…

This institutional capacity strengthening approach of the triangular research management consortium aims at developing a cross-institutional framework with standardized procedures and training of trainers, to be consolidated to the three applicant institutions in the first instance. In a second…

The WHO framework for integrated control and management of skin-related NTDs provides a people-centred integrated approach to reduce the morbidity, disability and psychosocial impact of skin NTDs. It defines 20 skin NTD-specific targets and indicators, some of which overlap with the 22…

Palliative care is a fundamental right that allows people with cancer to die with dignity and without unnecessary suffering. Health and social systems should fulfill the fundamental right to die with dignity and without avoidable suffering, regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic status.…

Zanzibar has an impressive track record implementing mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel (PZQ) against Schistosoma haematobium infections since the 1980s, achieving elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem in most areas, with a possibility of interruption of…

The Philippines, one of the world's most disaster-prone countries, frequently faces environmental and climate disasters such as heat waves, floods, droughts, typhoons, landslides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, with climate change worsening these extreme events. Prisons and jails in the…