Targeted Vaccination to Interrupt Rabies Transmission (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/targeted-vaccination-to-interrupt-rabies-transmission
The rabies virus is primarily (99%) transmitted to humans through dog bites. Thanks to massive oral vaccination programmes since the 1980s, rabies is now nearly eliminated in Europe. Indeed, the disea
Günther Fink Appointed Full Professor at the University of Basel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/guenther-fink-appointed-full-professor-at-the-university-of-basel
Günther Fink is the Eckenstein-Geigy Professor of Epidemiology and Household Economics at the University of Basel, as well as the Head of the Household Economics and Health System Research unit in the
Martin Röösli Appointed Full Professor at the University of Basel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/martin-roeoesli-appointed-full-professor-at-the-university-of-basel
Martin Röösli is the Head of the Environmental Exposures and Health Unit at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH, an associated institute of the University of Basel. His resea
Swiss TPH's Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine Now in the “Turmhaus” at Aeschenplatz (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/swiss-tphs-centre-for-tropical-and-travel-medicine-is-now-in-the-turmhaus-at-aeschenplatz
For 80 years, doctors have been advising, vaccinating and treating travellers at Socinstrasse in Basel as the medical and diagnostic unit of Swiss TPH. When Swiss TPH moved its 700 employees and stude
Reducing Health Inequities in the Prevention of Cervical Cancer (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/reducing-health-inequities-in-the-prevention-of-cervical-cancer
In sub-Saharan Africa, cervical cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related death among women. This overlaps with a high prevalence of HIV in the region. Women living with HIV are six t
National Launch of Jazia Prime Vendor System in Tanzania (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/national-launch-of-jazia-prime-vendor-system-in-tanzania
Access to healthcare is often determined by the availability of medical supplies. Patients equate quality of care with the availability of medicines, and clinicians depend on effective, safe and high
Fexinidazole - First All-Oral Treatment for Sleeping Sickness Approved (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/fexinidazole-first-all-oral-treatment-for-sleeping-sickness-approved
Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is usually fatal without treatment. Transmitted by the bite of a tsetse fly, it causes neuropsychiatric symptoms; including aggression, psych
Daniel H. Paris: Professor für Tropen- und Reisemedizin an der Universität Basel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/daniel-h-paris-professor-fuer-tropen-und-reisemedizin-an-der-universitaet-basel
"Von Herzen gratulieren wir Daniel Paris zu dieser strukturellen Professur am Swiss TPH", sagt Jürg Utzinger, Direktor vom Swiss TPH. "Als Nachfolger von Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Hatz, kann die strate
Zehn Jahre Versicherungsmedizin (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/zehn-jahre-versicherungsmedizin
Versicherungsmedizin ist die Lehre von den Beziehungen zwischen kranken, verunfallten oder einen Versicherungsantrag stellenden Personen, den medizinischen Leistungserbringern und den Versicherungsunt
R. Geigy-Preis 2018 geht an Stella Hartinger-Peña (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/r-geigy-preis-2018-geht-an-stella-hartinger-pena
Durchfall- und Atemwegserkrankungen gehören zu den häufigsten Ursachen der Kindersterblichkeit im ländlichen Peru. Vielen Haushalten mangelt es an fliessendem Wasser, gekocht wird über dem offenen Feu