Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Advisory Committee Convenes at Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/soil-transmitted-helminthiasis-advisory-committee-convenes-at-swiss-tph
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are parasitic worms that affect more than a billion people worldwide. In 2006, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) established Children Without Worms to provide technical and ope
Combating Malaria with Odour-Baited Traps for Mosquitoes (News)
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A newly-developed mosquito trap outsmart malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. It attracts the insects by emitting a natural lure – namely human odour - composed of lactic acid and other substances transpi
Gastrointestinal illnesses cost the Swiss health care sector up to EUR 45 million per year (News)
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Acute diarrhoea entails annual health care costs of EUR 29 to 45 million in Switzerland. Thereof, around a quarter is due to infections of the diarrhoea-causing pathogen Campylobacter. This was reveal
Swiss TPH Symposium on Climate Change and Health (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/swiss-tph-symposium-on-climate-change-and-health
“Kristie, thank you so much for not coming to Basel – the floor is yours,” said Nino Künzli, Swiss TPH as he welcomed one of the first speakers, Kristie Ebi from the University of Washington. In the s