Pan-Africa Network for Genomic Surveillance of Poverty Related Diseases and Emerging Pathogens (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/pan-africa-network-for-genomic-surveillance-of-poverty-related-diseases-and-emerging-pathogens
The main objective of the PANGenS project is to use genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis, malaria and emerging and re-emerging pathogens in Africa to better understand disease etiology, dynamics of disease [...] will aid infectious disease monitoring, and genomic surveillance will detect drug-resistant TB and malaria parasites. To achieve this, PANGenS will develop genomic epidemiology capacity across Africa by [...] components, from wet lab to bioinformatics, and to establish proof-of-concept...
Drug Discovery Work (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/about/mpi/parasite-chemotherapy/drug-discovery-work
evaluation of new compounds. The Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) Foundation supports the project ‘Syntheticperoxides’ and the new projects ‘Oral diamidines for malaria’. With a master contract with the MMV [...] Drug Discovery Work Tropical parasitic diseases, as malaria, African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease or Leishmaniasis represent still a large health risk for a majority of the worlds population. These [...] trematodes. Links WHO/TDR European COST B22 Drugs for Neglected Diseases...
Disease Modelling and Intervention Dynamics | Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/about/eph/disease-modelling/disease-modelling-and-intervention-dynamics
penny@unibas.ch Links Malaria Modelling Resource Centre Key Projects Shaping Next-Generation Interventions for Malaria Prevention Despite progress to reduce malaria burden, malaria parasites are becoming [...] Selected Projects All Projects Mathematical models to define new malaria immunotherapies and interventions to meet public health needs Core Malaria Modelling Mathematical modelling to examine disease, control [...] to address contemporary issues in infectious diseases and global health. We...
Infection Biology and Molecular Epidemiology | Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/infection-biology-and-molecular-epidemiology
infectious diseases. In the field of the life sciences, Swiss TPH places particular emphasis on malaria, tuberculosis and other poverty-related infectious diseases. We use state-of-the-art basic research [...] of new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines. Helminths HIV/AIDS Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) Malaria Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Tuberculosis
Promising Antimalarial Drug Proves Ineffective at Saving Children’s Lives (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/un-medicament-antipaludique-prometteur-ne-reduit-pas-la-mortalite-infantile
continue to die from malaria, and promising interventions such as RAS will fail to meet their full potential.” About the study The Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria (CARAMAL) project was [...] 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 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute [...] under real-world conditions, RAS did not improve the odds of survival for...
Mathematical Epidemiology (Page)
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computational models to improve understanding of population, infection and disease dynamics, focusing on malaria and neglected tropical diseases. Nakul Chitnis PD, PhD Group Leader +41612848242 nakul.chitnis@swisstph [...] 2255061 Das A.M et al. Modelling the impact of interventions on imported, introduced and indigenous malaria infections in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Nat Commun . 2023;14:2750. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38379-8 Fillinger [...] double-blind placebo-control study assessing the protective...
Infectious Diseases | Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/topics/infectious-diseases
African Tryponosomiasis (HAT) Malaria Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Tuberculosis Swiss TPH has a longstanding experience in research into poverty-related diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS
Further development of simulations of Plasmodium falciparum interventions and their integration with the needs of stakeholders (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/further-development-of-simulations-of-plasmodium-falciparum-interventions-and-their-integration-with-the-needs-of-stakeholders
platform for comparing, fitting, and evaluating different individual-based stochastic simulations of malaria epidemiology. Aims In the next phase of the project, we propose to exploit the functionality of this [...] potential clients, and develop capacity to anticipate and react promptly to requests from the R & D and malaria intervention communities.
Fredros Okumu Awarded Prestigious Research Prize (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/fredros-okumu-awarded-prestigious-research-prize
partners world-wide. Eliminating malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Tanzania Okumu’s research focuses on developing species-specific methods of eliminating the malaria-transmitting mosquito Anopheles funestus [...] not the most populous mosquito species in the region, it is responsible for 82% to 95% of local malaria infections. IHI is not only a long-standing partner of Swiss TPH; Okumu himself is currently completing
Assessment of the factors affecting emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance in Rwanda (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/assessment-of-the-factors-affecting-emergence-and-spread-of-artemisinin-resistance-in-rwanda
districts without artemisinin resistance. We will recruit malaria patients (uncomplicated and severe) and asymptomatic carriers with a positive malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT), over a two-year period at [...] Background: Malaria is a major public health problem globally and resistance to most widely used drugs impedes its control. Artemisinin resistance has emerged and spread in the Greater Mekong Sub region [...] factors that have led to the emergence of artemisinin resistance in Rwanda ·...