2.5 Million Euro Grant Awarded to Swiss TPH for Tuberculosis Research
Swiss TPH Sébastien Gagneux, Head of the Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology Department at Swiss TPH, was awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant for EUR 2.5 million over five years to conduct research on tuberculosis. The highly competitive grant supports scientists who are conducting cutting-edge research in their field. Gagneux’s research focuses on multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (Photo: Researchers on tuberculosis (TB) at Swiss TPH conduct fundamental and translational research, focusing on the biology, immunology and genomic epidemiology of TB/ © Joachim Pelikan / Swiss TPH)
Swiss TPH Mental illness in early life can have a devastating effect on the future of young people, which in turn influences the mental wealth of societies around the globe. With over half the world’s population living in urban areas, decision makers often face significant challenges when designing effective mental health programs and resources allocation. To address this, CSART and partners, including Swiss TPH, were awarded CHF 1.4 million by Fondation Botnar to develop a tool that uses computer simulation to guide the investment in mental health services for young people. (Photo: A unique approach harnessing computer simulation will provide insights on the efficiency of different resources allocations for mental health services for young people/ © Swiss TPH)
Le Courrier "Chamboulée par le covid-19, la solidarité internationale se réorganise afin de soutenir les plus vulnérables. Alors que l’épicentre de la pandémie de covid-19 au Nord met à genoux des pans entiers de la société, des organisations engagées dans la solidarité internationale au Sud craignent que son impact soit particulièrement sévère en Afrique, Amérique latine ou encore Asie du Sud-Est. Des régions aux économies et systèmes de santé fragiles, où le confinement généralisé et les gestes barrières sont difficilement applicables." (Photo: Nurse checks the temperature of a patient/World Bank Photo Collection/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
World Health Organisation (WHO) "When health systems are overwhelmed, both direct mortality from an outbreak and indirect mortality from vaccine-preventable and treatable conditions increase dramatically. Countries will need to make difficult decisions to balance the demands of responding directly to COVID-19, while simultaneously engaging in strategic planning and coordinated action to maintain essential health service delivery, mitigating the risk of system collapse. This document expands on the content of the Operational planning guidelines to support country preparedness and response, and provides guidance on a set of targeted immediate actions that countries should consider at national, regional, and local level to reorganize and maintain access to high-quality essential health services for all." (Photo: UN Geneva/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Suisse-Santé-Haïti (SSH) Mit dem Jahr 2019 endete in Haiti eine 15-jährige Phase der relativen politischen Ruhe und Sicherheit. Der UNO-Mission MINUSTAH aus dem Jahr 2004 fehlte nach und nach die Rechtsgrundlage für eine Verlängerung des Mandats. Mit anderen Worten: Die MINUSTAH war erfolgreich zu Ende geführt worden. 2017 zog die UNO ihre Truppen aus Haiti ab und beliess im Einvernehmen mit der Regierung Haitis für zwei weitere Jahre noch ein paar hundert Polizeiberater zurück. 2019 zogen auch diese ab, seither ist die MINUSTAH Geschichte. Nach wie vor ist Haiti nicht in der Lage, die eigene Sicherheit zu gewährleisten. (...) Seit September 2019 kam es vor allem in den grösseren Städten Haitis unablässig zu schweren Unruhen mit Toten und Verletzten. (...) Zum Glück wurde unser Gesundheitsbetrieb im Landesinnern nicht direkt von diesen Unruhen betroffen. (Foto: Suisse-Santé-Haïti)
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