A Novel Solar Plant for the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/a-novel-solar-plant-for-the-ifakara-health-institute-in-tanzania
The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a renowned health research organisation in Tanzania. In close partnership with Swiss TPH, a unique teaching and research ecosystem has developed over decades, whi
DYNAMIC: New Clinical Decision Support Tool Reduces Antibiotic Prescription in Children by a Four-fold (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/dynamic-new-clinical-decision-support-tool-reduces-antibiotic-prescription-in-children-by-a-four-fold
Every year, an estimated 3.3 million children die from acute febrile episodes, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This situation is mainly due to the lack of diagnostic tools an
Forschungskooperation zur Entwicklung eines neuartigen Covid-Impfstoffes (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/forschungskooperation-zur-entwicklung-eines-neuartigen-covid-impfstoffes
Das Universitätsspital Basel (USB), die Universität Basel und das Schweizerische Tropen- und Public Health-Institut (Swiss TPH) gehen eine Forschungskooperation mit dem Startup-Unternehmen RocketVax e
Mathias Kronig New Administrative Director at Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/mathias-kronig-new-administrative-director-at-swiss-tph
On 25 May 2021, the Board of Governors at Swiss TPH unanimously elected Mathias Kronig as the new Administrative Director of Swiss TPH. In this function, Kronig will be a part of the Directorate of Sw
Prisons Accelerate Spread of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Georgia (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/prisons-accelerate-spread-of-multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis-in-georgia
The causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis , is stunningly versatile. In order to circumvent the effect of antibiotics, it changes its biological properties and develops a so
New Findings about Diagnostic Tools for Malaria Elimination (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/new-findings-about-diagnostic-tools-for-malaria-elimination
Malaria often causes symptoms such as fever, chills, and flu-like illness and when left untreated can lead to death. However, in areas where malaria is common, some people are infected and can transmi
Seroprevalence Has Increased to 21% in the Basel Region (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/seroprevalence-has-increased-to-21-in-the-basel-region
As part of the Switzerland-wide research programme Corona Immunitas, the COVCO-Basel study is investigating the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the population. In addition, the COVCO-Basel study is also inves
Obituary: Dr. Reinhard Glück (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/obituary-dr-reinhard-glueck
Reinhard Glück was a visionary virologist and researcher who not only tirelessly pursued new scientific ideas with great enthusiasm and was able to translate them into the development of new, cutting-
Jeunes3 Programme Comes to a Close (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/jeunes3-programme-comes-to-a-close
Globally, adolescent and young people are in need of urgent support to safeguard their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in view of high rates of new HIV infections among this target gr
New Modelling Project Launched to Support National Malaria Control Programmes (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/new-modelling-project-to-support-national-malaria-control-programmes
Great achievements have been made in the fight against malaria, saving more than eight million lives and preventing over one-and-a-half billion malaria cases. However, one billion people still live at
