MBA Info Evening
Are you a working professional that seeks to acquire and deepen personal skills in international health together with management and administration?
Learn more about our MBA and Short Courses in International Health Management at the next info session on 22 January 2019. Not in Basel? No problem - join the session online!
To register, contact courses@swisstph.ch with the subject "MBA Info".
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One Health in Chad
The Support Project for the Health Districts in Chad (PADS - Programme d'Appui aux Districts Sanitaires au Tchad) aims to strengthen the healthcare system. In order to reach people in remote areas such as nomadic populations, PADS applies a 'One Health' approach taking into account both human and animal health.
PADS is a project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
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Call for Papers!
The International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) invites for peer review high-quality articles in the area of young people’s sexual and reproductive health. IJPH aims to strengthen public health research in particular in Africa.
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A Milestone in the Fight Against Sleeping Sickness
Fexinidazole is the first all-oral drug against sleeping sickness. Swiss TPH contributed significantly to the development of fexinidazole together with DNDi, Sanofi and many others. Since its foundation 75 years ago, Swiss TPH has been researching sleeping sickness. For instance, it was the first to succeed in breeding tsetse flies under laboratory conditions.
Photo: Swiss TPH 1946
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Health Care and Management: From Research to Implementation
Do you want to launch a career in international public health?
The Health Care and Management (HCM) course provides participants with the core competencies for understanding and reacting to health challenges at a world-leading institute in global health.
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MBA in International Health Management
Do you want to become a part of a new generation of leaders in global health?
Swiss TPH’s part-time MBA in International Health Management trains future leaders and managers who want to work in multicultural and transdisciplinary settings.
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Why Swiss TPH?
More than 800 employees and students from 79 nations work at Swiss TPH, focusing on infectious and non-communicable diseases, environment, society and health as well as health systems and interventions. They all share the mission to improve population health globally.
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