Global Malaria Technical & Training Support Package - phase 2 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/global-malaria-technical-training-support-package-phase-2
In line with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation global health strategic priorities, this contribution aims at influencing global malaria policies and implementing WHO and Roll Back Malar
Co-Administration Drug Therapy against Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis: from Efficacy and Safety to Community Effectiveness (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/co-administration-drug-therapy-against-soil-transmitted-helminthiasis-from-efficacy-and-safety-to-community-effectiveness
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) – roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), the hookworms (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus), and threadworm (Strongyl
Research on the epidemiology of food- and waterborne diseases in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/research-on-the-epidemiology-of-food-and-waterborne-diseases-in-switzerland
Financed by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) various studies are conducted to elucidate specific topics of interest to the office in the fields of prevention, control and evidence-based guid
Effects of engaging communities in decision making and action through traditional and religious leaders on fully vaccination rates; a cluster... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/effects-of-engaging-communities-in-decision-making-and-action-through-traditional-and-religious-leaders-on-fully-vaccination-rates-a-cluster-randomised-control-trial
Background Low vaccination rates continue to be a problem, especially for vulnerable and marginalised populations in the midst of weak routine vaccination services. There is need for interventions to
Multi-scale mathematical modelling of parasite, drug and vaccine interactions: optimising public health and disease elimination strategies (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/multi-scale-mathematical-modelling-of-parasite-drug-and-vaccine-interactions-optimising-public-health-and-disease-elimination-strategies
Tremendous progress has been made over the last decades in controlling malaria. From 2000 to 2015 scale-up of control and curative interventions enabled a 60% reduction in malaria death rates and a 40
Investigating the increasing trend of EHEC notifications in Swiss surveillance data (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/investigating-the-increasing-trend-of-ehec-notifications-in-swiss-surveillance-data
The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) detected a significant increase in notified cases of infections with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) since 2014. While EHEC cases increase, the number of c
Implementation of SORMAS in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/implementation-of-sormas-in-switzerland
A majorty of cantons in Switzerland and the Fürstentum Liechtenstein have introduced the application Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) in the course of 2020 in th
Massive Open Online Course on Insecticide Resistance Management (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/massive-open-online-course-on-insecticide-resistance-management
The Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management (GPIRM) (WHO 2012) is the authoritative resource for Insecticide Resistance Management (IRM) in the mosquito vectors of malaria. However, IRM is a
Global Malaria Technical & Training Support Package, Phase 3 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/global-malaria-technical-training-support-package-phase-3
The worldwide reduction in malaria-related death in the last two decades is a major global public health success. Despite the 6 million lives saved from malaria, still more than 400’000 people die eve
Climate change and respiratory diseases: state and exploratory analyses of patient data in Limpopo province, South Africa (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/climate-change-and-respiratory-diseases-state-and-exploratory-analyses-of-patient-data-in-limpopo-province-south-africa
This is an additional and follow-up project of the "Climate change and cardiovascular diseases:state and exploratory analyses of patient data in Limpopo province, South Africa". Background: Climate ch