Publications

Delvento G, Schindler C, Rotaru C, Curteanu A, Curochicin G, Prytherch H, Tkachenko V, Seifert B, Torzsa P, Asenova R, Busneag C, Windak A, Willems S, Van Poel E, Collins C. Follow-up of patients with chronic conditions within primary care practices during COVID-19: results from 7 Central and Eastern-European countries from the cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study. Eur J Gen Pract. 2024;30(1):2391468. DOI: 10.1080/13814788.2024.2391468

Demekas S, Prytherch H, Bayisenge F, Habumugisha S, Kraemer K, Monroy-Gomez J, Nabacu I, Speich C, Turinimigisha I, Barjolle D. Evaluating double-duty actions in Rwanda's secondary cities. Nutrients. 2024;16(13):1998. DOI: 10.3390/nu16131998

Lozan O, Mîţa V, Demişcan D, Buzeti T, Beznec P, Sava V, Curteanu A, Rîmiş C, Canavan R, Prytherch H. Assessing capacities to strengthen intersectoral collaboration in Territorial Public Health Councils in the Republic of Moldova. PLoS One. 2024;19(5):e0303821. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303821

Palmeirim M.S, Faber N.H.R, Sørensen K, Münter L, Drachmann D, Prytherch H, Berari D, Curteanu A, Silitrari N, Sava V, Secula F. A pilot of a chronic disease self-management programme in Moldova. Int J Health Promot Educ. 2024;62. DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2024.2324797

Barth-Jaeggi T, Speich C, Havugimana C, Bayisenge F, Kimenju S, Omondi W, Pasha S.F, Islam S, van Zutphen-Küffer K.G, van den Berg S, Barjolle D, Pannatier M, Prytherch H. Nutrition transition, double burden of malnutrition, and urbanization patterns in secondary cities of Bangladesh, Kenya and Rwanda. BMC Nutr. 2023;9:125. DOI: 10.1186/s40795-023-00782-1

Delvento G, Curteanu A, Rotaru C, Van Poel E, Willems S, Prytherch H, Curocichin G. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary health care practices and patient management in the Republic of Moldova - results from the PRICOV-19 survey. BMC Prim Care. 2023;24(Suppl 1):221. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-02116-3

Kempers J, Rotaru C, Topa A, Zarbailov N, Curteanu A, Prytherch H. Does training on the WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions enhance consultation quality? A real-world assessment of adherence to PEN protocol in primary health centres in the Republic of Moldova. Glob Health Action. 2023;16(1):2285619. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2285619

Matthys B, Karimova G, Mengliboeva Z, Kiefer S, Afandiyeva G, Prytherch H. Health planning approach integrating a health literacy concept and using community health teams in Tajikistan: 'work for the sake of my health and the health of the community'. J Rural Community Dev. 2023;18(4):103-124

Palmeirim M.S, Erismann S, Leuenberger A, Berger-González M, Mtenga S, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Prytherch H, Somerville C. Gender in public health research: reflections on design and process across four research projects in low-and middle-income countries. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(4):e0000808. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000808

Speich C, Barth-Jaeggi T, Musard C, Havugimana C, Nwokoro C, Gakuba E, Zamil F, Secula F, Thönnissen C, Six J, Kraemer K, van Zutphen K.G, Sonnevelt M, Tshering P.P, Erismann S, van den Berg S, Winter S, Johnson-Chadwick V, Pannatier M, Gavin-Smith B, Barjolle D, Prytherch H. Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE): protocol of a multi-sectoral development project to improve food and nutrition security of secondary city populations in Bangladesh, Kenya and Rwanda. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1081535. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1081535

van Zutphen K.G, Barjolle D, van den Berg S, Gavin-Smith B, Kraemer K, Musard C, Prytherch H, Six J, Winter S, Woltering K. Secondary cities as catalysts for nutritious diets in low- and middle-income countries. In: von Braun J,Kaosar A,Fresco L.O,Hag Ali Hassan M, eds. Science and innovations for food systems transformation, 305-316. Cham: Springer, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5_16

Sant Fruchtman C, Bilal Khalid M, Keakabetse T, Bonito A, Saulnier D.D, Mupara L.M, Iqbal S, de Almeida A, da Silva H, de Jesus D, Prytherch H, Mokalake E, Cobos Muñoz D, Zafar S. Digital communities of practice: one step towards decolonising global health partnerships. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(2):e008174. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008174

van Zutphen K.G, van den Berg S, Gavin-Smith B, Imbo E, Kraemer K, Monroy-Gomez J, Pannatier M, Prytherch H, Six J, Thoennissen C, Winter S, Barjolle D. Nutrition as a driver and outcome of agroecology. Nat Food. 2022;3(12):990-996. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00631-7

Bohle L.F, Valencia E, Ross G, Dzhabarovna D.D, Yarbaeva S.N, Kasymova Z.A, Prytherch H. Medical education reform in Tajikistan: comparison of the conventional one-year family medicine residency program and the new two-year residency program for postgraduate medical education. BMC Med Educ. 2021;21:306. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02749-x

Erismann S, Gami J.P, Ouedraogo B, Revault D, Prytherch H, Lechthaler F. Effects of a four-year health systems intervention on the use of maternal and infant health services: results from a programme evaluation in two districts of rural Chad. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:2304. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12330-2

Erismann S, Pesantes M.A, Beran D, Leuenberger A, Farnham A, Berger Gonzalez de White M, Labhardt N.D, Tediosi F, Akweongo P, Kuwawenaruwa A, Zinsstag J, Brugger F, Somerville C, Wyss K, Prytherch H. How to bring research evidence into policy? Synthesizing strategies of five research projects in low-and middle-income countries. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19:29. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-020-00646-1

Galjour J, Schwarz T, Rusike I, Lomazzi M, Hoemeke L, Prytherch H, Rwafa-Ponela T, Nanyonga M, Ram R.M, Neupane S, Tsasis P, Rumaney M.B, Akinmurele T, Ssemakula M, Nanda R.B, Mpinga E.K. From "learning from the field" to jointly driving change. J Public Health Policy. 2021;42(2):331-345. DOI: 10.1057/s41271-021-00280-3

Greter H, Ivol S, Oriol Mathieu V, Erismann S, Prytherch H, Steinmann P. Heterologous vaccine regimen: stakeholder acceptance and implementation considerations. Vaccine. 2021;39(3):580-587. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.003

Vallieres F, Mubiri P, Agyemang S.A, Amon S, Gerold J, Martineau T, Nolan A, O'Byrne T, Sanudi L, Sengooba F, Prytherch H. Determinants of safety climate at primary care level in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda: a cross-sectional study across 138 selected primary healthcare facilities. Hum Resour Health. 2021;19:73. DOI: 10.1186/s12960-021-00617-9

van Zutphen K.G, Barjolle D, van den Berg S, Gavin-Smith B, Kraemer K, Musard C, Prytherch H, Six J, Winter S, Woltering K. Secondary cities as catalysts for nutritious diets in low- and middle-income countries : Food Systems Summit brief prepared by research partners of the scientific group for the Food Systems Summit april 2021. Bonn: Center for Development Research (ZEF) in cooperation with the Scientific Group for the UN Food System Summit 2021, 2021. DOI: 10.48565/scfss2021-2y14

Werner S.S, Afandiyeva G, Karimova G, Kiefer S, Abdujabborov N, Dzhamalova M, Bandaev I, Prytherch H. Scaling up business plans in Tajikistan: a qualitative study of the history, barriers, facilitators and lessons learnt. Glob Health Action. 2021;14(1):1947552. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1947552

Fischer F.B, Mengliboeva Z, Karimova G, Abdujabarov N, Prytherch H, Wyss K. Out of pocket expenditures of patients with a chronic condition consulting a primary care provider in Tajikistan: a cross-sectional household survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20:546. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05392-2

Kempers J, Bohle L.F, Topa A, Ross G, Kasymova Z, Yarbaeva S, Rotaru C, Prytherch H. Investment case for two-year post university speciality training in family medicine in Tajikistan: how much is needed for continuing and scaling up the improved education of family doctors?. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20:1132. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05953-5

Lechthaler F, Arigoni M, Khamidova M, Davlyatova D, Prytherch H, Wyss K. Assessing the effects of the nursing education reform on the educational environment in Tajikistan: a repeated cross-sectional analysis. BMC Nurs. 2020;19:11. DOI: 10.1186/s12912-020-0405-4

Sécula F, Erismann S, Cerniciuc C, Chater A, Shabab L, Glen F, Curteanu A, Serbulenco A, Silitrari N, Demiscan D, Prytherch H. Evidence-based policy making for health promotion to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases in Moldova. BMC Proc. 2020;14(Suppl. 1):605. DOI: 10.1186/s12919-020-0183-8

Blake C, Bohle L.F, Rotaru C, Zarbailov N, Sava V, Secula F, Prytherch H, Curteanu A. Quality of care for non-communicable diseases in the Republic of Moldova: a survey across primary health care facilities and pharmacies. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:353. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4180-4

Dietler D, Leuenberger A, Bempong N.E, Campbell-Lendrum D, Cramer C, Eggen R.I.L, Erismann S, Ferazzi S, Flahault A, Fletcher H.A, Fuhrer B, Fuhrimann S, Greter H, Heerdegen A.C, Leach M, Leissing A, Lilje J, Penny M.A, Prytherch H, Staudacher P, Vounatsou P, Weiss F, Wiedermann R, Winkler M.S, Zhou X.N, Utzinger J. Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: from framework to action, transforming challenges into opportunities. J Glob Health. 2019;9(2):020201. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.09.020201

Erismann S, Gürler S, Wieland V, Prytherch H, Künzli N, Utzinger J, Peterhans B. Addressing fragility through community-based health programmes: insights from two qualitative case study evaluations in South Sudan and Haiti. Health Res Policy Syst. 2019;17:20. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-019-0420-7

Lechthaler F, Matthys B, Lechthaler-Felber G, Likwela J.L, Mavoko H.M, Rika J.M, Mutombo M.M, Ruckstuhl L, Barczyk J, Shargie E, Prytherch H, Lengeler C. Trends in reported malaria cases and the effects of malaria control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS One. 2019;14(7):e0219853. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219853

Prytherch H, Kasymova Z, Lechthaler F, Kiefer S, Yarbaeva S, Hojimatova Z, Farrukhzoda A, Wyss K. Bringing greater transparency to health workforceplanning in Tajikistan: using the WISN approach. Eur J Public Health, 2019;29(Suppl. 4):226. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.616

Schubiger M, Lechthaler F, Khamidova M, Parfitt B.A, Prytherch H, van Twillert E, Wyss K. Informing the medical education reform in Tajikistan: evidence on the learning environment at two nursing colleges. BMC Med Educ. 2019;19:85. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1515-0

Zarbailov N, Curteanu A, Volcov V, Prytherch H, Zahorka M. Reducing the burden of non-communicable disease in Moldovan communities – the role of community nursing. Int J Integr Care, 2019;19(Suppl. 1):A180, pp. 1-8. DOI: 10.5334/ijic.s3180

Marx M, Nitschke C, Nafula M, Nangami M, Brodowski M, Marx I, Prytherch H, Kandie C, Omogi I, Paul-Fariborz F, Szecsenyi J. If you can't measure it- you can't change it - a longitudinal study on improving quality of care in hospitals and health centers in rural Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18:246. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3052-7

Prytherch H, Galeazzi R.L, Djamalova M, Rakhmatova N, Kasymova Z, Ross G, Yarbaeva S, Wyss K. Improving the quality of primary health care through the reform of medical education in Tajikistan. Public Health Panorama. 2018;4(3):491-735

Fischer F, Mengliboeva Z, Karimova G, Prytherch H, Wyss K. Out-of-pocket expenditures in rural Tajikistan and their impact on patients with chronic diseases. European J Pub Health, 2017;27(Suppl. 3)

Prytherch H, Nafula M, Kandie C, Brodowski M, Marx I, Kubaj S, Omogi I, Zurkuhlen A, Herrler C, Goetz K, Szecsenyi J, Marx M. Quality management: where is the evidence? Developing an indicator-based approach in Kenya. Int J Qual Health Care. 2017;29(1):19-25. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw147

Aninanya G.A, Howard N, Williams J.E, Apam B, Prytherch H, Loukanova S, Kamara E.K, Otupiri E. Can performance-based incentives improve motivation of nurses and midwives in primary facilities in northern Ghana? A quasi-experimental study. Glob Health Action. 2016;9:32404. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.32404

Buckley G.J, Pittluck R.E. Improving quality of care in low- and middle-income countries : workshop summary. Washington: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2015. Swiss TPH Contributors: Bosch-Caplanche,X.; Prytherch,H.

Goetz K, Marx M, Marx I, Brodowski M, Nafula M, Prytherch H, Omogi Awour I.K, Szecsenyi J. Working atmosphere and job satisfaction of health care staff in Kenya: an exploratory study. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:ID 256205. DOI: 10.1155/2015/256205

Herrler C, Bramesfeld A, Brodowski M, Prytherch H, Marx I, Nafula M, Richter-Aairijoki H, Musyoka L, Marx M, Szecsenyi J. Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS): ein Modell zur Förderung der Qualität der reproduktiven Gesundheitsversorgung in Kenia. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2015;109(9-10):739-747. DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2015.02.012

Racloz V.N, Prytherch H, Brandling-Bennett D, Stansfield S, Nafo-Traore F. Development of Aim: action and investment to defeat malaria 2016-2030. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):27. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Action and investment to defeat malaria 2016-2030: for a malaria-free world. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2015

Loukanova S, Prytherch H, Blank A, Duysburgh E, Tomson G, Gustafsson L.L, Sié A, Williams J, Leshabari M, Haefeli W.E, Sauerborn R, Fonn S. Nesting doctoral students in collaborative North-South partnerships for health systems research. Glob Health Action. 2014;7:24070. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24070

Wilms M.C, Mbembela O, Prytherch H, Hellmold P, Kuelker R. An in-depth, exploratory assessment of the implementation of the National Health Information System at a district level hospital in Tanzania. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014;14:91. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-91

Yé M, Aninanya G.A, Sié A, Kakoko D.C, Chatio S, Kagoné M, Prytherch H, Loukanova S, Williams J.E, Sauerborn R. Establishing sustainable performance-based incentive schemes: views of rural health workers from qualitative research in three sub-Saharan African countries. Rural Remote Health. 2014;14(3):2681

Blank A, Prytherch H, Kaltschmidt J, Krings A, Sukums F, Mensah N, Zakane A, Loukanova S, Gustafsson L.L, Sauerborn R, Haefeli W.E. "Quality of prenatal and maternal care: bridging the know-do gap" (QUALMAT study): an electronic clinical decision support system for rural Sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2013;13:44. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-44

Chang F, Prytherch H, Nesbitt R.C, Wilder-Smith A. HIV-related travel restrictions: trends and country characteristics. Glob Health Action. 2013;6:20472. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20472

Prytherch H, Kagone M, Aninanya G.A, Williams J.E, Kakoko D.C, Leshabari M.T, Ye M, Marx M, Sauerborn R. Motivation and incentives of rural maternal and neonatal health care providers: a comparison of qualitative findings from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:149. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-149

Tabatabai P, Prytherch H, Baumgarten I, Kisanga O.M, Schmidt-Ehry B, Marx M. The internal migration between public and faith-based health providers: a cross-sectional, retrospective and multicentre study from southern Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health. 2013;18(7):887-897. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12107

Leonardia J.A, Prytherch H, Ronquillo KG, Nodora R.G, Ruppel A. Assessment of factors influencing retention in the Philippine National Rural Physician Deployment Program. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:411. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-411

Prytherch H, Kakoko D.C, Leshabari M.T, Sauerborn R, Marx M. Maternal and newborn healthcare providers in rural Tanzania: in-depth interviews exploring influences on motivation, performance and job satisfaction. Rural Remote Health. 2012;12:2072

Prytherch H, Leshabari M.T, Wiskow C, Aninanya G.A, Kakoko D.C, Kagone M, Burghardt J, Kynast-Wolf G, Marx M, Sauerborn R. The challenges of developing an instrument to assess health provider motivation at primary care level in rural Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania. Glob Health Action. 2012;5:1-18. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.19120

Külker R, Prytherch H, Ruppel A, Müller O. Entwicklungsländer: Gesundheit für alle - aber ohne Personal?. Deutsches Ärzteblatt. 2010;107(19):A927-A929

Prytherch H, Wyss K. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS among professionals working with migrants in Switzerland. Int J Migr Health Soc Care. 2010;6(2):31-39. DOI: 10.5042/ijmhsc.2010.0608

Windisch R, Wyss K, Prytherch H. A cross-country review of strategies of the German development cooperation to strengthen human resources. Hum Resour Health. 2009;7(1):46. DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-46

Wyss K, Schwarz J, Prytherch H, Bovier P, Hersperger M, Zahorka M. Qualitätsmanagement in der ambulanten Versorgung: mögliche Rollen der FMH. Schweiz Ärzteztg. 2008;89:708-712

Wyss K, Schwarz J, Prytherch H, Bovier P, Hersperger M, Zahorka M. Gestion de la qualité dans les soins ambulatories: rôles possibles pour la FMH. Schweiz Ärzteztg. 2008;89(16):708-712

Prytherch H, Kessler Bodiang C. Closing the gap in a globalised world: challenges and opportunities around positive motherhood. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2007(105):6-11

Prytherch H, Massawe S, Kuelker R, Hunger C, Mtatifikolo F, Jahn A. The unmet need for emergency obstetric care in Tanga Region, Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2007;7:16. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-7-16

Prytherch H, Merkle R. Complexity can't be allowed to stand in the way of action: initiatives addressing human resource for health in the United Republic of Tanzania. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2007(104):16-18

Wyss K, Prytherch H. Shortage of health staff - what is being done?. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2007(104):30-36

Wyss K, Schwarz J, Prytherch H, Zahorka M. International review of quality management systems in outpatient care. Basel: Swiss Centre for International Health, 2007