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18.12.2018
Buruli Ulcer: Promising New Drug Candidate Against a Forgotten Disease
Buruli ulcer is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) resulting in debilitating skin lesions, disabilities and stigmatisation. The current antibiotic treatment is long and has severe... More...
14.12.2018
Modelling for New Schistosomiasis Treatment Thresholds
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic worm infection affecting 250 million people globally. The current prevalence thresholds for preventive chemotherapy of intestinal schistosomiasis are... More...
07.12.2018
R. Geigy-Preis 2018 geht an Stella Hartinger-Peña
Die Peruanerin Stella Hartinger-Peña erhält den mit 20'000 CHF dotierten R. Geigy-Preis 2018. Die Basler R. Geigy-Stiftung würdigt damit ihre Verdienste im Kampf gegen... More...
26.11.2018
Zehn Jahre Versicherungsmedizin
Seit zehn Jahren wird an der Universität Basel der im deutschsprachigen Raum einzigartige Master-Studiengang in Versicherungsmedizin angeboten. Seit drei Jahren ist die... More...
23.11.2018
Daniel H. Paris: Professor für Tropen- und Reisemedizin an der Universität Basel
Prof. Dr. med. Daniel H. Paris, Leiter Departement Medizin am Swiss TPH, wurde auf den 1. Dezember 2018 vom Universitätsrat der Universität Basel zum Associate Professor für... More...
19.11.2018
Fexinidazole - First All-Oral Treatment for Sleeping Sickness Approved
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion of fexinidazole, the first all-oral treatment that has been shown to... More...
24.10.2018
Air Pollution and Noise Increase Risk for Heart Attacks
Air pollution and transportation noise are both associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. Studies on air pollution, which do not take into account traffic noise, tend to... More...
23.10.2018
National Launch of Jazia Prime Vendor System in Tanzania
To supplement medicines and supplies that are out of stock at the Medical Stores Department (MSD) in Tanzania, Swiss TPH developed the Jazia Prime Vendor System (Jazia PVS). Jazia... More...
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
University of Basel and ETH Zurich Combine Cutting-Edge Research for Children and Adolescents Worldwide
Today, the University of Basel and ETH Zurich co-founded the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH) in Basel. They bring together top scientists and clinical researchers... 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...
09.08.2018
Global Overview of Schistosomiasis Research and Control
An estimated 250 million people suffer from schistosomiasis worldwide. While considerable progress has been made to control schistosomiasis, challenges remain as there is no... More...