Damien Revault (People)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/staff/profile/people/damien-revault
actively contributes to the marketing and further evolution of the open source software for the management of insurance schemes, openIMIS, within various Swiss TPH mandates (Chad, Democratic Republic of
Impact of vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics in Switzerland (Publications)
on model of SARS-CoV-2 dynamics, OpenCOVID, was developed to compare the impact of various vaccination and NPI strategies on the COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland. OpenCOVID uses the Oxford Containment
Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians (Publications)
the migrant community. Paediatricians often have questions on how to approach the subject. With an open, neutral approach and basic knowledge, discussions with parents are constructive. Talking about the [...] delivery or traditions may be a good starting point. Once they feel accepted, they speak surprisingly openly. FGM is performed out of love for their daughters. We have to be aware of their arguments and fears
Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians (Publications)
the migrant community. Paediatricians often have questions on how to approach the subject. With an open, neutral approach and basic knowledge, discussions with parents are constructive. Talking about the [...] delivery or traditions may be a good starting point. Once they feel accepted, they speak surprisingly openly. FGM is performed out of love for their daughters. We have to be aware of their arguments and fears
WHO Verbal Autopsy Reference Group | Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/eph/household-economics-and-health-systems-research/whova
re/openVA R CRAN URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=openVA openVA vignette URL: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/openVA/vignettes/openVA-vignette.html openVA pipeline Purpose: The openVA pipeline [...] Singapore openVA Pipeline 2018 To facilitate the automatic determination of the COD from VA and to automate the processing of that data from the data collection platform (Open Data Kit) to DHIS2, the openVA Pipeline [...]...
Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and... (Publications)
32,112 children. Improvements in access to modern water and sanitation infrastructures after mine opening were much larger in households near mining sites than in comparison areas located further away (adjusted [...] close to the mining sites, stunting and underweight prevalence decreased more strongly upon mine opening (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) stunting: 0.62, 95 % CI: 0.43-0.90; aOR underweight: 0.55, 95 % CI: 0 [...] heterogeneity was observed both within and across countries. CONCLUSIONS:...
Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and... (Publications)
32,112 children. Improvements in access to modern water and sanitation infrastructures after mine opening were much larger in households near mining sites than in comparison areas located further away (adjusted [...] close to the mining sites, stunting and underweight prevalence decreased more strongly upon mine opening (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) stunting: 0.62, 95 % CI: 0.43-0.90; aOR underweight: 0.55, 95 % CI: 0 [...] heterogeneity was observed both within and across countries. CONCLUSIONS:...
Fostering population-based cohort data discovery: the Maelstrom Research cataloguing toolkit (Publications)
interpreting and analyzing cohort data and biological samples. Providing the scientific community with open information is essential to optimize usage of these resources. A cataloguing toolkit is proposed by [...] RESULTS: The cataloguing toolkit is built upon two main components: a metadata model and a suite of open-source software applications. The model sets out specific fields to describe study profiles; char
Experience with the implementation of continuous medical education among mother-and-child healthcare providers in Ukraine: a case study based on two... (Publications)
of knowledge of the English language among medical doctors, the fear of changes, and the lack of openness and readiness for novel evidence-based clinical practices. However, primary healthcare practitioners [...] to change. CONCLUSIONS: A modernized continuous medical education which is based on the values of openness, respect, dialogue, and professionalism can be implemented with the input of an international assistance
Scoping review and characteristics of publicly available checklists for assessing clinical trial feasibility (Publications)
stakeholders according to transparent and evidence-based criteria during trial planning. For this openly shared, user-tested, and validated tools are necessary. Therefore, we systematically examined the [...] assess the feasibility of clinical trials exist, their reliability and usefulness remain unclear. Openly shared, user-tested, and validated feasibility assessment tools for a better planning of clinical
