Women in Science: Advancing Infectious Disease Research (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/women-in-science-advancing-infectious-disease-research/blog-id/100
Women have played a key role in scientific discovery, driving innovation in global health. Jennifer Keiser, head of the Helminth Drug Development unit at Swiss TPH, has built a successful career in in
Signatures of transmission in within-host <em>M. tuberculosis</em> variation (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Because M. tuberculosis evolves slowly, transmission clusters often contain multiple individuals with identical consensus genomes, making it difficult to reconstruct transmission chains. F
Strengthening global health security through the GIBACHT programme (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/strengthening-global-health-security-through-the-gibacht-programme/blog-id/101
In an increasingly interconnected world, infectious diseases know no borders – as the COVID-19 pandemic reminded us. To help train health professionals from around the world to better prepare for and
Towards a post-donation era in parasitic worm control (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/towards-a-post-donation-era-in-parasitic-worm-control/blog-id/94
Over the past 25 years, huge progress has been made in the prevention, control and elimination of parasitic worm infections, which affect more than a billion people worldwide and pose a considerable p
Forests: A vital resource for food security (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/forests-a-vital-resource-for-food-security/blog-id/93
The theme of World Food Day 2024 is ‘Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future’, emphasising that access to safe and nutritious food is a fundamental human right. As we celebrate this year,
Empowering communities through nutrition: Aline’s journey with the NICE project (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/empowering-communities-through-nutrition-alines-journey-with-the-nice-project/blog-id/92
The Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) project is transforming lives by improving nutrition and promoting healthier diets through locally-led actions. Across six secondary cities in Rwanda, Kenya, an
An old and almost forgotten disease persists (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/an-old-and-almost-forgotten-disease-persists/blog-id/99
The decline of leprosy is a public health success story. However, despite being curable, the disease is still present in more than 100 countries, with 200,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Today, on
Fighting schistosomiasis through research and interventions in Pemba, Tanzania (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/fighting-schistosomiasis-through-research-and-interventions-in-pemba-tanzania/blog-id/96
For over a decade, Swiss TPH and the Public Health Laboratory – Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC) in Pemba, Tanzania, have been working together with local partners to tackle schistosomiasis, a disease caused
