Vector Biology | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
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particularly important vectors as they spread some of the most devastating infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, West Nile fever or Zika virus infections. Investigation of Vectors and Development
New Understanding of Childhood Immune Systems May Improve Vaccine Efficacy (News)
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months from infants and children living in Tanzania and Mozambique as part of the phase III RTS,S malaria vaccine trial. Groups of children that responded with better antibody titers to the RTS,S vaccine [...] Despite the success rates of childhood immunization, there are still many infectious diseases, such as malaria, that require vaccination-based interventions. It is likely that such solutions will come from a
Start of an Implementation Research Course in Bukavu (News)
care system in the region since decades, spanning from new medication for the sleeping sickness, malaria control efforts and the improvement of health care. In the past years the Swiss TPH has evaluated
A project testing whether small solar powered electric fans improve comfort inside mosquito nets (Projects)
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Background Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are ineffective malaria transmission prevention tools if they are unused. Discomfort due to heat is the most commonly reported reason for not using nets [...] price of solar power, fans could improve comfort inside nets and be affordable to populations in malaria endemic areas. Here, results are presented from a pilot randomized controlled cross-over study testing
Phase III study to compare intravenous with oral iron to treat iron deficiency anaemia (Projects)
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supply, different perception of medication needs and compliance as well as concomitant diseases like malaria, soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis or HIV. All these factors may influence the efficacy
Neglected Tropical Diseases: Then and Now (Page)
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MDGs were health-related, focusing on child and maternal health as well as on combatting “HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases”. The MDG era spurred an unprecedented global health effort, facilitated by a [...] Global Fund, and the creation of product development partnerships (PDPs), such as Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), FIND and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DND i ). The Birth of the Term [...] initial group of 13 to 15 NTDs was similar to that of any of the ‘big three’...
“I Believe That Pharmaceutical Companies Can Do More than Providing Medicines” (Page)
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and bring medicines to market in low- and middle-income countries. We work on diseases such as malaria, leishmaniasis and dengue fever, which primarily affect poorer countries and marginalised communities [...] development of new medicines. We can’t tackle tomorrow’s challenges with the tools of yesterday. In malaria, where there hasn’t been a new medicine in 25 years, drug resistance is on the rise. Novartis, together [...] these communities. The success we have achieved as a global community...
Climate Change and Health (News)
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as heat stress, climate change also impacts on diseases that are transmitted by vectors such as malaria or results in crop failure and thus malnutrition. Poor people more affected Poor people are particularly
Robust Modelling Methodology Leads to Better Understanding of Air Pollution and Health in Europe (News)
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Air pollution continues to rise at an alarming rate, with death tolls surpassing those of war, malaria and cigarettes according to recent studies. As air pollution continues to become a growing concern [...] computation, focusing on the analysis of very large, space-time data arising mainly in the areas of malaria, neglected tropical diseases, mortality, cancer and environmental epidemiology. Applications of this
Farewell to Thierry Freyvogel (News)
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influence on him throughout his life. The enormous malaria transmission around Ifakara drove Thierry Freyvogel to new scientific findings on malaria on the one hand and deepened his understanding of the