P-4 Swiss Learning Health System (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/p-4-swiss-learning-health-system
In learning health systems (LHS), the research agenda is collaboratively developed to be responsive to current health system needs and to facilitate the flow of information at levels of policy, resea
The Last Mile: Novel Tools and Strategies for Breaking Schistosomiasis Transmission (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/the-last-mile-novel-tools-and-strategies-for-breaking-schistosomiasis-transmission
Background: Global elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem is set as target in the new World Health Organization’s Neglected Tropical Diseases Roadmap for 2030. Due to a long history
Community-based tuberculosis triage testing after symptom screening in hard-to-reach African populations: CAD4TB versus C-reactive protein (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/community-based-tuberculosis-triage-testing-after-symptom-screening-in-hard-to-reach-african-populations-cad4tb-versus-c-reactive-protein
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a poverty-related disease which particularly affects vulnerable and underserved populations. Community-based TB triage testing as an integral part of multi-disease hea
Stratified Host-Directed Therapy for Rifampicin-Resistant TB: A Randomized Controlled Multi-Centre Trial (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/stratified-host-directed-therapy-for-rifampicin-resistant-tb-a-randomized-controlled-multi-centre-trial
Tuberculosis (TB) has historically been the most common infectious cause of death globally, surpassed only recently (and presumably temporarily) by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. TB treatment is lengt
SAPALDIA program (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/sapaldia-program
The SAPALDIA cohort investigates since 1991 the effects of life style and environment on the chronic diseases and aging in adults of the Swiss general population. The SAPALDIA study participants have
More responsive immunization services through tailoring for hard-to-reach populations in Chad (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/more-responsive-immunization-services-through-tailoring-for-hard-to-reach-populations-in-chad
The main goal of the study is to identify potential strategies to tailor immunization services to reach nomadic communities in Chad. The objectives of our study are: (i) To assess the feasibility and
Internationale Zusammenarbeit und Globale Gesundheit (former ATK) (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/internationale-zusammenarbeit-und-globale-gesundheit-former-atk
Der Allgemeine Tropenkurs ist ein 8-wöchiger, ganztägiger Kurs, welcher auf das Leben und Arbeiten in Ländern mit extremer Mittelknappheit vorbereitet. Der Kurs ist von der Universität Basel akkrediti
Global-Partnership-Initiated-Biosecurity-Academia for Controlling Health Threats (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/global-partnership-initiated-biosecurity-academia-for-controlling-health-threats
The Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT) is a multilateral one-year biosafety and biosecurity part-time training programme. GIBACHT started in 201
Joint South Africa and Swiss Chair in Global Environmental Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/joint-south-africa-and-swiss-chair-in-global-environmental-health
This first South African-Swiss bilateral research chair on Global Environmental Health in Cape Town addresses emerging environmental health problems in South Africa. The collaboration consists of four