Thousands of Visitors Attended Swiss TPH Open House in Allschwil - The Former "Tropeli" Celebrates its 80th Anniversary (News)
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The Swiss TPH Open House offered people of all ages a unique insight into the world of global health. With lectures, activities and games, Swiss TPH scientists and experts showed visitors how the institute
New Swiss TPH Headquarters Opened in Allschwil (News)
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Nüssli-Kaiser, officially opened the building. “Swiss TPH is an outstanding institution in the Swiss research and education landscape,” said State Secretary Martina Hirayama in her opening address. “The institute
Efficacy and safety of acoziborole in patients with human African trypanosomiasis caused by <em>Trypanosoma brucei gambiense</em>: a multicentre,... (Publications)
acoziborole in adult and adolescent patients with gambiense HAT. Methods This multicentre, prospective, open-label, single-arm, phase 2/3 study recruited patients aged 15 years or older with confirmed gambiense
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared with ivermectin and albendazole coadministration in adolescents infected with <em>Trichuris... (Publications)
and albendazole against T trichiura in adolescents living on Pemba Island, Tanzania. METHODS: This open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled, phase 2/3 trial was done in four secondary schools
Safety and efficacy of oral fexinidazole in children with <em>gambiense </em>human African trypanosomiasis: a multicentre, single-arm, open-label,... (Publications)
disease stages of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis. METHODS: We did a multicentre, single-arm, open-label, phase 2-3 trial at eight district hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We recruited
Open Source Health Insurance Initiative at DayOne Conference (News)
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presented OpenIMIS and worked with participants to further shape the initiative. Comprehensive health insurance solutions OpenIMIS (Insurance Management Information System) is the first and only open source [...] join voluntary schemes." said Helen Prytherch, Head of the Health Systems Support Unit at Swiss TPH. "OpenIMIS provides a solution by improving the management of insurances through efficient processes, high
Efficacy, safety, and palatability of arpraziquantel (L-praziquantel) orodispersible tablets in children aged 3 months to 6 years infected with... (Publications)
arpraziquantel (L-praziquantel) orodispersible tablets for preschool-aged children. METHODS: This open-label, partly randomised, phase 3 study was conducted at two hospitals in Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya
Screening open access compound libraries and repurposing drugs to identify and characterize new molecules active against schistosomiasis and other... (Publications)
hic early drug development with a strong emphasis on schistosomiasis. Activity-based screening of open access libraries has identified new potent antischistosomal molecules. Investigating the activity [...] that could be used for further compound development. Finally, this work highlights the importance of open access libraries, drug repurposing and non-profit product development partnerships to stimulate the
Less is more: repellent-treated fabric strips as a substitute for full screening of open eave gaps for indoor and outdoor protection from malaria... (Publications)
at comparing the protection provided by transfluthrin-treated and untreated complete screens over open eave gaps with incomplete transfluthrin-treated eave strips as a potential replacement for a full [...] finding a human volunteer indoors and attempting to bite were similar whether the eaves were completely open or there was an untreated fabric strip fixed around the eaves. However, when the eave gap was completely
Using open-access data to explore relations between urban landscapes and diarrhoeal diseases in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
focused on Côte d’Ivoire. This analysis aimed to (i) build a framework strictly based on open-access data and open-source software to investigate diarrhoea risk factors originating from the physical environment [...] landscape patterns and health outcomes. We conducted an ecological analysis based on a large ensemble of open-access data to identify specific landscape features associated with diarrhoea. Designed as a proo
