From the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) and the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
to the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Since its founding in 1943, the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) has become a world-renowned Institution for teaching, research and services in the field of International Health Development. The multi- and cross-disciplinary activities and experience of scientific laboratory studies, conceptual clinical work and practical transfer of technical expertise to health system planning and programmes in local, national and partner countries are the building blocks of our success.
In June 2009 the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine of the University of Basel, internationally recognized in the areas of environmental epidemiology and women’s health, was integrated into the STI.
With the beginning of the year 2010, the physical integration of our offices take place, and the whole Institute publicly take on its new name, the “Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute”, also to be known as the “Swiss TPH”.
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