The role of humidity in associations of high temperature with mortality: a multicountry, multicity study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is strong experimental evidence that physiologic stress from high temperatures is greater if humidity is higher. However, heat indices developed to allow for this have not consistent
Prospective European-wide multicentre study on a blood based real-time PCR for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Acute schistosomiasis constitutes a rare but serious condition in individuals experiencing their first prepatent Schistosoma infection. To circumvent costly and time-consuming diagnostics,
New Programme to Tackle Non-Communicable Diseases in Lesotho (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail9
In many sub-Saharan African countries, including Lesotho, NCDs have overtaken infectious diseases as the major burden of disease. Lesotho has successfully managed to reduce HIV transmission and AIDS-r
Auf gute Nachbarschaft – Das Swiss TPH und SKAN vernetzen sich am Bachgraben in Allschwil (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/auf-gute-nachbarschaft-das-swiss-tph-und-skan-vernetzen-sich-am-bachgraben-in-allschwil
Im BaseLink-Areal in Allschwil wird derzeit unter Hochdruck gebaut. 6000 neue Arbeitsplätze im Life Science- und Innovationsbereich entstehen hier auf einer Fläche von rund 50’000m 2 . Im Sommer, bezi
Assessing the Potential Health Impact of Omicron (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/assessing-the-potential-health-impact-of-omicron
The infectivity, severity, and immune evasion properties of Omicron will influence how dominant the variant becomes and what the disease burden will be. Swiss TPH modelers looked at a wide range of th
Julia Bohlius Is Awarded the Dora Seif Prize (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/julia-bohlius-is-awarded-the-dora-seif-prize
Every two years, the Basel-based Dora Seif Foundation awards the Dora Seif Cancer Research Prize, worth CHF 5000, for the best work that contributes to improving the early diagnosis and therapy (preve
Mathematical Modelling to Inform Next-Generation Malaria Interventions (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/mathematical-modelling-to-inform-next-generation-malaria-interventions
With increasing threats of malaria drug and insecticide resistance, there is now a need for novel malaria interventions to improve public health. According to the study published in Communications Med
Limited Trust in Health Systems Hinders Universal Health Coverage (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/limited-trust-in-health-systems-can-hinder-universal-health-coverage
Many health systems globally are currently underperforming in terms of health outcomes, the quality of health services provided, and user experience. This leads to approximately five million deaths an
Bekämpfung der übermässigen Verschreibung von Antibiotika bei Kindern: Eine schweizerisch-tansanische Innovation mit vielversprechenden Ergebnissen (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/bekaempfung-der-uebermaessigen-verschreibung-von-antibiotika-bei-kindern-eine-schweizerisch-tansanische-innovation-mit-vielversprechenden-ergebnissen
Das DYNAMIC-Projekt konzentriert sich auf die Verbesserung der Gesundheitsversorgung von Kindern im Alter von 0 bis 14 Jahren in Ländern mit niedrigem und mittlerem Einkommen. Ein Team aus schweizeris
