Deterrents to HIV-patient initiation of antiretroviral therapy in urban Lusaka, Zambia: a qualitative study (Publications)
Abstract Some people living with HIV (PLHIV) refuse to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) despite availability. Between March 2010 and September 2011, using a social ecological framework, we invest
The baby-friendly hospital initiative in Switzerland: trends over a 9-year period (Publications)
Background:This article reports the trends over a 9-year period for 4 steps of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) (exclusive breastfeeding, uninterrupted rooming-in, no use of pacifiers, and
Discordances in the application of different criteria for quantification of paediatric abdominal obesity: an analysis of two Swiss studies (Publications)
Several definitions of paediatric abdominal obesity have been proposed but it is unclear whether they lead to similar results. We assessed the prevalence of abdominal obesity using five different wais
Sexualité et SIDA: étude CAPC réalisée en 1989 en milieu scolaire à Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (Publications)
AIDS is nowadays one of the major problems of public health in Burkina Faso. In order to get informations on pupils' sexual behaviour and knowledge about AIDS, we conducted a study on a representative
Epidemiology of schistosomiasis in two high-risk communities of south Côte d'Ivoire with particular emphasis on pre-school-aged children (Publications)
Schistosomiasis control efforts mainly target school-aged children. We studied the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in two high-risk communities in south Cote d'Ivoire, placing particular emphasis on p
Evaluation simply listen (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/evaluation-simply-listen
Swiss TPH was commissioned by the Basel-Stadt Department of Health, in collaboration with the Basel-Stadt Office for Social Contributions, to conduct an external evaluation of the Basel health audio t
Digitalisation of a clinical algorithm (according to decision logic provided by MSF) into an existing CHT mobile application called MSFeCARE (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/digitalisation-of-a-clinical-algorithm-according-to-decision-logic-provided-by-msf-into-an-existing-cht-mobile-application-called-msfecare
Development of a clinical algorithm (in English/French) providing clinical decision support to Médicins sans Frontières (MSF) staff in clinics caring for patients with sexually transmitted infections
Swiss science diplomacy after a decade of global geopolitical turbulences: development and outcomes (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/swiss-science-diplomacy-after-a-decade-of-global-geopolitical-turbulences-development-and-outcomes
Background: The concept of science diplomacy saw a surge of interest with the start of the new Millennium, especially in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2009, the UK’s Royal Societ
Dynamics and risk of transmission of bovine tuberculosis in the emerging dairy regions of Ethiopia (Publications)
The Ethiopian government has several initiatives to expand and intensify the dairy industry; however, the risk of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) spread is a challenge. To assess the rate of expansion and r