Description
Launched in 2001, the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR)
North-South is an innovative research program in the fields of global change and
sustainable development. Headquartered in Switzerland and encompassing a
network of over 350 researchers active in more than 40 countries worldwide, it
is dedicated to finding sustainable, practicable solutions to specific challenges of
global change. Central to all NCCR North-South activities is a commitment to
partnership between institutions and individuals in the northern and southern
hemispheres. Research is collaboratively conducted with a special emphasis on
the needs of developing and transition countries, since they are arguably under
the most pressure due to accelerated global processes of environmental,
economic, and sociopolitical change.
Purpose
The research projects in the Health, Services, and Planning Node of the NCCR
North-South examine how to facilitate effective health and sanitation strategies
through participatory planning. Their final aim is to aid the creation of
interventions, health services and social programs that are sustainable,
equitable, reflect local conditions, meet the needs of local populations and
reinforce their resilience.
Scope Global
Primary Funders
Swiss National Science Foundation and Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation.
Participants & Key Collaborators
(for the Thematic Node on Health, Services and Planning) Department of
Epidemiology and Public Health at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health
Institute (EPH, Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland) and Department of Water and
Sanitation in Development Countries at the Aquatic Research Institute Eawag
(SANDEC, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland), African, Asian and Latin
American partner countries/institutions.
Definition of One Health
None. Vision of transdisciplinary research to tackle multidisciplinary
development and globalization problems. See Zinsstag et al., (2010). From “one
medicine” to “one health” and systemic approaches to health and well-being
(doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.07.003).
Monitoring & Evaluation Strategy
Program evaluation through external Review Board; project evaluation through
internal Board of Directors
Sources of Information
Public Website: http://www.north-south.unibe.ch/
Contact
Patricia Schwaerzler
NCCR North-South/TN2 ‘Health,
Services, and Planning’ Coordinator
Swiss Tropical and Public Health
Institute
Patricia.Schwaerzler@unibas.ch
Prof. Jakob Zinsstag
NCCR North-South/TN2 ‘Health,
Services, and Planning’ Head
Swiss Tropical and Public Health
Institute
