Media Releases
15.03.2018 - 19:00:00
New Understanding of Parasite Biology Might Help Stop Malaria Transmission
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. This... More...
04.01.2018 - 14:24:53
Matthias Schmid-Huberty New Administrative Director at Swiss TPH
Matthias Schmid-Huberty is the new Administrative Director at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). On January 1, 2018, he succeeded Stefan Mörgeli who had... More...
08.12.2017 - 11:00:00
International Experts Discuss Innovative Strategies to Tackle Parasitic Worms
Parasitic worm infections – or helminthiases – affect more than one billion people and have a considerable public health impact in many parts of the world. On 7 – 8 December 2017,... More...
23.11.2017 - 18:18:23
“We have to seek out risks in order to improve prevention.”
Around 300 specialists met on 22 and 23 November 2017 at the Swiss Public Health Conference in Basel to examine personalised health from scientific, ethical and economic... More...
04.08.2017 - 16:00:00
Akuter Durchfall belastet Schweizer Volkswirtschaft
Magen-Darm-Erkrankungen führen in der Schweiz zu beträchtlichen Erwerbsausfällen und verursachen hohe volkswirtschaftliche Kosten. Dies ist das Resultat einer Studie, die das... More...
20.06.2017 - 15:00:00
Transportation Noise Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes
Transportation noise increases risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This is shown by the first results of the SiRENE study under the lead of Swiss TPH, which was... More...
16.06.2017 - 16:00:00
Radon Increases Risk for Malignant Skin Cancer
A new study by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) about residential radon exposure in Switzerland shows that the radioactive gas radon increases the risk... More...
30.05.2017 - 10:36:08
Hebammenbetreuung bewährt sich – auch finanziell
Professionelle Hebammen-Betreuung von Müttern und Neugeborenen zu Hause kann Gesundheitskosten senken. Dies zeigt eine Studie des Swiss TPH rund fünf Jahre nach der Lancierung von... More...
25.04.2017 - 06:00:00
Swiss TPH Designated WHO Collaborating Centre for its Expertise in Malaria
On the 25th of April we commemorate World Malaria Day. Malaria remains a major public health issue in many low- and middle- income countries. Over 200 million new cases are... More...
08.03.2017 - 20:00:00
High Prevalence and Incidence of Hypertension among Africans Living with HIV
About 12% of people living with HIV in rural Tanzania have hypertension at the moment of HIV diagnosis. An additional 10% will develop hypertension during the first months of... More...