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20.12.2024
A Tropical Disease in Switzerland: Call for Coordinated Action on Chagas Disease
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization and other partners conducted a comprehensive review of Chagas… More...
17.12.2024
Financial Support Significantly Improves Breastfeeding Success in Lao PDR
A new study by Swiss TPH in Lao PDR found that financial support significantly increases exclusive breastfeeding rates amongst new mothers in Lao PDR. These findings, published in… More...
12.12.2024
New Digital Health Tool Improves Care for Children in Somalia
A new study demonstrates how the digital clinical decision support system ALMANACH (Algorithm for the Management of Childhood Illness) is transforming healthcare for children under… More...
10.12.2024
Swiss TPH Researcher Emma Hodcroft Named by Nature as 1 of 3 People To Watch in 2025
Emma Hodcroft, group leader at Swiss TPH and assistant professor at the University of Basel, was named one of three people to watch in shaping science in 2025 by the renowned… More...
20.11.2024
Swiss TPH Symposium: Women and Gender in Global Health
Today, on 20 November 2024, Swiss TPH organises a symposium entitled “Women and Gender in Global Health” in Allschwil near Basel. The symposium brings together around 160 experts… More...
14.11.2024
R. Geigy Award 2024: Cutting-Edge Research to Control Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases in Côte D’Ivoire
The 13th R. Geigy Award 2024 goes to West Africa. Scientists from the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS) are being honored with the award, which is… More...
06.11.2024
New Intervention Significantly Improved Mental Health Well-Being for Zambian Mothers
A study by Swiss TPH and partners has shown that a new, locally adapted mental health intervention for women with young children in Zambia led to a 50% reduction in mental health… More...
04.11.2024
Children Will Experience Four Times More Extreme Events Due to Climate Change
Swiss TPH researchers and partners published a report that shows children born in 2020 in Europe will experience four times more extreme events, especially heatwaves, due to… More...
28.10.2024
New Study Links Climate Change to Malaria Increase in Northern Kenya
A new study published today in the International Journal of Health Geographics by researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and the Kenya Medical… More...