03.09.2019
Swiss TPH Scientist Awarded Competitive European Research Grant
Marloes Eeftens, Senior Scientist at Swiss TPH, was awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. The highly competitive grant supports 408 early-career researchers... More...
29.08.2019
Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Society is called upon to transform the world by 2030 through a rigorous pursuit of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In November 2018, Swiss TPH and the... More...
23.08.2019
Accelerated Research and Development Needed to End Malaria
New tools for malaria prevention and treatment are required to eradicate malaria in the foreseeable future, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An overview of... More...
15.08.2019
Hitzewellen erhöhen Notfall-Eintritte in Schweizer Spitälern
Dass Hitze das Wohlbefinden der Menschen beeinträchtigt, erstaunt wenig. Wie gross der Einfluss von Hitzewellen auf die Anzahl Notfall-Spitaleintritte ist, wurde nun zum ersten Mal... More...
06.08.2019
Malaria Mortality in Africa May Be Higher than Estimated
Previous studies analysing malaria mortality in sub-Saharan Africa may have underestimated the burden caused by this mosquito-borne disease. A study by Swiss TPH researchers found... More...
09.07.2019
Changes in Mosquito Behaviour Could Result in Millions of Additional Malaria Cases
Bed nets and indoor residual spraying with insecticides are key interventions to protect people in their homes from mosquito bites, thereby preventing malaria transmission. A... More...
04.07.2019
Health Care and Management Graduates are Ready to Improve Health
The Health Care and Management (HCM) programme looks back on more than a quarter of a century of educating international health professionals. On 27 June 2019, eighteen students... More...
03.07.2019
Sébastien Gagneux receives Gardner Middlebrook Award 2019
Sébastien Gagneux, Swiss TPH and University of Basel, was honoured with the Gardner Middlebrook Lifetime Achievement Award for his research on tuberculosis. The prestigious award... More...
27.06.2019
Interventions for Schistosomiasis Elimination in Zanzibar
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease with a considerable impact on global health. More than 200 million people are infected, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers... More...