Teaching, research and service institute, departments include Medical Parasitology / Infection Biology (MPI), Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Centre for International Health.
Library catalogue available online (in German and French on WWW, German via Telnet) through Berne/Basel Universities joint catalogue, Deutschschweizer Bibliotheksverbunds.
The STI is also undertaking research into the health of nomadic people in Chad and the economics of Brucellosis control in Mongolia