Improving Health of Nomadic Populations in Chad (News)
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To reduce mortality and morbidity in Chad, Swiss TPH, together with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Centre de Support en Santé Internationale (CSSI) is currently impleme
Fredros Okumu Awarded Prestigious Research Prize (News)
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“This award recognizes the joint efforts of the great staff and collaborators at the Ifakara Health Institute and its partners, all of whom I so much appreciate for their support,” said Fredros Okumu.
New Antimalarial Drug Shows Promise (News)
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The paper is the first full disclosure of data demonstrating the antimalarial promise of MMV390048 (also known as MMV048), a compound discovered by an international team led by Kelly Chibale, Universi
Swiss TPH Designated WHO Collaborating Centre for its Expertise in Malaria (News)
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An Expert Hub for Malaria Following years of fruitful collaboration, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) has been designated WHO Collaborating Centre for Modelling, Monitoring a
Evidence for Better Health (News)
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Availability of quality data is crucial to make decisions on improving health for people globally. Speakers at the Swiss TPH Spring Symposium shared experiences and lessons learned from Mozambique, Ni
Toxic Sugar: Burnout for Parasites (News)
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Trypanosomes, the pathogens of the Sleeping Sickness, cover their entire energy supply by glucose which they obtain in large quantities form our blood. In order to be able to ferment glucose, the para
Symposium Professorship in Neglected Tropical Diseases (News)
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Swiss TPH, Entrance Socinstrasse 57, lecture room (Kilimanjaro) 08:30 – 08:40 address of welcome 08:40 – 09:20 Dr. Michael Berney Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York TB drug discovery: Targe
Universal Health Coverage Conference in the Philippines (News)
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Given the strong political commitment of the Philippines to reduce out of pocket expenditures for health and to move towards universal health coverage, the conference aimed to discuss issues such as o
World TB Day (News)
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In 2015, 10.4 million new cases were detected of which 11% people living with HIV. There are an estimated 480,000 new cases of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and an additional 100,000 people with rif