Climate Change and Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/climate-change-and-health
Climate variability and change are intimately linked to population health. Apart from direct health impact such as heat stress, climate change also impacts on diseases that are transmitted by vectors
Non-Communicable Diseases on the Rise in the Middle East (News)
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Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than any other region in the world. These violent acts accounted for 1.4 million deaths in 2015 in
Akuter Durchfall belastet Schweizer Volkswirtschaft (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/20170804-akuter-durchfall-belastet-schweizer-volkswirtschaft
175'000 Personen in der Schweiz suchen jährlich hausärztliche Hilfe aufgrund einer akuten Durchfallerkrankung. Knapp neun von zehn Erwerbstätigen, die deswegen einen Arzt aufsuchen, fehlen bei der Arb
Malaria Trends in DRC (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/20170901-malaria-trends-drc
Analysing routine data from health facilities in 90 sites across the country, the study observed a sharp increase of confirmed malaria cases after the introduction of rapid diagnostic tests which dete
Swiss TPH Evaluation Approved by UNFPA (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/20170201-unfpa-report
The evaluation report concludes that UNFPA has significantly increased its priority, policy and programmatic focus of its support to adolescents and youth. Recommendations include further strategic po
Expansion of the successful complementary supply system to Shinyanga and Morogoro region in Tanzania- filling the medicines gap with a Prime Vendor... (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/expansion-of-the-successful-complementary-supply-system-to-shinyanga-and-morogoro-region-in-tanzania-filling-the-medicines-gap-with-a-prime-vendor-system
Health facilities in Tanzania depend on the Medical Stores Department (MSD) for their medicines supply. Due to performance challenges at the MSD, availability of medicines in the health facilities in
New chemical compound shows promising results against drug-resistant malaria parasites (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/new-chemical-compound-shows-promising-results-against-drug-resistant-malaria-parasites
Treating malaria is a global challenge. Resistance against artemisinin-based combination therapies has recently been detected in Southeast Asia, threatening the impact of standard therapies on malaria
Chinese Drug Tribendimidine a Promising Drug Candidate Against Liver Fluke (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/chinese-drug-tribendimidine-a-promising-drug-candidate-against-liver-fluke
8 million people worldwide suffer from a helminth infection caused by the nematode Opisthorchis viverrini , many of them in Lao PDR and Thailand. Eating raw or undercooked fish, the parasites enter th
