2.5 Million Euro Grant Awarded to Swiss TPH for Tuberculosis Research (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/25-million-euro-grant-awarded-to-swiss-tph-for-tuberculosis-research
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's deadliest infectious disease, claiming over 4,000 lives each day. This equates to more daily casualties than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. It is also the biggest kill
Robust Modelling Methodology Leads to Better Understanding of Air Pollution and Health in Europe (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/robust-modelling-methodology-leads-to-better-understanding-of-air-pollution-and-health-in-europe
Air pollution - both ambient (outdoor) and household (indoor) - is the biggest environmental risk to health, with ambient air pollution alone killing around 3 million people each year, mainly from non
Fight against Legionella Intensified in Switzerland: New "LeCo" Project Launched (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/fight-against-legionella-intensified-in-switzerland-new-leco-project-launched
Legionnaires' disease is becoming more common in Switzerland, with 582 cases recorded in 2019 by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). The disease is fatal in five to ten per cent of cases, desp
New Understanding of Childhood Immune Systems May Improve Vaccine Efficacy (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/new-understanding-of-childhood-immune-systems-may-improve-vaccine-efficacy
Children’s immune system composition and vaccine responsiveness is determined by a myriad of factors, such as age, anaemia status, and the setting in which they live, according a new study by Swiss TP
Nicolas Brancucci Appointed Professor at the University of Basel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/nicolas-brancucci-appointed-professor-at-the-university-of-basel
Nicolas Brancucci is a cell biologist and parasitologist, born in Basel in 1982. He obtained his MSc and PhD at Swiss TPH and the University of Basel, where he investigated epigenetic mechanisms contr
Smartphone Applications to Improve Child Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/smartphone-applications-to-improve-child-health
When worried parents brought their febrile children to a health facility in Tanzania ten years ago, the diagnosis they received was very often the same: malaria. “This wrong assumption meant that many
National Health Promotion Day in Moldova (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/national-health-promotion-day-in-moldova
Key national speakers have been joined by speakers from several UK-based institutions: the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Institute for Sport and Physical Activity Research, an
New Understanding of Parasite Biology Might Help Stop Malaria Transmission (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/new-understanding-of-parasite-biology-might-help-stop-malaria-transmission
Malaria parasites multiply asexually in the human bloodstream, thereby causing chronic infection and all the complications associated with this devastating disease. During each round of multiplication
Mehr Innovation – Weniger Armut: Basler Institutionen spielen gegen Malaria auf (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20180420-mehr-innovation-weniger-armut
Wer heute in der Region Basel von einer Mücke gestochen wird, kann sich kaum mit Malaria anstecken. Das war nicht immer so. Noch vor 200 Jahren war der Rhein wild und breit und verursachte Überschwemm
