Margaret Gyapong Wins “Heroine of Health Award 2017” (News)
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The vital impact of women in global health research and improvement goes largely unnoticed. For this reason, the "Heroine of Health Award" was bestowed for the first time to honour and draw attention
Hebammenbetreuung bewährt sich – auch finanziell (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/lassistance-des-sages-femmes-fait-ses-preuves-aussi-en-termes-financiers
Obschon seit der Einführung von Familystart im Jahr 2012 mehr Familien Hebammennachsorge in Anspruch nahmen (80% gegenüber 72% vor der Einführung), stiegen die mütterlichen Kosten im ersten Halbjahr n
Improving Health of Nomadic Populations in Chad (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/ameliorer-la-sante-de-la-population-nomade-en-tchad
To reduce mortality and morbidity in Chad, Swiss TPH, together with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Centre de Support en Santé Internationale (CSSI) is currently impleme
Fredros Okumu Awarded Prestigious Research Prize (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/fredros-okumu-awarded-prestigious-research-prize
“This award recognizes the joint efforts of the great staff and collaborators at the Ifakara Health Institute and its partners, all of whom I so much appreciate for their support,” said Fredros Okumu.
New Antimalarial Drug Shows Promise (News)
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The paper is the first full disclosure of data demonstrating the antimalarial promise of MMV390048 (also known as MMV048), a compound discovered by an international team led by Kelly Chibale, Universi
Swiss TPH Designated WHO Collaborating Centre for its Expertise in Malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/swiss-tph-designated-who-collaborating-centre-for-its-expertise-in-malaria
An Expert Hub for Malaria Following years of fruitful collaboration, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) has been designated WHO Collaborating Centre for Modelling, Monitoring a
Evidence for Better Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/evidence-for-better-health
Availability of quality data is crucial to make decisions on improving health for people globally. Speakers at the Swiss TPH Spring Symposium shared experiences and lessons learned from Mozambique, Ni
Toxic Sugar: Burnout for Parasites (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/toxic-sugar-burnout-for-parasites
Trypanosomes, the pathogens of the Sleeping Sickness, cover their entire energy supply by glucose which they obtain in large quantities form our blood. In order to be able to ferment glucose, the para
Symposium Professorship in Neglected Tropical Diseases (News)
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Swiss TPH, Entrance Socinstrasse 57, lecture room (Kilimanjaro) 08:30 – 08:40 address of welcome 08:40 – 09:20 Dr. Michael Berney Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York TB drug discovery: Targe
Universal Health Coverage Conference in the Philippines (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/universal-health-coverage-conference-in-the-philippines
Given the strong political commitment of the Philippines to reduce out of pocket expenditures for health and to move towards universal health coverage, the conference aimed to discuss issues such as o
