Social-political and vaccine related determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Tanzania: a qualitative inquiry (Publications)
Vaccines have played a critical role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic globally, and Tanzania has made significant efforts to make them available to the public in addition to sensitizing them o
Decreasing incidence of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in people with HIV in South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The main risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva (SCCC) are immunodeficiency and exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Little is known about the SCCC epidemiology among pe
Sexual and reproductive health services use among adolescents in pastoralist settings, northeastern Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Adolescents have special sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and are susceptible to poor health outcomes. The global burden of ill sexual health includes a significant proportion o
Parasitic, bacterial, viral, immune-mediated, metabolic and nutritional factors associated with nodding syndrome (Publications)
Nodding syndrome is a neglected, disabling and potentially fatal epileptic disorder of unknown aetiology affecting thousands of individuals mostly confined to Eastern sub-Saharan Africa. Previous stud
Estimation of historical daily airborne pollen concentrations across Switzerland using a spatio temporal random forest model (Publications)
High concentrations of airborne pollen trigger seasonal allergies and possibly more severe adverse respiratory and cardiovascular health events. Predicting pollen concentration accurately is valuable
Specialized active leprosy search strategies in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon identifies a hypermutated <em>Mycobacterium leprae</em> strain... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Leprosy, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, remains a public health concern in endemic countries, particularly in Brazil. In this study, we conducted an active surveil
Life expectancy of <em>Anopheles funestus</em> is double that of <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> in southeast Tanzania based on mark-release-recapture... (Publications)
Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus sensu stricto mosquitoes are major East African malaria vectors. Understanding their dispersal and population structure is critical for developing effective
Swiss TPH: 30 years of R&D towards new drugs for tropical diseases (Publications)
The year 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). Associated with the University of Basel, Swiss TPH combines research, education and services, wo
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