Life Expectancy Increases in Switzerland (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/life-expectancy-increases-in-switzerland
Globally, countries made progress in avoiding the loss of lives due to premature death over the past decade, saving in particular lives of children under five, according to the annual Global Burden of
Parasitic Worms in Siberia (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/parasitic-worms-in-siberia
More than half of the population in endemic regions of the Western Siberia is infected with Opisthorchis felineus - or cat liver fluke - according to epidemiological studies conducted by the Swiss Tro
75 Years of Tropical Medicine in Switzerland (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/75-years-of-tropical-medicine-in-switzerland
Chronicle of Tropical Medicine in Switzerland On 31st August 2017, the Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine (SSTMP) held its 75th annual meeting in Basel. The society was founded on 5th December 1943, i
Tuberculosis Research Against "Super Resistant Bacteria" (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20170905-tuberculosis-research
Antibiotic resistance represents an imminent threat to the health of the human population in low-resource settings as well in the Western world. A young man in Basel, for instance, developed an aggres
Combination Therapy to Treat Parasitic Worm Infections (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20170829-combination-therapy-to-treat-parasitic-worm-infections
Parasitic worm infections are a major public health issue in low and middle-income countries. Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections affect 1.5 billion people globally. They are caused by differen
Climate Change and Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/climate-change-and-health
Climate variability and change are intimately linked to population health. Apart from direct health impact such as heat stress, climate change also impacts on diseases that are transmitted by vectors
Non-Communicable Diseases on the Rise in the Middle East (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/non-communicable-diseases-on-the-rise-in-the-middle-east
Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than any other region in the world. These violent acts accounted for 1.4 million deaths in 2015 in
Kaspar Wyss New Deputy Director of Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/kaspar-wyss-new-deputy-director-of-swiss-tph
Kaspar Wyss has been the Head of the Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH) at Swiss TPH and member of the managing board since 2015. Wyss is a public health specialist with more than 30 years o
Drones to Deliver Tuberculosis Drugs in Madagascar (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/drones-to-deliver-tuberculosis-drugs-in-madagascar
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious disease killer globally, surpassing HIV/AIDS and malaria, with 10 million new cases estimated in 2019. Among those, three million cases are undiagnosed or u
Study Launched on Antibody Prevalence and Impact of Coronavirus in Basel (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/study-launched-on-antibody-prevalence-and-impact-of-coronavirus-in-basel
In order to analyse the effects of the coronavirus pandemic (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) and to examine the consequences it has on individual's quality of life, the Health Department of Basel-Stadt, the Eco