The debate on air quality standards for ambient air pollutants such as nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and ozone has revived in Germany last week.

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic worm infection affecting 250 million people globally. The current prevalence thresholds for preventive chemotherapy of schistosomiasis are based on the Kato-Katz method using stool samples.

Air pollution and transportation noise are both associated with an increased risk of heart attacks.

Although the disease is preventable, rabies continues to kill more than 60'000 people per year - mainly children in Asia and Africa.

Health insurance schemes are spreading in lowand middle-income countries. However, they often fail to achieve scale as they lack the organisational, human and technological resources and capacities.

Buruli ulcer is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) resulting in debilitating skin lesions, disabilities and stigmatisation.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion of fexinidazole, the first all-oral treatment that has been shown to be efficacious for both stages of sleeping sickness.

To supplement medicines and supplies that are out of stock at the Medical Stores Department (MSD) in Tanzania, Swiss TPH developed the Jazia Prime Vendor System (Jazia PVS).

Today, the University of Basel and ETH Zurich co-founded the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH) in Basel. They bring together top scientists and clinical researchers from a variety of disciplines in order to develop new methods and digital innovations for global use in paediatrics.

Health insurance schemes are spreading in lowand middle-income countries. However, they often fail to achieve scale as they lack the organisational, human and technological resources and capacities.