OpenMalaria Workflow and OpenMalariaUtilities R Packages (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/openmalaria-workflow-and-openmalariautilities-r-packages
on the Swiss TPH GitHub . OpenMalariaUtilities R Package At the core of our OpenMalaria Workflow is the OpenMalariaUtilities R package which is developed to allow the use of OpenMalaria directly from R. [...] OpenMalaria Workflow R Package The work of the Analytics and Intervention Modelling Group is based on OpenMalaria : an open-source C++ program for simulating malaria epidemiology and the impacts on that [...] reproducibility as well as flexibility and versatility. The OpenMalariaUtilities...
From fragmentation to open access: building an open data portal for health data dissemination (Publications)
review, the open data portal was developed using open-source software and implemented at the MoH Sri Lanka. Fifty datasets obtained from the MoH were categorised and published in the open data portal. [...] Open data is defined as data that can be used and redistributed by anyone with minimal or no restrictions. A design science research methodology was applied to the development of an open data portal for [...] However, several barriers cast doubt on the long-term feasibility of the open data...
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
Development of an Opensource Health Insurance Management Information System (OpenHIMIS) (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/development-of-an-opensource-health-insurance-management-information-system-openhimis
have embarked on a joint initiative to support the development of an open source health insurance management information system (OpenHIMIS). The “Insurance Management Information System” (IMIS), a health
Genotype-Informed Versus Empiric Management Of VirEmia: an Open-Label Randomised Clinical Trial (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/genotype-informed-versus-empiric-management-of-viremia-an-open-label-randomised-clinical-trial
empirically selected second-line ART regimen. Methods The clinical impact of GRT is assessed in an open-label randomised clinical trial enrolling 276 children and adolescents with an unsuppressed viral
Open House 2023: Come and visit us at the new Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/events/open-house-2023
Open House Come and visit us at the new Swiss TPH! Are you curious to take a look inside the new headquarters of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)? Would you like to know more [...] about how we improve people's health in the region of Basel and around the world? Then join us at our Open House on Saturday, 17 June 2023 from 10am to 4pm! Come visit our new building “Belo Horizonte” to [...] the world of global health. We look forward to welcoming you to Swiss TPH!...
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 Google
Ultrasonography in managing extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a randomised, controlled, parallel, superiority, open-label trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Patients with suspected extrapulmonary tuberculosis are often treated empirically. We hypothesized that extended Focused Assessment of Sonography for HIV and Tuberculosis (eFASH), in combi
