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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.
In this video, Swiss TPH staff and students explain what makes Swiss TPH truly unique.
About usTuberculosis Research Against "Super Resistant Bacteria"
Sébastien Gagneux and his team examine the antibiotic resistance mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The project is part of the wider interdisciplinary Swiss science initiative SystemsX.ch. A new documentary of this systems biology initiative gives an insight into the work done in the high-security laboratories of Swiss TPH.
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MoreWorld Mosquito Day
20 August is World Mosquito Day!
See how Pie Mueller, Head of Vector Control, helps eliminate mosquito-borne diseases.
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Annual Report 2016 is Now Available
The annual report 2016 features Swiss TPH activities, transitions and insights of the last year.
Print copies can be ordered at the Swiss TPH library.
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New Swiss TPH Building Allschwil: Architectural Tender has been decided
The Kunz und Mösch GmbH architect office in Basel has been awarded the contract for the new Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) building at its new location at the BaseLink site in Allschwil. The design for the new building expertly combines laboratory, training and working areas for research, teaching and service activities.
MoreChronic Disease Clinic Ifakara: New Documentary film
For the last 10 years - thanks to early diagnosis and the deployment of antiretroviral therapy - African children infected with HIV have been able to deal with the illness not as a death sentence, but as a chronic disease and thus live a life with the same opportunities as any other child. Although behind these hopeful stories hide other dramas...
In this documentary film shot at the Chronic Disease Clinic in Ifakara (CDCI) some of them explain how their lifes are... They are the Positive Kids.
More on CDCIWHO: Global malaria progress and challenges in 2016
Over the past 15 years, there has been a dramatic decline in the global burden of malaria. Since 2000, nearly 60 countries have reduced their malaria cases by 75% or more, and the rate of new cases has decreased by 37% globally. But our journey is far from over. In 2015 alone, more than 400 000 people died of malaria, and there were 214 million new cases of the disease.
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Life Expectancy Increases in Switzerland
Countries have saved more lives over the past decade according to the annual Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) study published yesterday. In Switzerland, life expectancy has... More...
13.09.2017 - 15:02:00
Parasitic Worms in Siberia
Millions of people worldwide are infected with parasitic worms, most of them in tropical low-income settings. But they can also affect populations in the far north east, as it is... More...
05.09.2017 - 13:50:51
75 Years of Tropical Medicine in Switzerland
In August 2017, the Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (SSTMP) celebrates its 75th anniversary. On this occasion, the society published a book on its history which... More...
29.08.2017 - 13:00:00
Combination Therapy to Treat Parasitic Worm Infections
1.5 billion people worldwide are infected with soil-transmitted helminths, a parasitic worm infection. In the past, only two drugs have been used, increasing the risk of drug... More...