Global online training course for openIMIS (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/global-online-training-course-for-openimis
to the manifold OpenIMIS capacity building elements, by optimizing their structure, integrating them in a modular learning package and making them available as a self-paced certified OpenIMIS e-learning [...] well as new members of the OpenIMIS community on using the software. Contents and formats of the global implementation support will shape and convey the spirit of an engaging OpenIMIS community and its capacity [...] engaged stakeholders increases, adding to the organizational complexity of...
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
developing an online IRM training course or ‘MOOC’ (Massive Online Open Course). The IRM MOOC will be free for the participant and open to anyone, but will be specifically designed for, and promoted to
Switch Either near Suppression Or THOusand – switch to second-line versus WHO-guided standard of care for unsuppressed patients on first-line ART with... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/switch-either-near-suppression-or-thousand-switch-to-second-line-versus-who-guided-standard-of-care-for-unsuppressed-patients-on-first-line-art-with-viremia-below-1000-copies/ml-a-multicenter-open-label-randomized-clinical-trial
second-line ART in patients with sustained unsuppressed VL. Methods In this multicenter, parallel-group, open-label, randomized controlled trial conducted in Lesotho, patients on first-line, non-nucleoside reverse
Facilitate the openIMIS team’s participation in the Global Goods Innovators Summit (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/facilitate-the-openimis-teams-participation-in-the-global-goods-innovators-summit
UN Secretary-General, in the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, as “open source software, open data, open AI models, open standards and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable laws and best [...] systems. As part of the openIMIS Initiative, Swiss TPH contributes to the platform's development and implementation. In light of this, Swiss TPH submitted the request to include openIMIS in the Global Good
openIMIS:Innovation and learning in social protection (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/openimisinnovation-and-learning-in-social-protection
Under this project, Swiss TPH provides knowledge on openIMIS to improve capacity within (and outside) the openIMIS community to implement openIMIS, improve the quality of the released product and support [...] studies. We enhance the existing openIMIS Implementation starter kit, costing tools, training materials and other resources on the knowledge base of openIMIS (the openIMIS Wiki, website, github repository [...] for identified features from the openIMIS issue queue. We provide core...
Efficacy and safety of fexinidazole in patients with Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: a multicentre,... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/efficacy-and-safety-of-fexinidazole-in-patients-with-human-african-trypanosomiasis-hat-due-to-trypanosoma-brucei-rhodesiense-a-multicentre-open-label-clinical-trial
A vector-borne parasitic illness, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is usually fatal without treatment. The less prevalent form, T.b. rhodesiense (r-HAT), is concen
Toward an open-access global database for mapping, control, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
monitoring and evaluation. What is currently missing is a georeferenced global database for NTDs providing open-access to the available survey data that is constantly updated and can be utilized by researchers [...] including a host of other NTDs, e.g. soil-transmitted helminthiasis and leishmaniasis. CONCLUSIONS: An open-access, spatially explicit NTD database offers unique opportunities for disease risk modeling, targeting
Tribendimidine and albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths, <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and <em>Taenia</em> spp.: open-label... (Publications)
point to activity against cestodes and Strongyloides ratti. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In an open-label randomized trial, the safety and efficacy of a single oral dose of albendazole or tribendimidine
Praziquantel, mefloquine-praziquantel, and mefloquine-artesunate-praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em>: a randomized, exploratory,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Treatment and morbidity control of schistosomiasis relies on a single drug, praziquantel. Hence, there is a pressing need to develop additional therapeutics against schistosomiasis. The an
Orally active antischistosomal early leads identified from the open access malaria box (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Worldwide hundreds of millions of schistosomiasis patients rely on treatment with a single drug, praziquantel. Therapeutic limitations and the threat of praziquantel resistance underline t
