today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) lead the way for future treatment strategies against HIV/AIDS in sub-Sahara Africa. With the new approach, the number of treated patients increased [...] HIV in sub-Sahara Africa: Testing and Treatment Start at Home Improves Therapy Outcome 06.03.2018 Home-based HIV testing and prompt treatment with antiretroviral therapy increases the number of patients [...] increased significantly in Lesotho. (Photo: Christian Heuss/Solidarmed)...
Rabies is a viral disease that kills tens of thousands of people every year, predominantly in Africa and Asia.The disease is transmitted through the bites of infected dogs and foxes. In West- and Central [...] implementing a strategy targeting foxes. “If you want to prevent humans from dying from rabies in Africa and Asia, you need to eliminate dog rabies,”said Jakob Zinsstag from the Swiss Tropical and Public [...] a study in Science Translational Medicine. Swiss TPH, together with...
collaborative research projects where Swiss TPH is in the consortium lead. Leading House Africa PGU is exerting Swiss TPH’s leading house function, supported by the University of Basel, for bilateral research [...] with partner institutions in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Mandated by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), the Leading House promotes and fosters scientific cooperation [...] Michael Käser PhD, Dr. Head of Project and Grant Unit +41612848365...
announce that the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) has renewed our Leading House Africa mandate for 2025–2028. We will soon provide updates on upcoming calls for proposals and planned
University of Basel as the Leading House for its bilateral collaboration with partner institutions in Africa (1) for the funding period 2021–2024. Leading House (LH) Africa, in conjunction with the Centre [...] the University of Basel as the Leading House for its bilateral collaboration with partner institutions in Africa [1] for the funding period 2021–2024. Leading House Africa in collaboration with University [...] the University of Basel as the Leading House for its bilateral collaboration...
coordinating lead author. Through Leading House Africa’s Seed Funding Research Grant on SDGs in Limpopo, the research organization, Swiss TPH, the University of Pretoria, and the South Africa Medical Research [...] diseases: state and exploratory analyses of patient data in Limpopo province, South Africa”, financed by the Leading House Africa at Swiss TPH / University of Basel. The project took place in the framework of [...] the Institute for Environmental Engineering. We express our fervent...
Zanzibar once and for all. The film about Shukuru as well as the documentary were produced with a Leading House Africa partnership grant jointly awarded to Lydia Trippler (Swiss TPH) and Said Mohammed Ali (PHL-IdC) [...] and collaboration between different parties can lead to something truly impactful. Together with Said Mohammed Ali from the PHL-IdC in Pemba, I was co-leading the project for the film and I saw first-hand
Geographic distribution, age pattern and sites of lesions in a cohort of Buruli ulcer patients from the mape basin of cameroon (Publications)
West Africa. Risk factors for BU include proximity to slow flowing water, poor wound care and not wearing protective clothing. Man-made alterations of the environment have been suggested to lead to increased [...] damming of the Mape River since 1988 is believed to have increased the incidence of BU. Through a house-by-house survey in spring 2010, which also examined the local population for leprosy and yaws, and continued
Geographic distribution, age pattern and sites of lesions in a cohort of Buruli ulcer patients from the mape basin of cameroon (Publications)
West Africa. Risk factors for BU include proximity to slow flowing water, poor wound care and not wearing protective clothing. Man-made alterations of the environment have been suggested to lead to increased [...] damming of the Mape River since 1988 is believed to have increased the incidence of BU. Through a house-by-house survey in spring 2010, which also examined the local population for leprosy and yaws, and continued
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