Klinik und Epidemiologie der Kryptosporidiose bei immunkompetenten Kindern (Publications)
of oocyst shedding is important for the planning of hygiene measures both in individuals and public health
Community co-designed schistosomiasis control interventions for school-aged children in Zanzibar (Publications)
approach works in practice. It is based on initial work undertaken by social science researchers, public health practitioners and community members from the Zanzibar Islands, Tanzania, between November 2011
Evaluation of the Clinitek®, a point-of-care urinalysis system for the measurement of clinically significant urinary metabolites and detection of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Urinary schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma haematobium, remains a significant public health problem worldwide, despite years of efforts to control it. Haematuria is one of the notable indirect
Clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis: epidemiology, transmission, clinical features, morbidity, diagnosis, treatment, and control (Publications)
is viverrini, and Opisthorchis felineus are important liver flukes that cause a considerable public health burden in eastern Asia, southeastern Asia, and eastern Europe, respectively. The life cycles are
New Mosquito Net reduces Malaria Cases (News)
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anaemia is a major cause of mortality in children under two years old. The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) contributed to the study through statistical design and data analysis. "The [...] The latest figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show that approximately 216 million people were infected with malaria in 2016 worldwide, an increase in five million from the previous year. [...] The number of mosquito bites and incidence of malaria in the children in the...
Malaria control strategies in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
Malaria is major public health problem in Tanzania and increasing trends have been observed in the last two decades. A significant consequence of repeated malaria infections in high transmission areas [...] activities requires a partnership between researchers, policy makers, health managers, in close collaboration with other stakeholders in the public and private domain, including the beneficiaries - the community [...] factors that include the clinical, epidemiological and social-economical...
R. Geigy-Preis 2018 geht an Stella Hartinger-Peña (News)
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offenen Feuer. Stella Hartinger-Peña versuchte in einem Projekt des Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public Health-Instituts (Swiss TPH) diese Situation zu verbessern. Dafür verleiht ihr die R. Geigy-Stiftung [...] bei der Erforschung von Tropenkrankheiten, vernachlässigter Krankheiten oder auf dem Gebiet der Public Health hervorragende Arbeit geleistet haben. Dabei wissen sie die Arbeiten im Feld mit jenen im Labor
Clinical Trial of Multi Drug-Resistant TB Treatment Ends Enrolment Early, Offering Hope for TB Patients (News)
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Neglected Diseases initiative; Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute; eResearch Technology, Inc.; Ministry of Health, Republic of Uzbekistan; Ministry of Health, Belarus; TB & HIV Investigative Network (THINK); [...] (THINK); University of Liverpool ; Clinical HIV Research Unit, Wits Health Consortium; Hackensack Meridian Health; University of California, San Francisco; University of Sussex. [...] across Belarus, South Africa and Uzbekistan. MSF is now preparing a dataset to share with the...
Two SNSF Starting Grants for Researchers at Swiss TPH (News)
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a strong research agenda in the domain of agricultural health,” said Nicole Probst-Hensch, Head of Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH. “The relevance of a productive and healthy [...] and related health risks as well as benefits of living and working on a farm. “The SNSF Starting Grant will give me the opportunity to develop my research group around agricultural health at Swiss TPH [...] characterise the pesticide exposome and related health risks and benefits of living...
Moderate Temperatures Also Cause Death – Not Only Extreme Heat (News)
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monitoring on behalf of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). "The new monitoring of heat-related deaths also includes days with moderately hot temperatures [...] High temperatures and heat waves pose a risk to human health. Heat-related ailments include heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and the exacerbation of pre-existing conditions such as cardiovascular, respiratory [...] European Environment Agency identifies heat stress as the biggest...