Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use (Publications)
exposed to wastewater and excreta used in agriculture in Hanam province, northern Vietnam. METHODS: An open cohort of 867 adults, aged 16-65 years, was followed weekly for 12 months to determine the incidence
Is misoprostol a safe, effective and acceptable alternative to manual vacuum aspiration for postabortion care? Results from a randomised trial in... (Publications)
vacuum aspiration (MVA) for treatment of incomplete abortion in a developing country setting. DESIGN: Open-label randomised controlled trial. SETTING: Two university teaching hospitals in Burkina Faso, West
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Christopher Woodrow is the managing editor of both journals at Swiss TPH. The journals are published Gold Open Access and offer APC waiver schemes for researchers from low and middle income countries and SSPH+
Priority setting in HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria - new cost-effectiveness results from WHO-CHOICE (Publications)
determine the cost-effectiveness of the selected interventions. Impact modelling was performed using the OpenMalaria platform for malaria and using the Goals and TIME (TB Impact Model and Estimates) models in
Relation between organophosphate pesticide metabolite concentrations with pesticide exposures, socio-economic factors and lifestyles: a... (Publications)
household income, member of household working with pesticides, living on a farm, drinking water from an open water source and eating crops from the vineyard and or garden. The study found younger age and living
Understanding suicide attempts among gay men from their self-perceived causes (Publications)
ideation, plans, and attempts were assessed, and respondents who had ever attempted suicide answered open questions about perceived causes which were coded and categorized for analysis within the framework
Prices and mark-ups on antimalarials: evidence from nationally representative studies in six malaria-endemic countries (Publications)
Benin where wholesaler and retailer mark-ups are regulated; however, unlicensed drug vendors based in open-air markets did not adhere to the pricing regime. These findings indicate that mark-ups on antimalarials
Providing Technical Assistance to a Church Based Health Insurance Scheme (BEPHA) in Cameroon (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/providing-technical-assistance-to-a-church-based-health-insurance-scheme-bepha-in-cameroon
in Mamfe on the 15th of October 2007, followed by the other three dioceses in 2008. The scheme is open to all and by May 2014, BEPHA had (in total) 34807 individuals in their schemes, with Kumbo covering
Environmental, Social, Economic and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) for a Field Study of a Self-Limiting Nondrive Strain of Genetically Modified... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/environmental-social-economic-and-health-impact-assessment-eshia-for-a-field-study-of-a-self-limiting-nondrive-strain-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-on-behalf-of-target-malaria
three-phased approach in this 170-million project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Open Philantropy. Phase 1, the release of genetically modified sterile males (non-gene drive) in a rural
Effectiveness of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) in <em>T. b. gambiense</em> second stage sleeping sickness patients in the... (Publications)
ess results after the 24-month follow-up visit. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In a multicenter, open label, single arm phase IIIb study, second stage gambiense HAT patients were treated with NECT in
