The Swiss 5G Backpacker: Hiking Across Switzerland to Explore EMF (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/the-swiss-5g-backpacker-hiking-across-switzerland-to-explore-electromagnetic-fields
We are surrounded by electromagnetic fields (EMF), originating from both natural sources like the sun or thunders, and human-made sources like wireless devices (e.g. mobile phones) and electrical infr
Legionnaires' disease in Switzerland: rationale and study protocol of a prospective national case-control and molecular source attribution study... (Publications)
Switzerland has one of the highest annual Legionnaires' disease (LD) notification rates in Europe (7.8 cases/100,000 population in 2021). The main sources of infection and the cause for this high rate
The Ready-to-Go Questionnaire predicts health outcomes during travel: a smartphone application-based analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Ready-To-Go (R2G) Questionnaire is a tool for rapid assessment of health risks for travel consultation. This study aims to assess the utility of the R2G Questionnaire in identifying hi
Re-evaluating our knowledge of health system resilience during COVID-19: lessons from the first two years of the pandemic (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health challenges like coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are becoming increasingly complex, transnational, and unpredictable. Studying health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic is
The quality of OpenStreetMap food-related point-of-interest data for use in epidemiological research (Publications)
We assessed the quality of food-related OpenStreetMap (OSM) data in urban areas of five European countries. We calculated agreement statistics between point-of-interests (POIs) from OSM and from Googl
Adoption of Levo-Praziquantel 150mg for schistosomiasis by endemic countries (ADOPT) (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/adoption-of-levo-praziquantel-150mg-for-schistosomiasis-by-endemic-countries-adopt
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that poses a serious public health challenge. Current treatment recommendations and control efforts focus on distribution of praziquantel tablets to sch
Acceptance and uptake of improved biomass cookstoves in Peru – Learning from system level approaches to transform large-scale cooking interventions (Publications)
Improved biomass cookstoves (ICS) are cooking technologies that increase wellbeing and reduce household air pollution. With the goal of identifying factors influencing ICS acceptance and uptake at fiv
High-Frequency Changes in Pilin Glycosylation Patterns during Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup a Meningitis Outbreaks in the African Meningitis Belt (Publications)
In the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa, there are cyclic meningococcal epidemics that coincide with clonal waves of Neisseria meningitidis carriage and invasive disease. In the framework of long
Health Commodities Management (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/scih/health-commodities-management
Health Commodities Management A poorly managed medicines and medical supply chain leads to low quality of healthcare. Significant resources are allocated to health commodities in low- and middle-incom
