Preclinical profiling of virosomally formulated B-cell epitope mimetics derived from the novel key malaria vaccine candidates CyRPA and RH5 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/preclinical-profiling-of-virosomally-formulated-b-cell-epitope-mimetics-derived-from-the-novel-key-malaria-vaccine-candidates-cyrpa-and-rh5
Clinical testing of two components for a synthetic peptide-based virosomal malaria vaccine has yielded promising results, encouraging the search for additional components for inclusion in a final mult
Improving the accuracy of personal RF measurements and characterisation of exposure levels in different environments across different countries (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/improving-the-accuracy-of-personal-rf-measurements-and-characterisation-of-exposure-levels-in-different-environments-across-different-countries
Mobile phone base stations and handsets, wireless local area networks (WLAN), and radio/television signals are typical examples of sources of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. The aim of this stu
Infectious and non-communicable health conditions among East African immigrants at arrival and post integration in Switzerland (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/infectious-and-non-communicable-health-conditions-among-east-african-immigrants-at-arrival-and-post-integration-in-switzerland
Background and Rationale East African immigrants comprise one of the most important groups among newly arriving immigrants in Switzerland. At arrival they may suffer from previously undiagnosed parasi
Improving the HIV care cascade in Lesotho: Towards 90-90-90 - A research collaboration with the Ministry of Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/improving-the-hiv-care-cascade-in-lesotho-towards-90-90-90-a-research-collaboration-with-the-ministry-of-health
Background Despite enormous progress in the last decade, HIV/AIDS remains the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in most countries of Southern Africa and a central contributor to economic
Air quality in Tehran, Iran: Evaluating acute health effects and modeling the long-term spatial variability (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/air-quality-in-tehran-iran-evaluating-acute-health-effects-and-modeling-the-long-term-spatial-variability
Air pollution in low- and middle-income countries is higher and from different sources than air pollution in high-income countries, where most exposure and epidemiologic research has been done. The bu
Health impact assessment of large infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Amazon (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/health-impact-assessment-of-large-infrastructure-projects-in-the-brazilian-amazon
In Brazil, many large-scale infrastructure projects have been developed by the resource extraction, renewable energy and public infrastructure sectors all over the country. While it is common practice
Improving antichagasic drug discovery through stage-specific monitoring of Trypanosoma cruzi (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/improving-antichagasic-drug-discovery-through-stage-specific-monitoring-of-trypanosoma-cruzi
About 6-7 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi , a protozoan parasite causing Chagas’ disease. Most of the symptoms appear in the chronic phase of Chagas’ disease: cardiomyopathies and m
Health impact evaluation of an urban flooding resilience framework in Dakar, Senegal (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/health-impact-evaluation-of-an-urban-flooding-resilience-framework-in-dakar-senegal
Rapid urbanisation has been one of the defining phenomena of the twentieth century. In the developing world, much of the urban population finds themselves living in informal settlements with high leve
