New Project to Improve the Care of Patients with Non-Communicable Diseases in Kosovo (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/new-project-to-improve-the-care-of-patients-with-non-communicable-diseases-in-kosovo
Kosovo presents some of the worst health indicators in South Eastern Europe. Despite the fact that the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Kosovo is poorly documented, partly due to a not ye
Peter Hotez Visits Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/peter-hotez-visits-swiss-tph
On 7 and 8 November, Peter Hotez came to Swiss TPH to meet with faculty and students and give multiple lectures, including a public talk hosted by Swiss TPH entitled "Vaccines in the 21st Century: Wha
Current Recommended Treatment against Whipworm Shows Better Results than New Drug Combination (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/current-recommended-treatment-against-whipworm-shows-better-results-than-new-drug-combination
More than 1.5 billion people worldwide are infected with soil-transmitted helminths. The infections occur mainly in tropical and subtropical areas in sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, China and East A
Swiss TPH Designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Verbal Autopsy (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/who-collaborating-centre-for-verbal-autopsy
Reliable and comparable data on the causes of mortality are cornerstones for building a solid evidence base for health policy, planning, monitoring and evaluation. Ideally, a physician reports the cau
Catalysing One Health with Swiss Diplomacy (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/catalysing-one-health-with-swiss-diplomacy
Providing solutions to health issues at the human-animal-environment interface involving multiple sectors, disciplines and affected communities: this is the core principle of the One Health approach.
A Narrowing Window for Change: Experts Call for Global Climate Action (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/a-narrowing-window-for-change-experts-call-for-global-climate-action
Human-induced climate change is causing perilous and extensive damage to nature, impacting the lives of billions of people around the world. Our planet’s ecosystems and the most vulnerable populations
Autumn Semester Starts for Students at Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/autumn-semester-starts-for-students-at-swiss-tph
Bachelor and Master programmes This semester, 16 students are starting the Master’s degree programmes in Epidemiology and Infection Biology at the University of Basel which are organized by Swiss TPH.
Nature wählt Swiss TPH-Forscherin Emma Hodcroft als eine von drei "People to Watch in 2025" (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/swiss-tph-researcher-emma-hodcroft-named-by-nature-as-1-of-3-people-to-watch-in-2025
Emma Hodcroft, Gruppenleiterin am Swiss TPH und Assistenzprofessorin an der Universität Basel, wurde von der renommierten Fachzeitschrift Nature als eine von drei Personen genannt, die man bei der Ges
ANTICOV: Clinical Trial for COVID-19 in Low-resource Settings to Test a New Drug Combination (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/anticov-clinical-trial-for-covid-19-in-low-resource-settings-to-test-a-new-drug-combination
The ANTICOV trial, currently conducted in 13 African countries and soon expanding to additional countries in South Asia and Latin America, aims to identify COVID-19 treatments that are optimized for u
EMA Recommends Arpraziquantel for Treatment of Schistosomiasis in Preschool-Aged Children (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/ema-recommends-arpraziquantel-for-treatment-of-schistosomiasis-in-preschool-aged-children
Today, the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive scientific opinion for a