New Treatment for Human Parasitic Worm Infections Shows High Efficacy (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/le-nouveau-traitement-contre-les-infections-par-des-vers-parasites-chez-lhomme-montre-une-grande-efficacite
Soil-transmitted helminth infections are caused by different species of parasitic worms, including whipworms, hookworms and roundworms. Worldwide, more than 1.5 billion people are infected with at lea
Two New Assistant Professorships at Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/two-new-assistant-professorships-at-swiss-tph
Tiffany Bouchery , leader of the group “ Helminth Immunology ” was appointed assistant professor (without tenure track) at the University of Basel with retroactive effect from 1 February 2023. Tiffany
Time to Deliver Zero Malaria: Invest, Innovate, Implement (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/time-to-deliver-zero-malaria-invest-innovate-implement
More than half the world’s population is still at risk of dying from a mosquito bite. In 2021 alone, there were 247 million cases of malaria worldwide and 600,000 deaths. Most tragically, most of thes
New Midwife Care Model Improves Well-Being of Vulnerable Families (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/new-midwife-care-model-improves-well-being-of-vulnerable-families
Home-based midwife care is covered by basic health insurance in Switzerland for all mothers with newborns, but must be organised by the mothers themselves. To ensure that everyone has access to these
Mirko Winkler appointed Professor of Urban Public Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/mirko-winkler-appointed-professor-of-urban-public-health
Mirko Winkler will take up the professorship on 1 May 2023 and head the new Urban Public Health unit in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) at Swiss TPH. "The appointment as Profess
Transportation Noise Increases Risk for Suicides (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/le-bruit-cause-par-les-transports-augmente-le-risque-de-suicide
Mental health disorders affect nearly one billion people worldwide and are a leading cause of suicide. In Switzerland, it is estimated that about 1.4 million people are affected by mental health issue
Swiss TPH Symposium on Tuberculosis: A Call to Action (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/swiss-tph-symposium-on-tuberculosis-a-call-to-action
In 2021, an estimated 1.6 million people died of tuberculosis (TB), making it the world’s second deadliest infectious killer, right after COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the pu
Swiss TPH Symposium on Clinical Decision Support Systems (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/swiss-tph-symposium-on-clinical-decision-support-systems
Around 150 experts from different organisations and countries met on 8 February for a symposium on clinical decision support (CDSS) in resource-limited settings. The symposium was organised by Swiss T
Pascal Mäser Appointed Full Professor at the University of Basel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/pascal-maeser-appointed-full-professor-at-the-university-of-basel
Pascal Mäser leads the Parasite Chemotherapy Unit at the Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology (MPI) at Swiss TPH. Mäser’s research focuses on drug discovery for trypanosomatid para
Gillian Levine and Julia Bielicki receive Pfizer Research Award (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/gillian-levine-and-julia-bielicki-receive-pfizer-research-award
On 26 January 2023, Julia Bielicki and Gillian Levine were honored with the Pfizer Research Award in the Pediatrics category for their collaborative study on high exposure in children in low- and midd
