Altitude Positively Impacts Cardiovascular Health Peruvian Study Finds (News)
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide. Over the last decade, the share of NCDs in adult mortality in Peru has increased, particularly due to cardiovascular disease.
Analysis of 20 Years Finds Malaria Control in Young Children Saves Lives into Adulthood (News)
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Bed nets save lives in the long run, according to a 22-year study in Tanzania, which for the first time, indicates that children who sleep under them at an early age are more likely to survive into ad
Health Economics to Advance Sleeping Sickness Elimination (News)
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Gambiense Human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is almost always fatal without treatment. The vector-borne parasitic disease transmitted by infected tsetse flies affec
The Swiss TPH Travel Clinic Temporarily Moves Next Door (News)
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The move of Swiss TPH to its new headquarters "Belo Horizonte" is nearing completion: about 700 employees and students from 80 nations have arrived in their new workplace in the BaseLink area in Allsc
Elimination on the Horizon: Prevalence of Schistosomiasis, a Neglected Tropical Disease, Decreases by Nearly 60% (News)
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Schistosomiasis is a parasitic worm infection that continues to be a major public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 20 years, control efforts against this neglected tro
People from Low-Income Households Severely Affected by Pandemic (News)
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The COVCO-Basel study, which includes over 13,000 participants, is investigating the long-term health and societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the adult population of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
A Decline in Air Pollution Levels in Europe Still Fall Short of WHO Guidelines, According to New Study (News)
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Air pollution – both ambient (outdoor) and household (indoor) – is the biggest environmental risk to health, with ambient air pollution alone killing around 3 million people each year. Air pollution c
First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO (News)
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The World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the widespread use of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01, marking the first step in a process that should lead to broad distribution in low- and middle-income
TB-PRACTECAL: Clinical Trial Yields Promising Results for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/tb-practecal-clinical-trial-yields-promising-results-for-drug-resistant-tuberculosis-treatment
TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with partners including Swiss TPH, has found that a new all-oral six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treatin