Professor Christian Lengeler is Unit Head at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Basel in Switzerland. For the past 30 years, his research efforts have centered on the epidemiology and control of tropical diseases, with a strong focus on malaria. He has been involved in the development of insecticide treated nets (ITN) as a malaria control tool and was responsible for pioneering many developments in large-scale vector control in sub-Saharan Africa. Since 1999, he has been involved in the establishment and implementation of the national ITN program in Tanzania.

Professor Lengeler’s group is currently working to understand and improve access to malaria treatment in malaria-endemic countries, including improving the quality of health care, studying the introduction of improved diagnostic strategies, and understanding the nature and relevance of non-malarial fever illnesses. His group is also implementing a large-scale study to improve the management of severely ill children in high burden countries. His primary research interest relates to operational research and the process of generating, packaging, and disseminating evidence on health interventions for communicable diseases. Since 2009, his group has worked intensively in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, supporting the National Malaria Control Programme in the area of surveillance and operational research.

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Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute