New approaches to transform health in low- and middle- income countries: A Swiss TPH researcher discussed with Bill Gates (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/blog-template-interview-2/blog-id/75
Sumaiyya Thawer, researcher and former PhD student at Swiss TPH, joined the science dinner with Bill Gates as part of the Grand Challenges annual meeting. In this impact story, she shares her experien
Mathematical modelling to examine disease, control measures, vaccine interactions and resistance to guide public health and disease elimination... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/mathematical-modelling-to-examine-disease-control-measures-vaccine-interactions-and-resistance-to-guide-public-health-and-disease-elimination-strategies
Mathematical models are increasingly important to understand new and existing diseases and for planning how we tackle these diseases. Models with enough detail of how a disease interacts with the body
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/world-malaria-day-2021-in-the-shadows-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
Since 2000, historic successes have been achieved in the global fight against malaria. In the last decades, 7.6 million malaria deaths have been prevented and over 20 countries have been declared mala
PATH Malaria Vaccine Modelling (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/path-malaria-vaccine-modelling
RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) is the world’s first malaria vaccine shown to provide partial protection against malaria in young children. In October 2021, WHO recommended widespread use of RTS,S among children i
Impementation and scaling up of a digital Clinical Decision Support System / ICRC Nigeria (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/impementation-and-scaling-up-of-a-digital-clinical-decision-support-system-/-icrc-nigeria
Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest mortality for children under five years of age. Due to the violent conflict in the northern part of the country and scarce medical resources, mortality
Population genomic and phenotypic determinants of host tropism in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex affecting livestock and humans (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/population-genomic-and-phenotypic-determinants-of-host-tropism-in-the-mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex-affecting-livestock-and-humans
Tuberculosis (TB) in humans and animals remains a public health emergency and a global economic problem. TB causes more human deaths than any other infectious disease, and TB in livestock leads to a g
Neglected Tropical Diseases: Then and Now (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/neglected-tropical-diseases-then-and-now
Concerted Efforts to Tackle Poverty-Related Diseases Momentum picked up in the year 2000, with the launch of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With a target date of 2015, the MDG
Lufthygiene als Erfolgsfaktor (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/lufthygiene-als-erfolgsfaktor
Am 22. September 2021 hat die WHO die Welt mit ihrer Vorstellung von gesunder Luft konfrontiert [1]. Dabei hat sie mit dem Beitrag von Forschenden des Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public Health-Institu
HIV/AIDS (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/topics/hiv/aids
HIV/AIDS Swiss TPH is committed to contributing to global efforts controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We set a particular focus on equity in access to prevention and care with particular emphasis on di
