Analysis of 20 Years Finds Malaria Control in Young Children Saves Lives into Adulthood (News)
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Bed nets save lives in the long run, according to a 22-year study in Tanzania, which for the first time, indicates that children who sleep under them at an early age are more likely to survive into ad
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Page)
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Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of 20 conditions mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas. Most NTDs are infectious diseases and many are caused by par
Parasitic Worm Infections - Helminthiasis (Page)
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Parasitic Worm Infections - Helminthiases Parasitic worm infections are a major public health issue in many tropical and subtropical low-income communities. In the case of soil-transmitted helminthias
Health Economics to Advance Sleeping Sickness Elimination (News)
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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
Jennifer Belus Receives Prestigious Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (News)
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Jennifer Belus, postdoctoral researcher at Swiss TPH, was awarded a prestigious Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. With her project, Jennifer Belus will focus on improvin
Stefanie Knopp Appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Basel (News)
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Stefanie Knopp is an epidemiologist with a primary focus on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affecting vulnerable population groups in low- and middle-income countries. Her main areas of research in
Mitglieder aus Politik und Verwaltung zu Gast im Neubau des Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/mitglieder-aus-politik-und-verwaltung-zu-gast-im-neubau-des-swiss-tph
Im Rahmen des Netzwerkanlasses beider Basel durfte das Schweizerische Tropen- und Public Health-Institut (Swiss TPH) am Mittwoch rund 80 Kadermitarbeitende des Bundes sowie Mitglieder der Kantonsregie
ANTICOV: Largest Clinical Trial in Africa to Test New Drug Combination (News)
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ANTICOV aims to respond to the urgent need to identify treatments that can be used to treat mild and moderate cases of COVID-19 early and prevent spikes in hospitalisation that could overwhelm fragile
Collateral Damage of COVID-19 on Low- and Middle-Income Countries (News)
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected health systems around the world, individuals living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been hit the hardest. These countries that often have a we
International PhD Programme in Infection Biology | Study at Swiss TPH (Page)
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International PhD Programme in Infection Biology Research of infectious diseases thrives on collaboration among scientists from all fields of modern biology. Individual research groups are usually wel