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Research Highlights

  • Preparing for a pandemic: highlighting themes for research funding and practice

    Posted 16/20/2020. In December 2019, The Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) convened a Frontiers meeting to identify how to enable a coordinated research response in the event of an epidemic or pandemic. Alice Norton, Louise Sigfrid, Gail Carson and colleagues here highlight findings to strengthen the ongoing response for COVID-19.

  • The efficacy of PPE for COVID-19-type respiratory illnesses in primary and community care staff

    Posted 13/10/2020. Xin Hui Chan and colleagues summarise their rapid reviews on the efficacy of personal protective equipment for preventing COVID-19 in primary and community care. They highlight how PPE is designed for use as an ensemble, is a complex intervention which should include appropriate training and support, and is the least effective of the hierarchy of controls.

  • How severe anaemia might influence the risk of invasive bacterial infections in African children

    Posted 09/10/2020. Children with severe anaemia are more likely to get bacterial infections. Kelvin Mokaya, Sarah Atkinson and colleagues discuss how severe anaemia interferes with iron regulation, and how this promotes bacterial growth in blood and dampens immune responses to these bacteria. The authors also suggest possible studies that can be used to explore their hypothesis.

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OUCRU community drama about vaccination

OUCRU Public and Community Engagement group aim to raise awareness about the importance of vaccinations in remote areas of Binh Phuoc province.

MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine

The MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine provides a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary foundation in global health. This course embraces the breadth and complexity of global health challenges facing resource limited contexts and equips candidates with the tools and awareness to contribute to innovative solutions.

Tropical Medicine Webinars

Recording will soon be available for our last tropmed webinar on Tropical microbiology and AMR surveillance: Paul Turner, The pressing need for quality laboratory data for LMIC AMR surveillance; Rogier van Doorn, AMR surveillance data: from antibiotic susceptibility testing results to treatment regimen.

Paul Turner and Rogier van Doorn

COVID outbreak

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health is taking measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

Departments are instructed by the University’s Registrar to continue to work from home where possible, and manage the return to on site working, based on the University guidelines for risk assessments and work prioritisation.

This is to restrict contact between individuals as far as possible. The University remains open and operating as far as possible with the following restrictions:

  • No public access to the University
  • On-site activity permitted where it cannot be undertaken remotely, driven by safety, capacity and other factors such as schools reopening/other changes in government guidelines
  • Teaching and assessment are undertaken remotely where possible and, depending on government guidelines, gatherings of staff and students only permitted where essential for teaching and assessment to take place

Infographic describing the five steps to help you stan safe, recommended by the University of Oxford. (1) keep your distance, (2) wash your hands, (3) wear a face covering, (4) symptoms? get a test, (5) contacted by track and trace? stay at home. Protect our community. Protect the vulnerable. Protect yourself