08.02.2024

Swiss TPH Symposium: Improving Access to Healthcare in LMICs

Access to drugs, diagnostics and vaccines remains a challenge in many in low- and middle-income countries. Today, 8 February 2024, Swiss TPH hosted a symposium bringing together… More...

30.01.2024

Günther Fink Appointed Full Professor at the University of Basel

Günther Fink, Head of the Household Economics and Health System Research unit at Swiss TPH, has been appointed Full Professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics and the… More...

30.01.2024

Martin Röösli Appointed Full Professor at the University of Basel

Martin Röösli, Head of the Environmental Exposures and Health Unit at Swiss TPH, has been appointed Full Professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Basel, effective 1… More...

29.01.2024

Reducing Health Inequities in the Prevention of Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Women living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are six times more likely… More...

09.01.2024

Das Zentrum für Tropen- und Reisemedizin des Swiss TPH neu im Turmhaus am Aeschenplatz

Heute Dienstag, 9. Januar 2024, wurde der neue Standort des Zentrums für Tropen- und Reisemedizin im Turmhaus 2 am Aeschenplatz offiziell eröffnet. Das Zentrum für Tropen- und… More...

18.12.2023

Bekämpfung der übermässigen Verschreibung von Antibiotika bei Kindern: Eine schweizerisch-tansanische Innovation mit vielversprechenden Ergebnissen

Eine gross angelegte Studie des DYNAMIC-Projekts zeigt vielversprechende Ergebnisse: Durch den Einsatz eines neuen digitalen Tools zur klinischen Entscheidungshilfe konnte die… More...

15.12.2023

EMA Recommends Arpraziquantel for Treatment of Schistosomiasis in Preschool-Aged Children

Arpraziquantel, developed by the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium, receives positive scientific opinion by the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of schistosomiasis in… More...

15.12.2023

Milestone in the Fight Against Sleeping Sickness

The European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion of fexinidazole for the treatment of T.b. rhodesiense sleeping sickness, found in Eastern and Southern Africa. The… More...

12.12.2023

Limited Trust in Health Systems Hinders Universal Health Coverage

A series of papers in the Lancet Global Health published yesterday finds that only one-quarter of people thinks their health system works well. The People’s Voice Survey analysed… More...