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Experts warn cost of asthma caused by traffic-related air pollution is much higher than previous estimates
The total cost of asthma due to traffic-related air pollution is much higher than previous estimates, according to new research. The study, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, has revealed the...more
Availability and use of sanitation reduces by half the likelihood of parasitic worm infections
Access to sanitation facilities, such as latrines, reduces by half the risk of becoming infected by parasitic worms that are transmitted via soil (soil-transmitted helminths) according to a study published in this week’s PLoS...more
New model for possible malaria vaccination suggests mass vaccination should be considered for very low transmission areas
In the event that a vaccine for the prevention of malaria is licensed and ready for use (such as the research malaria vaccine RTS,S, which currently looks promising), distributing and giving the vaccine to three-month old infants...more
How compensatory evolution increases the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Research at Swiss TPH has discovered a set of compensatory mutations in the RNA polymerase of rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis. The research is published in Nature Genetics. The worldwide emergence of multiple-drug...more
First global burden estimates for human food-borne trematodiasis
Scientists from the Swiss TPH have produced the first estimates of the global burden due to human foodborne trematode infections in terms of so-called disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). They performed a systematic review and...more
Potentially critical breakthrough in the quest to eliminate malaria
A new class of antimalarial compounds known as the imidazolopiperazines (IZPs) has been discovered by Novartis scientists in collaboration with a number of external research partners, which holds promise as a next generation...more
Swiss Radiology Technology for Public Hospitals in Egypt
On November 2nd 2011, not even a year after the Egyptian revolution, a ceremony was held at the "Om Elmasryeen Hospital" in Giza Governorate to celebrate a successfully completed bilateral project aiming at the...more