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02.07.2020
Study Launched on Antibody Prevalence and Impact of Coronavirus in Basel
A long-term study on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic is being carried out in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. The study contains both a digital survey that... More...
24.06.2020
#TogetherApart Seminar Series: the Future of Global Health
On 19 June, Swiss TPH hosted a virtual seminar called Operation 50/50 and the Future of Global Health as part of the #TogetherApart seminar series. Women in Global Health presented... More...
24.06.2020
Gebären zu Zeiten von Corona – das Krisenmanagement der Basler Hebammen
COVID-19 stellte und stellt Hebammen in der Region Basel vor neue Herausforderungen. Elisabeth Kurth, Hebamme und Geschäftsführerin vom Hebammennetzwerk Familystart, spricht im... More...
22.06.2020
Topping out Ceremony of "Belo Horizonte" Took Place One Year after the Groundbreaking Ceremony
The construction of the new Swiss TPH headquarters “Belo Horizonte” in Allschwil is underway and progressing according to plan. As of mid-May 2020, the roof of the building was... More...
29.05.2020
Farewell to Flora Kessy
It is with indescribable sadness that we learned about the passing of Prof. Dr. Flora Kessy, Executive Director of the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health (TTCIH).... More...
27.05.2020
Swiss TPH Supports COVID-19 Efforts through Swiss Government Funding
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is supporting the re-allocation of funds within existing projects that are implemented by Swiss TPH in Africa, Central Asia... More...
14.05.2020
Molecular Signatures can Predict the Efficacy of Malaria Vaccines
A new study reveals that it is possible to identify those individuals that will be protected by the malaria vaccine before its administration. The researchers also found that... More...
13.05.2020
Swiss TPH Is Awarded Three New Grants from the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health to Combat COVID-19
Swiss TPH has been awarded 3 out of 11 new research grants from the Fast Track Call for Acute Global Health Challenges put forward by the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health... More...
11.05.2020
10 Years Swiss TPH: Integration of the ISPM into the Former Swiss Tropical Institute
Ten years ago, the former Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) within the University of Basel’s Faculty of Medicine was integrated into the Swiss Tropical Institute... More...
06.05.2020
"It Is a Race Against Time." An Interview with Claudia Daubenberger on Establishing a Diagnostic Lab for Sars-CoV-2 in Equatorial Guinea
COVID-19 poses major challenges for resource-limited countries, also when it comes to diagnostics. Swiss TPH is supporting Equatorial Guinea in establishing one of the few... More...
26.04.2020
Epidemiologist and Health Expert Marcel Tanner Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Zurich
Marcel Tanner is one of the most distinguished health experts in Switzerland. His contributions in the fields of global health, infection biology and malaria research and the... More...
25.04.2020
World Malaria Day 2020: Urgent Action Is Critical to Save Lives
This year's World Malaria Day is marked by major advances in the fight against malaria, with more than 7 million lives saved and over 1 billion cases prevented in the last two... More...
23.04.2020
Trial Launched to Test Prophylactic Treatments for COVID-19 Contact Persons
With the easing of measures, there is a pressing need for tools and approaches to contain potential new COVID-19 outbreaks. Academic partners in Geneva and Basel joined forces to... More...
17.04.2020
Sleeping Sickness Elimination at a Crossroads
Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as HAT or sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease. Since the number of new cases reported between 2000 and 2018 dropped by... More...
16.04.2020
Nachruf: Prof. Dr. Hermann Hecker (1. Oktober 1939 - 6. April 2020)
Als Sohn eines Chemikers, der in Uster, im Züribiet aufwuchs, war Hermann Hecker die Begeisterung für Naturwissenschaften gleichsam in die Wiege gelegt. Nach der Matura 1959 im... More...
15.04.2020
Kaspar Wyss New Deputy Director of Swiss TPH
Kaspar Wyss, Head of the Swiss Centre for International Health, was appointed Deputy Director of Swiss TPH starting in April 2020. He succeeds Nino Künzli who stepped down after 10... More...
03.04.2020
Coalition Launched to Accelerate Research on the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
A group of scientists, physicians, funders, and policy makers from over 70 institutions from over 30 countries have launched an international coalition to respond to COVID-19 in... More...
02.04.2020
Swiss TPH Doctors Support the University Hospital Basel in Fight against COVID-19
During the corona crisis, the University Hospital Basel has converted the Prediger church into a Corona Test Centre where every day, hundreds of people are tested for the corona... More...