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The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is a world-leading institute in global health. By combining research, services, and education and training, Swiss TPH aims to improve health and wellbeing through better understanding diseases and health systems and by acting on this knowledge.
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Summer Symposium 2018
Clinical Research in Resource Limited Settings - Mission Impossible or Role Model for Future Drug Development?
Basel, 28 June 2018
The Swiss TPH Summer Symposium 2018 invites clinical researchers, drug development specialists and students to review and discuss future approaches to drug development.
Register NowHIV Testing at Home
Home-based HIV testing and prompt treatment with antiretroviral therapy increases the number of patients under treatment as well as treatment success.
This is the key result of a clinical trial in Lesotho carried out by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, in collaboration with SolidarMed and the Government of Lesotho.
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24 March is World TB Day
Swiss TPH commemorates World TB Day on 24 March. We actively support the fight against tuberculosis, from basic research to implementation at health systems level.
For his research on the mechanics of combination therapy against TB, Andrej Trauner, scientist at Swiss TPH, receives this year's Swiss TB Award.
Photo: Thomas Schuppisser / Swiss TPH
Swiss TB Award 2018
New Understanding of Parasite Biology
Researchers at Swiss TPH made an important step toward deeper understanding of how malaria blood stage parasites turn the switch to become transmissible to other humans. The results were published on Friday 16 March 2018 in the multidisciplinary journal Science.
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28 January is World Leprosy Day
Leading leprosy organisations have joined forces to launch a Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy to accelerate progress towards a world without this neglected tropical disease.
Swiss TPH was involved in the creation of the partnership, representing the scientific community.
Photo: A. Kumar / Novartis Foundation
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08.05.2018 - 12:00:00
Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Chad
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is crucial to ensure no one is left behind in terms of accessing health services. In collaboration with other donors, the Swiss Agency for... More...
24.04.2018 - 20:00:00
Parenting Groups Can Improve Child Development
Parenting groups in rural communities can improve early childhood development in low-resource settings. These are the findings of a study conducted by Swiss TPH in collaboration... More...
20.04.2018 - 10:02:19
Mehr Innovation – Weniger Armut: Basler Institutionen spielen gegen Malaria auf
Basel hat eine lange Tradition auf dem Gebiet der Malaria. Seit Jahrzehnten setzen sich öffentliche und private Institutionen in der Stadt mit moderner Wissenschaft und globalem... More...
17.04.2018 - 09:49:00
Triple Drug Combination Shows High Activity Against Parasitic Worm Infections
Swiss TPH researchers were able to show high efficacy of a triple drug therapy against hookworm and whipworm in a clinical trial in school-aged children in Lao PDR. This new... More...