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
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
Student spotlight: Maryam Tavakkoli (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/student-spotlight-maryam-tavakkoli/blog-id/3
at Swiss TPH, researches road traffic evidence and information systems. "Studying at Swiss TPH has opened so many doors for me, like when I got to travel to the 2019 Unleash innovation lab in China and my
"Pollen is beautiful ... but also quite annoying" (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/pollen-is-beautifulbut-also-quite-annoying/blog-id/67
on pollen and its effect on our health were explored by Marloes Eeftens from Swiss TPH during her opening lecture for the "Advanced Training in Public Health Zurich*". This monthly series invites experts
BRICS countries and the global movement for universal health coverage (Publications)
UHC. Interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire that included both closed- and open-ended questions. Question development was informed by insights from the literature on UHC, Cox's framework [...] of policy formation. The closed questions were analysed with simple descriptive statistics and the open-ended questions using grounded theory approach. The analysis demonstrates that most BRICS countries
A community randomised controlled trial evaluating a home-based environmental intervention package of improved stoves, solar water disinfection and... (Publications)
Escherichia coli in stool specimen. RESULTS: We enrolled 534 children. At baseline all households used open fires and 77% had access to piped water supplies. E. coli was found in drinking water in 68% and 64% [...] comparable study arms. Recently, several critical reviews raised major concerns on the reliability of open health intervention trials, because of uncertain sustainability and non-blinding bias. In this regard
BRICS countries and the global movement for universal health coverage (Publications)
UHC. Interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire that included both closed- and open-ended questions. Question development was informed by insights from the literature on UHC, Cox's framework [...] of policy formation. The closed questions were analysed with simple descriptive statistics and the open-ended questions using grounded theory approach. The analysis demonstrates that most BRICS countries
A community randomised controlled trial evaluating a home-based environmental intervention package of improved stoves, solar water disinfection and... (Publications)
Escherichia coli in stool specimen. RESULTS: We enrolled 534 children. At baseline all households used open fires and 77% had access to piped water supplies. E. coli was found in drinking water in 68% and 64% [...] comparable study arms. Recently, several critical reviews raised major concerns on the reliability of open health intervention trials, because of uncertain sustainability and non-blinding bias. In this regard
Swiss TPH at Global Level (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/topics/malaria/swiss-tph-at-global-level
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. A new collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports the improvement and maintenance of OpenMalaria as well
