Our Expertise in Long-Term Studies (Page)
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Our Expertise in Long-Term Studies Thanks to long-term studies, we today know that tobacco consumption, lack of exercise and an unhealthy diet significantly increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and c
Support Our Research to Tackle Diseases of Poverty (Page)
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Support Our Research to Tackle Diseases of Poverty In 2020, the average life expectancy was 73 years – fifty years earlier, it was around 60 years. We owe this spectacular increase in life expectancy
Effects of Climate Change on Health (Page)
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Effects of Climate Change on Health The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 250,000 deaths annually between 2030 and 2050 could be due to climate change – with vulnerable popu
Fighting Resistant Tuberculosis (Page)
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Fighting Resistant Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide with an estimated 1.6 million deaths per year. Although curable, the number of TB cases is on th
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Help us Reduce Emerging Health Risks The state of our environment has a significant influence on our health and well-being. A high quality of life goes thus hand in hand with a healthy environment and
Development of New Drugs against Parasitic Worm Diseases (Page)
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New Drugs against Parasitic Worm Diseases A major disease burden globally comes from parasitic worm infections, particularly in poor and deprived communities in tropical and subtropical countries. 1.5
Many zoonoses are being forgotten in the wake of corona (Page)
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UNI NOVA: Jakob Zinsstag, let's start by talking about monkeypox, the infectious disease that is slowly but steadily spreading across the world. There has been a lot of discussion about the name. Why
Promising Antimalarial Drug Proves Ineffective at Saving Children’s Lives (News)
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Rectal artesunate (RAS), a promising antimalarial drug, proves ineffective at saving the lives of young children suffering from severe malaria, according to the results of a new study conducted by the
Jürg Utzinger Elected New President of the R. Geigy Foundation (News)
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A strategically important vessel for Swiss TPH "I am delighted to be leading the R. Geigy Foundation as President from January 2023," said Utzinger. "Over the past decades, the R. Geigy Foundation has
Eva Herzog Elected as New President of the Swiss TPH Board of Governors (News)
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The Board of Governors is the highest decision-making and supervisory body of Swiss TPH. The President is jointly elected by the governments of both Canton Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. At their m