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Announcements 22.04.2024

Zero maternal mortality at Ghanaian cooperation hospital of BNITM

The Presbyterian Hospital in Agogo, Ghana, recorded no deaths among women during or after childbirth last year. This is a great medical…

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Announcements 04.04.2024

Dead cells support the functionality and diversity of the immune system's phagocytes

You are what you eat - this also applies to certain phagocytes of the innate immune system, the so-called phagocytic macrophages. In a…

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Announcements 13.02.2024

Motility crucial for pathogenicity of parasitic amoebae

An infection with the single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica is usually asymptomatic, but it can also lead to an intestinal infection…

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Announcements 06.02.2024

BNITM joins Nigeria’s effort to fight the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak

A clinical and laboratory team from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) has been deployed to the epicenter of the…

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Announcements 31.01.2024

Rapid epidemic preparedness and response with a global reach

The European Mobile Lab (EMLab) managed at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is now a certified capacity from…

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Announcements 17.01.2024

World Day against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) on 30 January 2024

According to estimates by the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.5 billion people are affected by neglected tropical diseases…

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