In the recent past, progress to curb malaria have been stalling. In 2022, over 600,000 people died from malaria, primarily children under the age of 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa. People living in the most vulnerable circumstances – including young children, pregnant women and refugees – continue to bear the biggest burden. Hence, it is indispensable that the global community stands together and accelerates the fight against malaria for a more equitable world where nobody is left behind ..read more

Sometimes unpleasant souvenirs are brought back from trips to tropical countries, which can give us a hard time. These stowaways may have distinguished names such as Angiostrongylus, Anisakis or Strongyloides, but the impact of these pathogens are anything but pleasant. Diarrhoea, fever or pain are just some of the unpleasant symptoms they might cause. Colloquially, the uninvited guests are called rat lungworm, herring worm and threadworm. Some of these parasitic worms can cause serious illness ..read more

Through a rapid change of life style, cardiovascular diseases are on the rise in low- and middle-income countries. As part of his PhD at Swiss TPH, Nikolai Hodel set up the RenalTWO study to investigate cardiovascular disease risk factors linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Tanzania. In this blog article, Nikolai talks about his exciting PhD project that might transition into a cohort study ..read more

On December 15, 2023, the World Health Organization officially added noma to the list of neglected tropical diseases, which will make it easier to combat and research this poverty-related disease. Swiss TPH and the University of Basel both played a key role in ensuring noma was recognized in this manner ..read more

The Health for All Project (HAP) project aims to improve primary health care services for the Albanian population as a whole and for vulnerable groups in particular. Now in its third phase, the project can look back on eight years of high-impact implementation, whether in strengthening health management capacity, new models of home-based care services, infrastructure improvements or continuing medical education ..read more

Sumaiyya Thawer, researcher and former PhD student at Swiss TPH, joined the science dinner with Bill Gates as part of the Grand Challenges annual meeting. In this impact story, she shares her experiences and new ways to improve global health that were discussed at the meeting ..read more

Today, we commemorate World NTD Day for the fourth time. In this article, I look back over the past 25 years and highlight key developments that have brought neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) out of the shadows and into the forefront of global health. And I look ahead in the spirit of this year’s theme: “Unite. Act. Eliminate ..read more

Die Eidgenössische Kommission für Lufthygiene hat die neuen Empfehlungen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) von 2021 und deren Bedeutung für die Schweizer Luftreinhalte-Verordnung bewertet. Sie kommt zum Schluss, dass der Stand des Wissens, der diesen Richtwerten zugrunde liegt, eine Anpassung der Luftreinhalteverordnung erfordert. Die derzeit gültigen Immissionsgrenzwerte für die Schadstoffe SO2, NO2, CO, O3, PM10 und PM2.5 sind mit dem vom Umweltschutzgesetz geforderten Gesundheitsschutz nicht mehr vereinbar ..read more

Professor Kelly Chibale is the driving force behind H3D, the drug discovery and development centre at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is dedicated to the development of new drugs to fight infectious diseases of poverty that are prevalent in Africa, including MMV390048, the first anti-malarial drug ever to be validated in a Phase I trial in Africa. In 2018 he was recognized as one of Fortune magazine’s top 50 ‘World’s Greatest Leaders’. Join me as I delve into the life of Kelly Chibale ..read more

How much continuous noise can we stand without falling ill? How clean does the air we breathe need to be? Limit values for noise and airborne pollution are intended to protect the population – but are also an area of conflict ..read more