Public Health, Ecosystems and Well-Being

[Translate to English:] Medizinische Grundversorgung durch Presbyterian Health Services Agogo, Ghana

Given that human health is closely interlinked with social-ecological systems, we pursue interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to deepen our understanding of environmental health risks in different social and cultural contexts. In our activity, we consider a broad range of health outcomes ranging from well-being to chronic diseases. We conduct climate change research by combining climate modelling and health data to find solutions for both, adaptation and mitigation. We also have a strong track-record on pesticide research, which includes exposure assessment and health studies. Further, our research comprises a wide range of additional environmental exposures in water, soil and air, which are of pertinent health such as air pollution, noise and radiation. To better understand the complex interactions of the environmental conditions with social, cultural and economic contexts, social sciences plays a key role. A key goal of our activity is work towards successful interventions to improve the health situation of the population, thereby concentrating on vulnerability and resilience.

News

15 Nov 2023 / Research

Publication: "'I could not bear it': Perceptions of chronic pain among Somali pastoralists in Ethiopia. A qualitative study"

12 Oct 2023 / Research, Continuing Education

MOOC: "Introduction to New Sanitation Systems, Economies & Markets"

25 Sep 2023 / Research

Publication: "Opportunities and challenges for decentralised clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study"

Events

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Projects

Research collaboration

Joint South Africa and Swiss Chair in Global Environmental Health

This first South African-Swiss bilateral research chair on Global Environmental Health in Cape Town addresses emerging environmental health problems in South Africa.

Cooperation

International HIV Care

In cooperation with researchers at partner institutions in Tansania and Lesotho, the Department of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology of the University Hospital Basel engages in epidemiological, clinical and molecular-biological research on HIV/AIDS in Southeast Africa.

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Research project

Participation in Social Health Protection: An Anthropological Case Study in Tanzania

This project explores understudied aspects in research on induced and organic participation and thus contributes to transforming current development perspectives on social and societal change.