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A brief history of selected malaria vaccine and medical interventions pursued by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and partners, 1943-2021
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4651726
Author(s) Meier, L.; Casagrande, G.; Abdulla, S.; Masanja, H.
Author(s) at UniBasel Meier, Lukas
Casagrande, Giovanni
Year 2022
Title A brief history of selected malaria vaccine and medical interventions pursued by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and partners, 1943-2021
Journal Acta Trop
Volume 225
Pages / Article-Number 106115
Keywords Ifakara Health Institute; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute; Tanzania; insecticide-treated nets; malaria; partnership; vaccines
Mesh terms Academies and Institutes; Humans; Malaria, prevention & control; Malaria Vaccines; Public Health; Switzerland
Abstract In order to be successful in global health today, all the long-established European tropical research institutes had to undergo a transition which can be described as "hunter-gatherer" and descriptive approaches during colonial and postcolonial times to a deeper understanding of infection biology and finally to public health interventions from which populations at large can benefit. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Swiss Tropical Institute (today: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Swiss TPH) based in Basel too has changed its focus from individual medicine to a public health context. This article does not present new scientific data but takes a historical perspective. Its aim is to highlight the above-mentioned transformation by focusing on selected malaria research-cum-action interventions during the crucial period of the 1990s, which were tailored to the social-ecological settings where the disease was endemic. In order for this transformation to be successful, we intend to emphasise the importance of (i) having a fundamental understanding of local transmission; (ii) building and nurturing relationships with partner institutions; and (iii) developing a coherent research portfolio as key elements for researching and applying evidence in malaria control and elimination as part of national malaria control programmes.
ISSN/ISBN 1873-6254 (Electronic)0001-706X (Linking)
URL http://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106115
edoc-URL https://edoc.unibas.ch/90652/
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Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106115
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34464588
ISI-Number WOS:000715009000006
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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