Health Economics to Advance Sleeping Sickness Elimination (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/health-economics-to-advance-sleeping-sickness-elimination
Gambiense Human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is almost always fatal without treatment. The vector-borne parasitic disease transmitted by infected tsetse flies affec
The Swiss TPH Travel Clinic Temporarily Moves Next Door (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/the-swiss-tph-travel-clinic-temporarily-moves-next-door
The move of Swiss TPH to its new headquarters "Belo Horizonte" is nearing completion: about 700 employees and students from 80 nations have arrived in their new workplace in the BaseLink area in Allsc
Elimination on the Horizon: Prevalence of Schistosomiasis, a Neglected Tropical Disease, Decreases by Nearly 60% (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/elimination-on-the-horizon-prevalence-of-schistosomiasis-a-neglected-tropical-disease-decreases-by-nearly-60
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic worm infection that continues to be a major public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 20 years, control efforts against this neglected tro
People from Low-Income Households Severely Affected by Pandemic (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/people-from-low-income-households-severely-affected-by-pandemic
The COVCO-Basel study, which includes over 13,000 participants, is investigating the long-term health and societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the adult population of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
A Decline in Air Pollution Levels in Europe Still Fall Short of WHO Guidelines, According to New Study (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/a-decline-in-air-pollution-levels-in-europe-still-fall-short-of-who-guidelines-according-to-new-study
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. Air pollution c
First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO (News)
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The World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the widespread use of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01, marking the first step in a process that should lead to broad distribution in low- and middle-income
TB-PRACTECAL: Clinical Trial Yields Promising Results for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/tb-practecal-clinical-trial-yields-promising-results-for-drug-resistant-tuberculosis-treatment
TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with partners including Swiss TPH, has found that a new all-oral six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treatin
New WHO Air Quality Guidelines Aim to Save Millions of Lives from Air Pollution (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/new-who-air-quality-guidelines-aim-to-save-millions-of-lives-from-air-pollution
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, alongside climate change. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published their new Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs)
Students Return to Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/students-return-to-swiss-tph
Education and training at Swiss TPH has a history as old as the institute itself. Since the first course—the General Tropical Course—was offered in 1944, education and training activities multiplied q
Key Handover for New Building of Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/key-handover-for-new-building-of-swiss-tph
The future headquarters of Swiss TPH has been completed on schedule after a little more than two years of construction. The first employees will start work in the new building 'Belo Horizonte' in Alls
