R. Geigy Award 2020 goes to Tobias Schindler (News)
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controlled malaria infection. The test individuals were injected with infectious malaria pathogens, or so-called sporozoites. They were then treated for the disease immediately after the malaria parasites [...] diseases is not common in Africa, as patients with a fever are still routinely treated only for malaria. Together with partners from the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Tobias Schindler, Postdoctoral [...] Collaborator at Swiss TPH, has developed a molecular diagnostic platform for the...
EMBO Fellowship for Researcher at Swiss TPH (News)
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Since joining Swiss TPH last year, Daniel Ballmer has focused his research on the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum , in particular the molecular mechanisms that drive gametocyte formation - a critical [...] critical yet poorly understood cell differentiation process essential for malaria transmission. “During gametocyte formation, P. falciparum undergoes a remarkable transformation, completely remodelling its [...] and to potentially reveal new avenues for future drug development,” said...
WHO Collaborating Centres (Page)
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for Modelling, Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination The purpose of the Collaboration Centre is to provide technical advice, improve malaria prevention modelling methods, evaluate routine [...] Diseases and Programmes Unit. The WHO Collaborating Centre for Modelling, Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination is based in the Health Interventions Unit. The WHO Collaborating Centre for
Molecular Immunology | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
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vaccine development. Malaria P. falciparum: Developing a Synthetic Subunit Candidate Vaccine Malaria is one of the most serious infectious diseases of humans. New approaches to combat malaria are urgently needed [...] efficacy of therapeutic interventions. This research focuses primarily on three infectious diseases: malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum, bacterial meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitides and Streptococcus [...] developing synthetic peptide structures that induce...
Drug Discovery Work (Page)
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evaluation of new compounds. The Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) Foundation supports the project ‘Syntheticperoxides’ and the new projects ‘Oral diamidines for malaria’. With a master contract with the MMV [...] Drug Discovery Work Tropical parasitic diseases, as malaria, African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease or Leishmaniasis represent still a large health risk for a majority of the worlds population. These [...] trematodes. Links WHO/TDR European COST B22 Drugs for Neglected Diseases...
Diagnostic Centre at Swiss TPH | Expertise in Parasitic Diseases (Page)
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284 81 44. Cancellation of malaria on-call service in the evening, on weekends and on public holidays! From 1 March 2025, the Diagnostic Centre will no longer offer a malaria microscopy emergency service [...] service in the evening, on weekends and on public holidays. However, we will continue to offer our malaria diagnostic service on weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm. Please read the following important customer information: [...] tested for very rare parasitoses. Diagnostic Orders Expertise in...
Clara Champagne (People)
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Intervention Modelling group to provide country specific modelling support for decision making on malaria interventions. Her recent work includes P. vivax modelling with applications in Central America and [...] health workers geographical placement. She has also participated in the modelling work supporting malaria control programmes within the HBHI initiative. Complete publication list available on Google Scholar
Promising Antimalarial Drug Proves Ineffective at Saving Children’s Lives (News)
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continue to die from malaria, and promising interventions such as RAS will fail to meet their full potential.” About the study The Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria (CARAMAL) project was [...] antimalarial drug, proves ineffective at saving the lives of young children suffering from severe malaria, according to the results of a new study conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute [...] under real-world conditions, RAS did not improve the odds of survival for...
Luis Segura (People)
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by The Global Fund in the Americas, Africa, and South East Asia regions. He also has led a large malaria program in Equatorial Guinea, which in addition to communicational interventions, vector control [...] technical and logistic support to case management, included clinical trials of a sporozoite based malaria vaccine. His experience includes also operational research and monitoring of maternal-child and
Fredros Okumu Awarded Prestigious Research Prize (News)
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partners world-wide. Eliminating malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Tanzania Okumu’s research focuses on developing species-specific methods of eliminating the malaria-transmitting mosquito Anopheles funestus [...] not the most populous mosquito species in the region, it is responsible for 82% to 95% of local malaria infections. IHI is not only a long-standing partner of Swiss TPH; Okumu himself is currently completing
