Chiefs play a critically important role in communities' right across South Sudan. They play a vital role in settling disputes, preventing armed conflict and fostering peace within and between communities. As the key intermediaries between local communities and higher le...

Rapid adoption of new diagnostic tools, parallel process of research and implementation, decentralisation of services, the use of personal protective equipment, as well as strong partnership and collaboration, could strengthen the fight against COVID-19

In this study we analyze panel data to investigate the change in attitudes towards the Covid-19 measures and the change in compliance behavior between the first and second lockdowns in a sample of young adults in Switzerland. We find considerable fatigue. While responde...

The health risk of the coronavirus pandemic is age-specific. The symptoms of a COVID-19 infection are usually mild in the healthy population below the age of 65; however, the measures laid down to prevent the spread of the virus apply typically to the whole population. ...

Acute central nervous system (CNS) infection can manifest as various distinct entities, according to the affected anatomic structures, hence the terms encephalitis, meningitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, amongst others. Most of these syndromes are...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the already fragile situation of vulnerable groups is in a downward spiral. The infringements of the human rights of vulnerable groups stirred by the current crisis are without a doubt manifold and may be addressed via established human righ...

Die Studie präsentiert Ergebnisse des Projekts "Arbeiten an und mit Narrativen für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Den Boden bereiten für eine gesellschaftliche Transformation", das im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Umwelt (BAFU) durchgeführt wurde (2020-2021). Thema des Pro...

Background: The GeneXpert diagnostic platform from the US based company Cepheid is an automated molecular diagnostic device that performs sample preparation and pathogen detection within a single cartridge-based assay. GeneXpert devices can enable diagnosis at the distr...