Public-private partnership launched to develop new drugs for parasitic worm infections (News)
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Called the Helminth Elimination Platform (HELP), this new multidisciplinary platform is funded through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and will run to September 202
Swiss TPH Supports COVID-19 Efforts through Swiss Government Funding (News)
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The COVID-19 pandemic affects people’s health and well-being on a global scale and is laying bare deep inequalities in terms of gender, vulnerability and disability, especially in low- and middle-inco
Molecular Signatures can Predict the Efficacy of Malaria Vaccines (News)
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Malaria remains a major public health problem, causing almost 200 million cases and over 400,000 deaths in 2018. The main obstacles for the development of an effective vaccine against such a complex p
Swiss TPH Is Awarded Three New Grants from the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health to Combat COVID-19 (News)
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The BRCCH today announced the support of 11 new research projects in connection to a Fast Track Call for an Emergency Response to COVID-19 and the unprecedented global health challenges stemming from
10 Years Swiss TPH: Integration of the ISPM into the Former Swiss Tropical Institute (News)
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Mr. Künzli, you and the Director emeritus of the former STI, Marcel Tanner, carried out the integration of ISPM ten years ago. What has been achieved since then? Nino Künzli: “The integration has brou
Epidemiologist and Health Expert Marcel Tanner Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Zurich (News)
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Great honour for Marcel Tanner: The Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Zurich is awarding an honorary doctorate to the President of the R. Geigy Foundation and President of the Swiss Academies as
World Malaria Day 2020: Urgent Action Is Critical to Save Lives (News)
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Current investments in the fight against malaria save more than 600,000 lives and prevent 100 million cases per year. The overburdening of health systems caused by COVID-19 poses the risk of a massive
Trial Launched to Test Prophylactic Treatments for COVID-19 Contact Persons (News)
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With the stepwise easing of measures in Switzerland, it is pivotal to monitor for any new COVID-19 outbreaks and to contain them in a timely and effective manner. Today, a clinical trial was launched
Sleeping Sickness Elimination at a Crossroads (News)
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Sleeping sickness is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by infection with protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Trypanosoma. They are transmitted to humans by bites of tsetse flies that have
Coalition Launched to Accelerate Research on the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/coalition-launched-to-accelerate-research-on-the-prevention-and-treatment-of-covid-19-in-low-and-middle-income-countries
In a Comment published today in The Lancet , the members of the coalition argue that international research collaboration and coordination is needed urgently to support African, Latin American, Easter