Accessible Mental Health Care: Needs and Capacity Assessment and Intervention Development for “The Kosovo-Strong Minds Programme” (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/accessible-mental-health-care-needs-and-capacity-assessment-and-intervention-development-for-the-kosovo-strong-minds-programme
Background: Mental health care services remain severely limited in many low resourced settings despite the large need for attending population’s needs. Mental health care needs assessments are an esse
The impact of menstrual health management on the vaginal microbiome: Linking transdisciplinary health science and policy to improve safety and hygiene... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/the-impact-of-menstrual-health-management-on-the-vaginal-microbiome-linking-transdisciplinary-health-science-and-policy-to-improve-safety-and-hygiene-for-the-benefit-of-womens-health
At least one out of three to four women experiences vaginal health issues due to an unbalance of beneficial and harmful microbes. These microbes live in each vagina and are known as the vaginal microb
Environmental, Social, Economic and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) for a Field Study of a Self-Limiting Nondrive Strain of Genetically Modified... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/environmental-social-economic-and-health-impact-assessment-eshia-for-a-field-study-of-a-self-limiting-nondrive-strain-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-on-behalf-of-target-malaria
Genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) represent great potential for malaria control in the future. Target Malaria – a vector control research alliance based at the Imperial College in London – aims t
SaDAPT - Same-Day ART initiation persons with HIV and Presumptive Tuberculosis (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/sadapt-same-day-art-initiation-persons-with-hiv-and-presumptive-tuberculosis
The SaDAPT (Same-Day ART in persons with HIV and Presumptive Tuberculosis) study, a randomized controlled clinical trial in Lesotho and Malawi, is investigating the hitherto unanswered question of whe
Multiscale transmission dynamics of rabies in Africa: The urban-rural interface (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/multiscale-transmission-dynamics-of-rabies-in-africa-the-urban-rural-interface
Background and rationale : Dog mediated rabies, although entirely preventable, kills every year over 25’000 people in Africa. In the foregoing SNF project 310030_160067 we demonstrated that two consec
New tools for early diagnosis and decentralized treatment of Buruli ulcer (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/new-tools-for-early-diagnosis-and-decentralized-treatment-of-buruli-ulcer
Mycobacterium ulcerans is causing the chronic skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU) which is characterized by skin ulcers that expand over extended periods, if not treated. The major burden of BU falls on ch
Private Sector Partnerships in Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/private-sector-partnerships-in-health
Somalia, a low income country in the Horn of Africa, has been ravaged by war and famine that has exerted a significant human and economic cost to the Somali population. This is evidenced by low socio-
Visual Analysis of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets to Maximise Universal Access (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/visual-analysis-of-long-lasting-insecticidal-nets-to-maximise-universal-access
Mosquito bednets have been vital in reducing the malaria burden among children over the last 20 years. Reductions have stagnated and resources available for control are half what is needed to meet mal
Longitudinal tracking of B cell and functional antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses in Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/longitudinal-tracking-of-b-cell-and-functional-antibody-responses-to-sars-cov-2-and-other-human-coronaviruses-in-africa
Background and Rationale: In contrast to soaring COVID-19 case numbers during pandemic waves in the Americas and Europe, large parts of Africa have reported relatively low numbers of SARS-CoV-2 infect
Feasibility and Economic Evaluation of Improved Child Deworming (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/feasibility-and-economic-evaluation-of-improved-child-deworming
Parasitic worm infections are still very common, particularly among children living in areas with limited access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Additionally, this age group is at high