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Departments
- Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH)
- Medical Parasitology & Infectious Biology (MPI)
- Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH)
- Medicines Research (MedRes)
- Medical Services and Diagnostic (MEDDIA)
Events
- Science of Eradication: Malaria leadership development course (Harvard Univ., Boston MA, 3-11 June 2012)
- Challenges in Malaria Research: Progress Towards Elimination (Basel, 10-12 October 2012)
- ISEE-ISES-ISIAQ Conference 2013 (Basel, 20th-23rd Aug 2013)
- Seminars
Courses
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News
One million US Dollar for an innovative idea: parasites in the impasse
Swiss researchers have developed a groundbreaking hypothesis which promises new strategies against parasitic diseases: the disease-causing parasites could be eliminated by being led into a dead end of their life cycle. The...more
April 25 - World Malaria Day 2012: "Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria"
The theme for World Malaria Day 2012 - "Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria" - marks a decisive juncture in the history of malaria control. Whether the malaria map will keep shrinking, as it has in the past...more
Novel SAPALDIA results indicate that household sprays and scented products may also affect cardiovascular health
Adverse respiratory health outcomes including asthma have been observed to be associated with household cleaning products, but the cardiovascular health effects are largely unknown. An international collaboration of scientists...more
News from the SAPALDIA Study: Occupational exposures to dusts, gases, and fumes increase the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
There is limited evidence from longitudinal population-based studies which demonstrate that occupational respirable exposures are associated with COPD. The population burden of COPD attributable to occupational exposures in...more
24th of March: World Tuberculosis Day. TB is still one of the major health problems worldwide
On March 24th in 1882 was when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis (TB); the tubercle bacillus. Today TB is one of the major health problems and about one third of the world‘s population is thought to have been...more
First genome-wide association study of lung function decline in adults
Researchers at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute identified that genetic markers associated with annual lung function decline differ between adults free of asthma and patients with a medical history of asthma. This...more
Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems. What can policy makers learn from clinicians?
A series of three articles about developing health systems guidance with major contributions from Xavier Bosch-Capblanch from Swiss TPH will be published in PLoS Medicine over the two-week period between 6 March and 20 March. The...more