A Buruli ulcer mycolactone (BU-MYCOLAC) rapid diagnostic test to enhance early diagnosis and treatment (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/a-buruli-ulcer-mycolactone-bu-mycolac-rapid-diagnostic-test-to-enhance-early-diagnosis-and-treatment
The current gold standard for the laboratory diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) is a PCR-based assay. In the endemic African countries this assay is established only at a few c
Rapid Assessment of World Bank COVID-19 Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/rapid-assessment-of-world-bank-covid-19-multi-phase-programmatic-approach
The World Bank supports around 100 country responses to COVID-19 through loans and grants totalling over USD 6 billion. Funding is based either on the Multi-phase Programmatic Approach (MPA) model or
Claims categorization using Artificial Intelligence (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/claims-categorization-using-artificial-intelligence
The goal of this project is to develop an automatic claims categorization module for openIMIS based on state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, standards, and methodologies which will
Manipulation of Human Immunity by Parasitic Worms (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/manipulation-of-human-immunity-by-parasitic-worms
Approximately ten percent of the world's population is at risk of schistosomiasis, a neglected, tropical disease caused by species of the helminth Schistosoma . For the past 40 years, control of schis
Preparing the Programme Support Rationale (PSR) for South Sudan (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/preparing-the-programme-support-rationale-psr-for-south-sudan
The Republic of South Sudan (RSS) is a low-income country, still immersed in conflicts, with a fragile state and a complex web of stakeholders. Thus, provision of health services, including vaccinatio
Women’s political EmPOwerment and Child Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/womens-political-empowerment-and-child-health
Although increasing women’s representation in political decision-making has the potential to significantly improve child health and development in LMIC, existing evidence is almost exclusively observa
Economic case for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/economic-case-for-civil-registration-and-vital-statistics-systems
The objective of this project is to articulate the economic argument and synthesize the evidence base that show that CRVS systems can provide a valuable return on investment for governments, multilate
Civil Registration and Vital Statisics - CRVS (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/civil-registration-and-vital-statisics-crvs
As one of its major activities, the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Program of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H) initiative supports countries to integrate cause of dea
Evaluation - Girl Effect (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/evaluation-girl-effect
Swiss TPH was mandated to conduct the independent evaluation of the Gavi-Girl Effect Partnership which is aimed at increasing the uptake of HPV vaccination, encouraging broader integrated health seeki
Kinase Inhibitors for Adjunct Antibiotic Treatment of Tuberculosis (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/kinase-inhibitors-for-adjunct-antibiotic-treatment-of-tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) encompasses pulmonary and extra-pulmonary infections by the deadly obligate human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Upon exposure to infectious aerosols, host immune respons