EUR 2.47 Million Grant Awarded to Swiss TPH for Helminth Research (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/eur-247-million-grant-awarded-to-swiss-tph-for-helminth-research
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most common infections worldwide and affect an estimated 1.5 billion people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Intestinal worms
A triple win awaits (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/a-triple-win-awaits/blog-id/8
As with COVID-19, the global health impacts of climate change are difficult to imagine but scientifically predictable. In the COVID-19 crisis, we were forced to change behaviours that had rarely been
Promising Treatment Alternative Against Parasitic Worm Infection (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/promising-treatment-alternative-against-parasitic-worm-infection
Infections with the soil-transmitted helminth Strongyloides stercoralis are a considerable global burden. Up to 370 million people are infected worldwide, with the highest infection rates in warm regi
Shaping the Next-generation of Interventions for Malaria Prevention (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/shaping-the-next-generation-of-interventions-for-malaria-prevention
Despite progress of countries in substantially reducing the number of malaria cases since 2000, malaria remains a major public health concern. In 2019, there were an estimated 229 million cases of mal
Nicole Probst-Hensch Elected to SAMS Executive Board (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/nicole-probst-hensch-elected-to-sams-executive-board
Nicole Probst-Hensch, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH will represent the University of Basel and Swiss TPH on the Executive Board of the Swiss Academy of Medical
Swiss TPH Symposium: Global Health in the 21st Century (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/swiss-tph-symposium-global-health-in-the-21st-century
Swiss TPH hosted their 45 th symposium this year, entitled Global Health in the 21 st Century. The virtual symposium had over 500 registered guests from the public, private, non-profit and governmenta
Swiss TPH Awarded New Grant for Early Career Researchers (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/swiss-tph-awarded-new-grant-for-early-career-researchers
The Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH) has announced five new research projects around the topic of child health within their Postdoctoral Excellence Programme (PEP). One of these project
A Novel Solar Plant for the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/a-novel-solar-plant-for-the-ifakara-health-institute-in-tanzania
The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a renowned health research organisation in Tanzania. In close partnership with Swiss TPH, a unique teaching and research ecosystem has developed over decades, whi
Swiss TPH Re-designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Expertise in Malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/who-collaborating-centre-for-expertise-in-malaria
Since 2017, Swiss TPH has been designated as the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Modelling, Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination. In 2021, Swiss TPH was
Multiscale transmission dynamics of rabies in Africa: The urban-rural interface (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/multiscale-transmission-dynamics-of-rabies-in-africa-the-urban-rural-interface
Dog mediated rabies, although entirely preventable, kills every year over 25,000 people in Africa. It has been demonstrated that rabies transmission can be interrupted with successful dog mass vaccina