28.09.2018
Targeted Vaccination to Interrupt Rabies Transmission
Although the disease is preventable, rabies continues to kill more than 60,000 people per year – mainly children in Asia and Africa. New research by Swiss TPH may pave the way to... More...
18.09.2018
Universität Basel und ETH Zürich bündeln Spitzenforschung für Kinder und Jugendliche weltweit
Die Universität Basel und die ETH Zürich haben heute gemeinsam das Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH) in Basel gegründet. In diesem bringen sie hervorragende... More...
11.09.2018
Open Source Health Insurance Initiative at DayOne Conference
Health insurance schemes are spreading in low- and middle-income countries. However, they often fail to achieve scale as they lack the organisational, human and technological... More...
29.08.2018
50 years of Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
The Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR), a long-standing partner of Swiss TPH, celebrates its 50th anniversary. Swiss TPH will take part in the anniversary... More...
29.08.2018
New Findings about Diagnostic Tools for Malaria Elimination
Together with international partners, Swiss TPH conducted a study to assess multiple diagnostic tests intended to support malaria elimination. Results published yesterday in The... More...
24.08.2018
Fostering Research Productivity in Côte d’Ivoire
Since 2000, the research productivity in Côte d’Ivoire has grown steadily above the regional and global rate, despite recurring economic pressures and socio-political unrest. The... More...
20.08.2018
Wissenschaftliche Argumente für eine Elternzeit
Mit 14 Wochen Mutterschaftsurlaub schneidet die Schweiz punkto Elternzeit bei den OECD-Ländern sehr schlecht ab. Die Eidgenössische Koordinationskommission für Familienfragen... More...
11.08.2018
New Mosquito Net reduces Malaria Cases
A new type of bed net with two active ingredients, a pyrethroid insecticide plus an insect growth hormone, could prevent millions of cases of malaria according to a new study... More...
10.08.2018
International Youth Day 2018 – Safe Spaces for Youth
The International Youth Day is celebrated each year on 12 August to recognise young women and men as essential partners and to address challenges that they face. Swiss TPH... More...