Swiss TPH has a long and successful track record in antimalarial drug development. We are among the leading institutions in assay development and drug discovery. Our in vitro and in vivo models globally support [...] development of new antimalarials. Clinical research is carried out in endemic countries of tropical Africa. Malaria Basic Malaria Research Malaria Vaccines Project Highlights Drug Discovery for Malaria The
Fuhrimann received his PhD from the University of Basel in 2015. After working as a postdoc in South Africa and the Netherlands, he will conduct his SNSF-project at Swiss TPH. His goal is to characterize the [...] Starting Grants, the SNSF supports outstanding young researchers in Switzerland and enables them to lead a research project with their own team. Grantees at the pre-professorial stage of their careers will
mainly in tropical and subtropical areas in sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, China and East Asia and is closely linked to poverty. Infections can lead to nutrient deficiency, anaemia, and impaired growth
adjunct appointments at Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh and New York University. She leads the PIONEER international group, an interdisciplinary research group focusing on behavioural and [...] Ethiopia, where she set up the herd health team and coordinated research projects in East and West Africa and Southeast Asia. She held management functions in the CGIAR research programmes on Livestock, [...] University of Antwerp, Belgium. He worked for Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)...
working. Neglecting these mechanisms in exposure assessment may lead to incorrect distributions of exposure over the population which may lead to incorrect exposure health relations in epidemiological studies [...] information Joint South Africa & Swiss Chair in Global Environmental Health This chair in Cape Town university addresses emerging environmental health problems in South Africa. The collaboration consists
neglected tropical disease control activities in Uganda,” said Jennifer Keiser, Swiss TPH and consortium lead. “We are proud to contribute directly to the advancement of worm infection management affecting poor [...] lesions, disabilities and stigmatisation. Buruli ulcer primarily affects children in West and Central Africa and most infections occur in remote, rural areas where patients have limited access to appropriate [...] community levels,” said Daniel Paris, Head of the Department of...
SDC’s (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) strategy and its health programme in the Horn of Africa. One Health is one of the four thematic pillars of the health sector, alongside maternal and child [...] and development capacities in this field at Jigjiga University. Integrated health systems will then lead to improved health and wellbeing of pastoralist communities in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia [...] better health and wellbeing of the pastoralist and agro-pastoralist...
founding member of the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium and has been leading the implementation of clinical trials in endemic countries in Africa from phase I to III since 2015. The phase III trial was implemented [...] parasitic worms. It affects the lives of around 240 million people. It is highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa where it causes anaemia, stunted growth, reduced ability to learn and chronic inflammation of the
population grows older. A longer life – combined with lifestyle changes in diet and exercise – is a leading risk factor for chronic illnesses including cardiovascular diseases. Diabetes and hypertension are [...] kidney disease (CKD), not only in highly industrialised settings, but also in semirural Sub-Saharan Africa. This epidemiological transition and the double burden of disease was demonstrated in the 2011 Renal [...] is an in-depth longitudinal assessment of chronic kidney disease burden...
show that 50% of TB bacilli shedders have no symptoms, a condition called subclinical TB. Swiss TPH leads an SNSF-funded project studying the virulence-transmission trade-off in TB, focusing on phylogenetic [...] more Advancing Buruli Ulcer Diagnosis and Treatment Buruli ulcer primarily affects children in West Africa, particularly in remote rural areas with limited healthcare access. A Botnar Research Centre for [...] regions, empowering local and regional authorities with data-driven...
