services. Swiss TPH studies the health effects caused by urbanisation - in low-income settings in Africa as well as in wealthy countries in Europe. Experts investigate environmental exposures such as noise [...] Burden of Disease City dwellers in low-income countries are exposed to a double risk. Air pollution leads to respiratory diseases and many middle-class people suffer from 'diseases of civilisation' like diabetes
malaria infections and deaths. This was already the case during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 in West Africa when mortality from prevalent diseases rose rapidly: malaria by 50%, HIV by 15%, tuberculosis by [...] calculation from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), the COVID-19 crisis will lead to an additional 105,000 malaria deaths this year, predominantly children. This significant increase
causes an enormous disease burden in tropical and sub-tropical countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) around 210 million clinical malaria cases and more [...] the currently available antimalarial drugs. Centre of expertise in malaria Swiss TPH is a world-leading institute in the field of malaria research and control, with more than 200 staff and students actively
conditions such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria. Over 80% of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where access to quality healthcare remains limited. The challenge is not so much [...] must be able to make accurate diagnoses and competent treatment decisions. Inadequate diagnosis can lead to serious illness or death, while over-diagnosis contributes to antibiotic overuse and antimicrobial [...] workers with pulse oximeters to enable more accurate diagnoses and timely...
for over 30 years. It was tested in a large phase III clinical trial in Africa, which immunized over 11,000 children in Africa. That achievement itself took a long time to reach with numerous years of [...] a pilot implementation known as the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme has been ongoing and lead by Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi that has reached over 800,000 children since 2019, and was supported by [...] vaccines ? RTS,S is the first malaria vaccine recommended by WHO for broad use...
example of a neglected tropical disease (NTD). It occurs in the most remote regions of sub-Saharan Africa and primarily affects the poorest populations. The protozoan parasite that causes the disease, T [...] psychiatric disorders, sleeplessness and impaired speech, body coordination and feeding eventually lead to death. The WHO has set a target of eliminating the disease as a public health problem by 2020 and [...] an acute and deadly form of this neglected tropical disease (NTD) found in...
n programmes, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, and health impact assessment. We focus on Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as Switzerland, while collaborating with clients and partners across [...] We focus on establishing optimal access and delivery strategies for different endemic settings in Africa. Read more KEA - Competence Centre for Epidemiological Outbreak Investigations In Switzerland, foodborne [...] one to three outbreaks due to these pathogens have been observed. The...
invited to take part in a second personalised measurement period, especially those who had moved house. What are the specific outputs of the study? At the end of the EXPANSE research project, we aim to [...] such as asphalt and concrete. The higher the index, the more heavily sealed the surfaces are. Study Lead Prof. Dr. Nicole Probst-Hensch Study Team Ayoung Jeong Medea Imboden Gianfranco Lovison Kees de Hoogh [...] produced by the body will be measured in the blood to better understand how...
interface in the frame of its One Health programme with a special focus on mobile pastoralists in Africa and Asia. This work also includes exploring the transmission of animal TB to humans, and performing [...] 000 population. TB killed an estimated 1.4 million people in 2019. Apart from COVID-19, it is the leading cause of human death due to a single infectious agent. Tragically, the number of cases and death [...] TB is a disease of poverty, and is partially driven by HIV co-infection,...
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of... (Publications)
among the leading five risk factors for attributable DALYs in 109 countries; childhood underweight and unsafe sex remained primary drivers of early death and disability in much of sub-Saharan Africa. INTE
