21.12.2012
The 7th Rudolf Geigy Award was awarded on the 20th December to Dr. Manuel Hetzel
Every second year the award including prize money of 10’000 CHF is given to young researchers who – as intended by the founder of the Swiss Tropical Institute Prof. Rudolf Geigy – innovatively combine laboratory and field research and who conduct their research in partnership with the global south.
This year’s award goes to the scientist Manuel Hetzel. In the last few years, Hetzel has intensively worked to mitigate the global burden of disease, especially malaria. He conducted his PhD within the framework of the “access-programme” that aimed to facilitate the population’s access to the health system in Tanzania. In the last four years, Hetzel evaluated the National Malaria Control Programme in Papua New Guinea (PNG) where he supervised the work of over 60 collaborators.
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