An Animated Cartoon against Parasitic Worm Infections (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/an-animated-cartoon-against-parasitic-worm-infections
'Koko et les lunettes magiques' tells the story of a boy who discovers the many ways in which parasitic worms infect people's bodies and make them suffer from abdominal pain and diarrhoea. The animate
Reduced Efficacy of Anthelmintic Drugs (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/20170926-reduced-efficacy-of-anthelmintic-drugs
Currently four main drugs are used to treat soil-transmitted helminthiasis: albendazole, mebendazole, levamisole and pyrantel pamoate. Over one billion tablets of albendazole or mebendazole are distri
Life Expectancy Increases in Switzerland (News)
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Globally, countries made progress in avoiding the loss of lives due to premature death over the past decade, saving in particular lives of children under five, according to the annual Global Burden of
Parasitic Worms in Siberia (News)
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More than half of the population in endemic regions of the Western Siberia is infected with Opisthorchis felineus - or cat liver fluke - according to epidemiological studies conducted by the Swiss Tro
75 Years of Tropical Medicine in Switzerland (News)
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Chronicle of Tropical Medicine in Switzerland On 31st August 2017, the Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine (SSTMP) held its 75th annual meeting in Basel. The society was founded on 5th December 1943, i
Günther Fink is the new Eckenstein-Geigy Professor for Epidemiology and Household Economy (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/guenther-fink-is-the-new-eckenstein-geigy-professor-for-epidemiology-and-household-economy
The new chair at the Faculty of Science will receive 14 million Swiss francs from the Foundation over a period of ten years and will be based at Swiss TPH, an associate institute of the University of
DNA sequencing to identify causes of acute fever in Africa (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/dna-sequencing-to-identify-causes-of-acute-fever-in-africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants 2.5 million USD to Swiss scientists to strengthen the surveillance of acute febrile illnesses in Africa by using high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques al
Günther Fink als Eckenstein-Geigy Professor gewählt (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/guenther-fink-als-eckenstein-geigy-professor-gewaehlt
hDie neue Professur an der Philosophisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät wird von der Eckenstein-Geigy-Stiftung mit insgesamt 14 Millionen Franken während zehn Jahren gefördert. Sie ist am Swiss TPH
Reducing Childhood Diarrhoea by Integrated Home-Based Interventions (News)
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A combination of better indoor air, clean drinking water and improved hygiene in Peruvian households reduces the prevalence of childhood diarrhoea by 29% according to a community randomised trial cond
The R. Geigy Foundation Honours Efforts to Overcome
Neglected Tropical Diseases (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/the-r-geigy-foundation-honours-efforts-to-overcome-neglected-tropical-diseases
More than a billion people worldwide are exposed to infections with hookworms, whipworms or flukes. These infections cause diarrhoea, fever, liver disease or anaemia and constitute a considerable heal
