Home caRE workers’ Health risks of Exposure to heAT waves (REHEAT), Solutions for human adaptation to climate change in the context of working life... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/home-care-workers-health-risks-of-exposure-to-heat-waves-reheat-solutions-for-human-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-the-context-of-working-life-extension
Background Home care professionals are more at risk for health problems than usual in hot weather, as their clients are particularly vulnerable to the heat, need more care and thus require more effort
Democratizing Neglected Tropical Diseases Interventions through Citizen Science for Improving Women’s Health in a Fragile Setting at Lake Chad (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/democratizing-neglected-tropical-diseases-interventions-through-citizen-science-for-improving-womens-health-in-a-fragile-setting-at-lake-chad
In crisis areas, health systems struggle to serve refugee, internally displaced people (IDPs) and host populations. A particular concern are diseases linked to insufficient water, sanitation and hygie
Integrated Health Services in Kosovo, Phase I (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/integrated-health-services-in-kosovo-phase-i
The Integrated Health Services (IHS) project aims at improving the availability, quality and continuity of care for patients with non-communicable diseases by strengthening related clinical, manageria
Assessment of the factors affecting emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance in Rwanda (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/assessment-of-the-factors-affecting-emergence-and-spread-of-artemisinin-resistance-in-rwanda
Background: Malaria is a major public health problem globally and resistance to most widely used drugs impedes its control. Artemisinin resistance has emerged and spread in the Greater Mekong Sub regi
Pan-Africa Network for Genomic Surveillance of Poverty Related Diseases and Emerging Pathogens (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/pan-africa-network-for-genomic-surveillance-of-poverty-related-diseases-and-emerging-pathogens
The main objective of the PANGenS project is to use genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis, malaria and emerging and re-emerging pathogens in Africa to better understand disease etiology, dynamics of di
Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/public-health-system-recovery-and-resilience-activity
The overall goal of the Public Health System Recovery and Resilience (PHS R&R) Activity is to strengthen the Government of Ukraine's capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats; m
Innovations for vaccines against helminth infections (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/innovations-for-vaccines-against-helminth-infections
Infections with parasitic worms (helminths) continue to cause a massive global health burden. Yet, effective vaccines to enable control and elimination of helminth infections do not exist. Primary rea
eWHORM - Enabling the WHO-Roadmap 2030 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/ewhorm-enabling-the-who-roadmap-2030
Worm infections (helminthiases) affect around 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the most prevalent infections in humans. Worm infections can cause chronic and debilitating health proble
Exploring early sexual differentiation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/exploring-early-sexual-differentiation-in-the-malaria-parasite-plasmodium-falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum, an obligate intracellular parasite of the phylum Apicomplexa, is the causative agent of the most severe form of malaria in humans. Despite the massive implementation of control
Use of artificial intelligence for secure identification of dogs in low- and middle income countries (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/use-of-artificial-intelligence-for-secure-identification-of-dogs-in-low-and-middle-income-countries
Artificial intelligence for facial recognition are novel tools currently in development, but little is known on feasibility for dogs in low- and middle income countries (LMICs). This is an urgent know