Industrial mining and HIV risk: evidence from 39 mine openings across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
ifferences design using repeated cross-sectional data from around newly opened mines. METHODS: We combined data on mine openings with HIV data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Using logistic [...] areas before and after mine opening to identify their impact on HIV prevalence, sexual behavior and HIV knowledge. RESULTS: A total of 33,086 individuals across 39 mine openings were analyzed. Adjusting for [...] for baseline differences and temporal trends in the study regions, mine open...
TB-PRACTECAL: study protocol for a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase II-III trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of regimens containing... (Publications)
would improve outcomes for people with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. METHODS: TB-PRACTECAL is an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase II/III non-inferiority trial evaluating the safety and efficacy
Expanding the knowledge base and increasing implementations (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/expanding-the-knowledge-base-and-increasing-implementations
project, knowledge is provided on openIMIS to improve capacity within (and outside) the openIMIS community to implement openIMIS, improve the quality of the released openIMIS product and support the expansion [...] knowledge with which 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 [...] information management capacities through the use of openIMIS”. The...
Expanding the knowledge base and increasing implementations (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/expanding-the-knowledge-base-and-increasing-implementations
project, knowledge is provided on openIMIS to improve capacity within (and outside) the openIMIS community to implement openIMIS, improve the quality of the released openIMIS product and support the expansion [...] knowledge with which 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 [...] information management capacities through the use of openIMIS”. The...
Designing and Implementing Insurance Management Information Systems (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/scih/systems-strengthening-and-health-promotion/designing-and-implementing-insurance-management-information-systems
Information openIMIS website openIMIS wiki to share experiences and knowledge Download software and source code openIMIS Fact Sheet openIMIS demo videos openIMIS Demo Server Communication within openIMIS Data [...] requirements. Accept Show More An Open-Source Insurance Management Information System (openIMIS) Swiss TPH designed and implemented the Insurance Management Information System (openIMIS) in the frame of the Swiss [...] the openIMIS Initiative that is funded by SDC and the German...
eHealth Toolbox (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/scih/digital-health-unit/ehealth-toolbox
insurance models. openMEDIS Open source Computerized Maintenance Management System for inventory of medical equipment and management of the respective maintenance system. openMRS Open source, web-based [...] mHealth ODK The Open Data Kit (ODK) is a set of tools that allow easy creation of mobile-phone based surveys, their use and the processing of the resulting data. Telemedicine iPath Open source web-based [...] resource constrained settings and actively promotes and contributes to the...
Core Malaria Modelling (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/core-malaria-modelling
development and use of an individual-based model of malaria transmission dynamics known as OpenMalaria. This model is an open-source tool for simulating the dynamics of malaria transmission and epidemiology, and [...] Swiss TPH, our OpenMalaria model is used by a wide range of modellers worldwide. This collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports the improvement and maintenance of OpenMalaria as well [...] impact of interventions on health and economic outcomes. The opensource...
Capacity Building (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/capacity-building
The open source insurance management information system (openIMIS) initiative seeks to contribute to a comprehensive health information system linking patient, provider and payer data. This system is expected [...] expected to be maintained and continuously improved by an open source software community. The management information system is expected to have a modular, interoperable structure, allowing it to be adapted [...] designed the Insurance Management Information System (IMIS) which now...
Implementing a Computerized Clinical Equipment Inventory System for Uzbekistan (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/implementing-a-computerized-clinical-equipment-inventory-system-for-uzbekistan
system for medical equipment became apparent. Swiss TPH has proposed to implement the open source software “openMEDIS”, an inventory information system for medical equipment. GIZ and the Ministry of Health [...] provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in the introduction, piloting and scale-up of openMEDIS, including feasibility assessment, project planning, training, policy advice and monitoring and
Body mass index in glaucoma (Publications)
index (BMI) of patients with open-angle glaucoma or normal-tension glaucoma with BMI in control subjects. METHODS: BMI was calculated for 288 control subjects, 42 patients with open-angle glaucoma with treated [...] treated intraocular pressure (IOP) higher than 21 mmHg, 87 patients with open-angle glaucoma with progression of glaucomatous damage despite IOP less than 21 mmHg, and 57 patients with normal-tension glaucoma
