Great Lakes Health Program in Rwanda_Phasing out (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/great-lakes-health-program-in-rwanda-phasing-out
Background The prevalence of chronic malnutrition (i.e. stunting) among children under five in Rwanda is very high; stunting rates across the country average 38% for children under five and exceed 50%
Backstopping Mandate Health Focal Point, Health Network and Global Health, Phase XIX (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/backstopping-mandate-health-focal-point-health-network-and-global-health-phase-xix
The objective of the backstopping mandate (BSM)is to support SDC‘s core competence in health and provide advisory services to SDC‘s Global Programme Health (GPH), its Health Focal Points, and to the m
HIV/AIDS Prevention in Central Africa, Phase V (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/hiv/aids-prevention-in-central-africa-phase-v
Background HIV/AIDS remains a major public health threat in the Central African Region. Given that condom use is a highly cost-effective intervention, the phase V of the HIV/AIDS prevention program ("
Transportation Noise: Quantitative Methods for Investigating Acute and Long Term Health Effects (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/transportation-noise-quantitative-methods-for-investigating-acute-and-long-term-health-effects
Background: Noise from road, railway and aircraft traffic is one of the most widespread sources of environmental stress and discomfort in everyday life. However, previous research has been fragmented,
Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A study in Europe (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/effects-of-low-level-air-pollution-a-study-in-europe
ELAPSE (Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe) is a Europe-wide collaboration in a research project Mortality and morbidity effects of long-term exposure to low-level PM2.5, Black Carb
Master of Advanced studies in Insurance Medicine (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/master-of-advanced-studies-in-insurance-medicine
The MAS Insurance Medicine is a postgraduate programme of the university of Basel under the sponsorship of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). The programme is carried out by S
Thermotherapy of Buruli Ulcer at Community Level, Cameroon (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/thermotherapy-of-buruli-ulcer-at-community-level-cameroon
Treatment of the neglected tropical skin disease Buruli Ulcer (BU) relies currently on a single drug, rifampicin, which is given in combination with streptomycin. Development of an alternative treatme
Health Facilities Autonomy, Kyrgyzstan, Phase I (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/health-facilities-autonomy-kyrgyzstan-phase-i
Background Since the mid-90s, Kyrgyzstan is in a process of health system reform, moving from the centralised, hospital-centred Semashko model towards a more rational, modernised health care system. T