Acceptability, feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of a pilot mass drug administration with a single round of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus... (Publications)
For a malaria elimination strategy, Haiti's National Malaria Control Program piloted a mass drug administration (MDA) with indoor residual spraying (IRS) in 12 high-transmission areas across five communes [...] round of MDA/IRS on malaria transmission was not found using a standard pre- and post-intervention comparison, it is possible there was blunting of the peak transmission. Seasonal malaria transmission patterns
Feasibility and acceptability of a strategy deploying multiple first-line artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated malaria in the... (Publications)
(1) Background: Effective malaria case management relies on World Health Organization (WHO) recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), but partial resistance to artemisinin has emerged [...] emerged and is spreading, threatening malaria control and elimination efforts. The strategy of deploying multiple first-line therapies (MFT) may help mitigate this threat and extend the therapeutic life of current [...] conducted, deploying three different ACTs at the public health facility...
The beauty of disease modelling (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/the-beauty-of-disease-modelling
modelling for malaria vaccines? Similar to vaccines, we often ask questions about how we can can reduce the burden of disease. Many of the malaria models that were created to look at malaria vaccines have [...] modelling here is not just estimating the impact of the malaria vaccine or a single intervention but we can ask a whole range of questions about malaria disease dynamics, intervention packages and drug resistance [...] n packages for different national malaria control programmes....
“It is a privilege to be able to bring science to the bedside” (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/it-is-a-privilege-to-be-able-to-bring-science-to-the-bedside
test a drug for a neglected disease such as malaria, the trial can become more complex, because we have to go where the malaria patients are, i.e., to a malaria-endemic country such as the DRC. Such sites [...] very effective and affordable medicines for malaria? Yes, artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are still the standard of care for treating malaria and remain very effective. However, we are seeing [...] in the fight against malaria? What is unique about Swiss TPH is that we work...
New approaches to transform global health: meeting with Bill Gates (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/new-approaches-to-transform-health-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-swiss-tph-researcher-discussed-with-bill-gates
technical support to the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in various malaria surveillance activities as part of the Swiss TPH Towards Elimination of Malaria in Tanzania (TEMT) project . You recently [...] facility data be used to improve malaria interventions? Since 2000, there has been a renewed commitment to malaria control, resulting in increased funding to support various malaria control interventions across [...] routine data from local health facilities in the fight against malari...
Swiss TPH at Global Level (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/topics/malaria/swiss-tph-at-global-level
the Second Global Malaria Action Plan “Action and Investment to defeat Malaria 2016-2030 (AIM) for a malaria-free world.” Malaria Antimalarial Drug Development Malaria Vaccines Malaria Elimination Surveillance [...] Influencing Global Malaria Policies The Global Malaria Technical and Training Support Package (GlobMal) aims at influencing global malaria policies and implementing WHO and Roll Back Malaria Partnership strategies [...] reduce the malaria burden and to expand malaria-free zones...
Kelly Chibale: Learning to Fail Your Way to Success (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/kelly-chibale-learning-to-fail-your-way-to-success
with Kelly and his team and his contributions for malaria and schistosomiasis drug discovery and development have been seminal.” New Drugs against Malaria The success of the H3D was not long in coming. In [...] University of Cape Town. He dedicated himself to the discovery and development of new drugs against malaria and other infectious diseases of poverty. This career move was not based on an idealistic sentiment [...] international partnerships. Key partners include the Bill & Melinda Gates...
Diagnostikkurse in medizinischer Parasitologie | Swiss TPH Short Courses (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/study-with-us/postgraduate/diagnostikkurse-in-medizinischer-parasitologie
steht die Differentialdiagnostik der jeweiligen Krankheitserregern. Kursbeschreibung Malaria Der direkte Nachweis von Malaria-Erregern im Blut ist trotz moderner molekularer Diagnostikverfahren immer noch die [...] Diagnostikkurse in medizinischer Parasitologie Überblick Malaria, Infektionen mit Darmprotozoen oder Erkrankungen durch Helminthen sind bei Reisenden von grosser Bedeutung. Die Diagnostikkurse in medizinischer [...] und klinische Aspekte behandelt. Blutparasiten für Fortgeschrittene...
World Tuberculosis Day 2021 (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/world-tuberculosis-day-2021
With 10 million new cases and 1.4 million TB deaths every year, TB kills more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Even though COVID-19 has claimed more lives since the beginning of the pandemic, the collateral [...] by some as “the next pandemic”. "With 10 million new cases and more deaths than caused by HIV and malaria combined, tuberculosis remains one of the top infectious killers of humankind." Why are we still