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17.05.2019
New Findings on Malaria Vaccine
Protection by the malaria vaccine RTS,S is not only a matter of antibody quantity but also of quality. These are the findings of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global... More...
16.05.2019
Flu Prevention in Switzerland
A nationwide systematic survey of 97 organisations carried out by Swiss TPH shows that authorities, hospitals, institutions and organisations in Switzerland have long been... More...
02.05.2019
Farewell to Thierry Freyvogel
A few days before his 90th birthday, Thierry Alfred Freyvogel-Jenny (4 May 1929 - 24 April 2019) passed away peacefully at home. We have lost a sensitive, farsighted, witty and... More...
24.04.2019
Two Decades of Swiss Leadership for New Malaria Medicines
On World Malaria Day 2019, Swiss organizations look back on a long history of successful public-private collaboration for new malaria medicines. Switzerland’s leading role in the... More...
04.04.2019
New Project on Child Health in Tanzania
Fondation Botnar has awarded CHF 7 million to researchers from Lausanne for further deployment of electronic diagnostic and treatment tools based on algorithms, which will help... More...
14.02.2019
Swiss-Tanzanian Cooperation: Achieving Universal Health Coverage
In Tanzania, two thirds of the population lacks basic health insurance. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) together with Swiss TPH and other partners now... More...
13.02.2019
Besuch des Regierungsrats Basel-Landschaft am Swiss TPH
Am 12. Februar 2019 besuchte der Gesamtregierungsrat Basel-Landschaft das Schweizerische Tropen- und Public Health-Institut (Swiss TPH) und gewann so einen Einblick in die... More...
07.02.2019
Pfizer-Preis geht an zwei Swiss TPH Forscher
Kristina Keitel-Hasler und Niklaus Labhardt, beide Forscher in der Clinical Research Unit am Swiss TPH, erhalten den Pfizer Forschungspreis 2019. Der Forschungspreis der Stiftung... More...
31.01.2019
Scientifically Proven: Air Pollution Harms Health
The debate on air quality standards for ambient air pollutants such as nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and ozone has revived in Germany last week. The International Society for... More...
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...