Promising Drug Combination Treatment Against Parasitic Worm Infections (News)
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Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) affect one in five people in the world causing numerous health problems, including abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood and protein loss and both physical and cognitive gro
Increasing Awareness of Noma – A Severe but Treatable Disease (News)
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Noma ( cancrum oris ) is a severe disease originating in the mouth and destroying the face. It predominantly affects children aged 2 to 6 years living in extreme poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin Amer
Improving Diagnosis for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (News)
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis . About 10 million people fall ill every year; most of them are in low- and middle-income countries. 1.5 million people
Swiss-Tajik Cooperation: Nearly 20 Years of Primary Healthcare Development (News)
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With high levels of poverty and two thirds of its people living in rural areas, Tajikistan's primary healthcare system and the quality education of its health workers are essential to make healthcare
Competence Centre for Epidemiological Outbreak Investigations (Projects)
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In Switzerland, foodborne infections such as listeriosis, salmonellosis or campylobacteriosis are notifiable diseases and are under close surveillance by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOP
High-frequency changes in pilin glycosylation patterns during <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> serogroup a meningitis outbreaks in the African... (Publications)
In the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa, there are cyclic meningococcal epidemics that coincide with clonal waves of Neisseria meningitidis carriage and invasive disease. In the framework of long
Long-term air pollution exposure and malignant intracranial tumours of the central nervous system: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for malignant tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) are largely unknown. METHODS: We pooled six European cohorts (N = 302,493) and assessed the association between resid
Mental Health Distress Increased for Zambian Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (News)
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Many studies have shown that measures taken by governments around the world to reduce the spread of Sars-CoV-2 resulted in increased mental health burden, typically affecting women more than men. Litt
Environment and Health | Swiss TPH (Page)
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Environment and Health Improving the health and well-being of people by addressing determinants of health in human-environmental systems. Swiss TPH aims for sustainable prevention, surveillance and co