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
ZikaPLAN: 25 Organizations Build Long-term Outbreak Response Capacity (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/zikaplan-25-organizations-build-long-term-outbreak-response-capacity
This global initiative, created in response to a Horizon 2020 funding call by the European Commission’s Directorate-General Research and Innovation, has been formed to address the Zika virus outbreak
Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Advisory Committee Convenes at Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/soil-transmitted-helminthiasis-advisory-committee-convenes-at-swiss-tph
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are parasitic worms that affect more than a billion people worldwide. In 2006, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) established Children Without Worms to provide technical and ope
Combating Malaria with Odour-Baited Traps for Mosquitoes (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/combating-malaria-with-odour-baited-traps-for-mosquitoes
A newly-developed mosquito trap outsmart malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. It attracts the insects by emitting a natural lure – namely human odour - composed of lactic acid and other substances transpi
Gastrointestinal illnesses cost the Swiss health care sector up to EUR 45 million per year (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/gastrointestinal-illnesses-cost-the-swiss-health-care-sector-up-to-eur-45-million-per-year
Acute diarrhoea entails annual health care costs of EUR 29 to 45 million in Switzerland. Thereof, around a quarter is due to infections of the diarrhoea-causing pathogen Campylobacter. This was reveal