Editorial
Prof. Marcel Tanner, Director of STI
Dear Readers,
Happy New Year and all our best wishes for a successful 2009 to all our readers - it is a great pleasure to introduce our first newsletter of 2009 with some highlights from the malaria vaccine front...
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1) Topic: Vaccination, from basic research to application
Current state of the development of the malaria vaccine RTS,S
Prof. Marcel Tanner
Results published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the world’s most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate provides both infants and young children with significant protection against malaria...
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Development of a virosomal malaria subunit vaccine
Prof. Gerd Pluschke
The development of a malaria vaccine represents currently one of the most important scientific challenges in global public health...
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Is an antimalaria vaccine directed against variable antigens of P. falciparum (PfEMP1) useful and feasible?
Prof. Hans-Peter Beck
Evidence is emerging that immunity against malaria is to a large degree due to humoral responses against variable antigens located on the surface of infected erythrocytes...
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Malaria vaccine development - PMAL03, Phase 1b clinical trial in Bagamoyo
Dr. Hermann Garden
In the context of innovative approaches for the prevention and cure of malaria in tropical countries, the development of a potent vaccine against the Plasmodium falciparum parasite represents a promising but still not achieved tool...
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Simplifying pediatric immunization with fully liquid pentavalent DTP-HepB-Hib combination vaccines
Dr. Karin Wiedenmayer
Immunization against childhood communicable diseases are among the most cost-effective public health interventions and is one of the most significant medical advances of our time...
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Transmission dynamics and economics of rabies control in dogs and humans in an African city
PD Jakob Zinsstag
Despite the odds of working in Chad, the project on rabies control of the Human and Animal Health unit worked very well and showed...
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Combined human and animal vaccination delivery services
Dr. Esther Schelling
Public health and veterinary vaccination services often fail to achieve sufficient coverages in Africa’s remote rural settings due to financial, logistical and service delivery constraints...
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Travel Medicine Vaccinations
Prof. Christoph Hatz
Some 10'000 clients visit the Travel Clinic of the Swiss Tropical Institute every year for pre-travel advice...
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Postmarketing vaccine safety and effectiveness
Tippi Mak, MD, MSc.
Vaccines provide one of the most effective health interventions, with a profound impact on reducing morbidity and mortality...
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2) R. Geigy Award for Dr. Alphonse Um Boock
3) Job Opportunities
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