A milestone in the fight against malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/a-milestone-in-the-fight-against-malaria
Malaria parasites are both dangerous and versatile. On entering the human bloodstream, they multiply exponentially. The blood stages of the infection cause all the complications associated with this d
Smartphone-Based Tool Improves Care of Children in Tanzania (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20172710-e-poct
Innovative Clinical Decision Support Tool The management of childhood infections is often inadequate in resource-limited settings resulting in high mortality and irrational use of antimicrobials. Curr
Evidence for Better Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/evidence-for-better-health
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)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/toxic-sugar-burnout-for-parasites
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)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/symposium-professorship-in-neglected-tropical-diseases
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)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/universal-health-coverage-conference-in-the-philippines
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)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20170322-world-tb-day
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
The Achilles Heel of Plasmodia - Advances in Vaccine Development against Malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/the-achilles-heel-of-plasmodia-advances-in-vaccine-development-against-malaria
To date, there is no highly effective vaccination against malaria available. In collaboration with Joerg Benz and Markus Rudolph from the Roche Structural Biologie Unit, the Swiss TPH research group h
Thematic r4d Project Awarded to Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/thematic-r4d-project-awarded-to-swiss-tph
Natural resource extraction projects, such as mining and petroleum development, have considerable potential to positively act on health systems and people's wellbeing in areas where they are implement
