The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), an associated Institute of the University of Basel, was founded in 1943 as a public organisation. Our mandate is to contribute to the improvement of the health of populations internationally and nationally through excellence in research, services, and teaching and training.
Swiss TPH consists of five departments covering a wide range of disciplines within the field of public health (Epidemiology and Public Health; Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology; Medecines Research; Swiss Centre for International Health; Medical Services and Diagnostics). The Institute’s activities span basic and applied research, service and technical assistance provision, all closely linked and interacting. All departments are continually involved in teaching and training. Almost 700 full and part time staff are employed worldwide.
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 | Personalized Medicine: The Public Health Perpective | Thursday, 11. December 2014 to Friday, 12. December 2014 | Das Neue Rialto |
Thematic expertise
Integrated Water Resources Management
Within the Swiss TPH there are a broad range of research teams working on the determinants of health including specialists in environmental health, water, sanitation and hygiene. Some are working on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), notably on parasitic worm infections and malaria, which are diseases closely linked to water, sanitation and hygiene conditions. Some focus on climate change issues particularly on adaptation to climate change in water and health sectors, and others are working on the bridge between WASH and nutrition, particularly at schools, households and communities levels.
The research teams are mainly occupied with health impact assessment of water and sanitation related issues, e.g., assessing water pollution and related health in agricultural projects, vulnerabilities assessment in the framework of adaptation to climate extreme events, health risk assessment of waste recovery and reuse projects (like the SDC/RRR project in India, Uganda, Peru and Vietnam), baseline surveys from community to household levels for water and sanitation projects (like the SDC/PEP project in Great Lakes), and integrated interventions of agriculture (school gardens), WASH and nutrition (like the SDC/VGTS project in Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia and Tanzania).
For more detailed information on Swiss TPH projects.
Some of our external partners include:
- WHO in Geneva and in some regional and country offices
- International Water Association in Colombo/Sri Lanka
- World Vegetables Centre in Taiwan
- University of Freiburg
- Sandec/EAWAG, Zurich
- CEWAS, Willisau
Geographic expertise
Contact Person
Gueladio Cisse - gueladio.cisse@unibas.ch
Projects
Documents
English
 | Absence of dry season Plasmodium parasitaemia, but high rates of reported acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea in presschool-aged children in Kaédi, southern Mauritania [external file] | Touray S, Bâ H, Bâ O, Koïta M, Ould Ahmed Salem CB, Keïta M, Traoré D, Sy I, Winkler MS, Utzinger J & Cissé G (2012) Absence of dry season Plasmodium parasitaemia, but high rates of reported acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea in presschool-aged children in Kaédi, southern Mauritania. [...] |
| Prevalence of infantile diarrhea in districts of Nouakchott (Mauritania) in 2008: analysis of local hygiene [external file] | Sy Ibrahima, Moussa Keita, Doulo Traoré, Brama Koné, Khadijatou Bâ, Ould Boilil Wedadi, Benjamin Fayomi, Bassirou Bonfoh, Marcel Tanner et Guéladio Cissé (2014). Eau, hygiène, assainissement et santé dans les quartiers précaires à Nouakchott (Mauritanie) : contribution à l’approche écosanté à [...] |
| Ecohealth and climate change: Adaptation to flooding events in riverside secondary cities, West Africa [external file] | Cissé G., Koné B., Bâ H., Mbaye I., Koba K., Utzinger J., Tanner M. (2011): Ecohealth and climate change: Adaptation to flooding events in riverside secondary cities, West Africa. in K. Otto-Zimmermann (ed.), Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change - Proceedings of the Global [...] |
| Effects of Hygiene and Defecation Behavior on Helminths and Intestinal Protozoa Infections in Taabo, Côte d’Ivoire [pdf - 629.46 KB] | More than 1 billion people are currently infected with soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomes. The global strategy to control helminthiases is the regular administration of anthelmintic drugs to at-risk populations. However, rapid re-infection occurs in areas where hygiene, access to [...] |
| Environmental Vulnerability Index: Application to the White Bandama Bassin in the Northern Côte d’Ivoire [external file] | Kouakou Yao Etienne, Koné Brama, Cissé Guéladio, , Dje Kouakou Bernard, N’Go Yao Alexis, Konaré AbdourAhamane, Savané Issiaka (2013). Environmental Vulnerability Index: Application to the White Bandama Bassin in the Northern Côte d’Ivoire. ISSN: 2067-533X, www.ijcs.uaic.ro, IJCS, Volume 4, [...] |
| What historical climate time series tell us and what their future impacts may be likely on sanitation and water quality in Kaédi, Mauritania [external file] | Cissé Guéladio, Sunkaru Touray, Brama Koné, Hampaté Bâ, Doulo Traoré, Ibrahima Sy, Moussa Keïta, Marcel Tanner, Jürg Utzinger (2014). What historical climate time series tell us and what their future impacts may be likely on sanitation and water quality in Kaédi, Mauritania. In I. K. [...] |
| Untapped potential of health impact assessment [external file] | Winkler MS, Krieger GR, Divall MJ, Cissé G, Wielga M, Singer BH, Tanner M & Utzinger J (2013). Untapped potential of health impact assessment. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 91: 298-305 |
| Vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems to climate change [external file] | Sherpa Anjali Manandhar, Thammarat Koottatep, Christian Zurbruegg, and Guéladio Cissé (2014). Vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems to climate change. Journal of Climate Change 2014. doi: 10.2166/wcc.2014.003 |
| Water-related disaster management and adaptation to climate change: bridges and challenges? [external file] | Cissé Guéladio (2012): Water-related disaster management and adaptation to climate change: bridges and challenges?, Water International, DOI:10.1080/02508060.2012.743069 |
French
| Prevalence of infantile diarrhea in districts of Nouakchott (Mauritania) in 2008: analysis of local hygiene [external file] | Sy Ibrahima, Moussa Keita, Doulo Traoré, Brama Koné, Khadijatou Bâ, Ould Boilil Wedadi, Benjamin Fayomi, Bassirou Bonfoh, Marcel Tanner et Guéladio Cissé (2014). Eau, hygiène, assainissement et santé dans les quartiers précaires à Nouakchott (Mauritanie) : contribution à l’approche écosanté à [...] |
| Equité d’accès à l’eau potable dans un contexte de diversité de modes d’approvisionnement: Cas de la ville de Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire) [external file] | Silué B, Cissé G, Koné B, Zurbrügg C and Savané I (2012). Equité d’accès à l’eau potable dans un contexte de diversité de modes d’approvisionnement: Cas de la ville de Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire). European Journal of Scientific Research. 72(2) 298-310 |
| Étude des diarrhées en milieu périurbain à Abidjan par l’approche écosanté [external file] | Koné Brama, Mohamed Doumbia, Ibrahima Sy, Kouassi Dongo, Yveline Agbo-Houenou, Pascal Valentin Houenou, Benjamin Fayomi, Bassirou Bonfoh, Marcel Tanner et Guéladio Cissé, « Étude des diarrhées en milieu périurbain à Abidjan par l’approche écosanté », VertigO - la revue électronique en sciences [...] |