Climate Change (Page)
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2050, 6 billion people will be at risk of one or several of the ‘big 7’ climate-related diseases: malaria, haemorrhagic fevers, schistosomiasis, human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis [...] well as water related diseases. The second phase is focussig on the people's abilities to cope with malaria and bilharzia infections on the fringes of the Sahelian belt. Heavy rains and floods, associated
Global Health in the 21st Century (Page)
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Roll Back Malaria Working Group on Scalable Malaria Vector Control, the Scientific Advisory Committee for the INDEPTH Network of Demographic and Health Observatories, the WHO African Malaria Expert Committee [...] implementation of the National Malaria Control Programme in Tanzania. Professor Lengeler’s group is currently working to understand and improve access to malaria treatment in malaria-endemic countries, including [...] control of tropical diseases, with a strong focus on malaria. He has...
Pfizer-Preis geht an zwei Swiss TPH Forscher (News)
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schwere Erkrankungen (niedriger Sauerstoffgehalt im Blut, Anämie, niedriger Blutzucker) sowie den Malaria-Schnelltest. Ergebnisse einer klinischen Studie in Tansania zeigten eine verbesserte Gesundheitslage
Drones to Deliver Tuberculosis Drugs in Madagascar (News)
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious disease killer globally, surpassing HIV/AIDS and malaria, with 10 million new cases estimated in 2019. Among those, three million cases are undiagnosed or unreported
Smartphone-Based Tool Improves Care of Children in Tanzania (News)
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recommends treatment based both on clinical signs as well as point-of-care test results. Apart from the malaria rapid diagnostic test, the e-POCT includes tests for anemia, low oxygen, bacterial infections, and
Günther Fink is the new Eckenstein-Geigy Professor for Epidemiology and Household Economy (News)
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programmes in Nigeria. He has also collaborated in major health programmes to reduce the burden of malaria in several African countries as well as in initiatives to improve infant nutrition and early child
Epidemiologist and Health Expert Marcel Tanner Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Zurich (News)
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to numerous research projects in the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases (especially malaria). In addition, on behalf of the SDC, he managed major health programmes and research projects in [...] in rural and urban areas of Tanzania and Chad. He was instrumental in the development of malaria vaccines (SPf66, RTS,S) for Africa. From 1996-1997 and 2009-2010, Marcel Tanner has been a regular lecturer
Excessive Rates of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (News)
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children with a respiratory illness, in 50% for children with diarrhoea, and in 28% for children with malaria. The researchers found that the number of antibiotic prescriptions in early childhood varied from [...] Kyungu E, Philipina S, Sangu W, Kahama-Maro J, Lengeler C, Cherpillod P, Kaiser L, Genton B. Beyond malaria: causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children. New England Journal of Medicine 2014; 370(9):
Expertise in Parasitology (Page)
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nachgewiesen werden, weshalb die Serologie zur Diagnose einer akuten Malaria ungeeignet ist. Differenzierung verschiedener Malaria-Arten serologisch nicht möglich. Antikörper können Monate bis Jahre p [...] ) Cryptosporidiosis Cyclosporidiosis Cystoisosporiasis Dientamoebiasis Giardiasis Leishmaniasis Malaria Sleeping Sickness (African Trypanosomes) Helminths Angiostrongyliasis Anisakiasis Cysticercosis [...] : 95% Spezifität : 95%, Kreuzreaktionen möglich mit afrikanischen Trypanosomen,...
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Dis . 2024;11(9):ofae466. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae466 Related Topics Infectious Diseases HIV / AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis Related Activities Clinical Trials Preclinical Research Basic Research
