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\n \n 3 August 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme from NDM has participated in a new European-African consortium to improve the way infections in newborns are treated. This project, called SNIP-AFRICA, aims to reduce mortality among neonates in hospitals with sepsis in Africa, in an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAccording to the World Health Organisation, 10-15% of Vietnam\u2019s population is estimated to have viral hepatitis, including 1,07 million people who have Hepatitis C. Over 90% of those who have Hepatitis C are not aware of their positive status. OUCRU, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Ho Chi Minh City), and Vietnam\u2019s National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Hanoi) have been collaborating on Hepatitis C clinical trials since 2018. Our research is centred around predictive factors for selecting persons who could be successfully treated with shorter durations of antiviral therapy for Hepatitis C.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe second annual FORESFA meeting, held in Edinburgh, stimulated discussion on forensic investigations of falsified medicines and engagement with potential implementers.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new WWARN study, which looked at the variability in white blood cell (WBC) count in patients with uncomplicated malaria, found that using the assumed value of WBC in the calculation of parasite density led to a significant underestimation of parasite count for children and potentially sub-optimal treatment.
\n \n\n\n \n 27 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Global Health Network Conference Proceedings 2022 \u2013 a collection of abstracts for the \"Enabling Health Research in Every Healthcare Setting Conference\", held on 24\u201325 November 2022 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa \u2013 are now published.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nKWTRP hosted journalists from South Africa, Zambia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya who visited the programme for a tour that aimed to enrich the journalists\u2019 training experience as part of a science communication training workshop for journalists in Mombasa. The team interacted with Dr Eunice Nduati who presented on IAVI work and they toured the research labs. The training will empower the journalists to communicate scientific concepts accurately and effectively to a broader audience.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nKWTRP hosted the Improving Hypertension Control in Rural Africa (IHCoR) NIHR Global Health Research Group meeting dubbed the Kilifi Dialogues. The meeting brought together more than 30 leading researchers from various parts of the world to discuss the landscape of hypertension research in sub-Saharan Africa.
\n \n\n\n \n 17 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOver 50 students and research staff across 11 departments attended a one-day DPhil forum on implementation science and health systems research on July 10th, organised by the Health Systems Collaborative group, NDM-Centre for Global Health Research with support from the Oxford Global Health and Care Systems Society.
\n \n\n\n \n 14 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDigital health and artificial intelligence have the potential to transform healthcare, making health care management more efficient and accessible. However, a new paper by Ho Quang Chanh et al, detailed why engagement with policymakers, local patients and healthcare workers, and integrating with local systems and practice are crucial to ensure that digital health technologies can thrive in low- and middle-income settings.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Ali Ghufron Mukti, the President Director of the Indonesian Social Security Administering Body for Health (BPJS Kesehatan) visited the Nuffield Department of Medicine on 29th June 2023. He was hosted by colleagues within the Health Systems Collaborative group, Centre for Global Health Research, which shares the overall departmental vision of Universal Health.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThis year\u2019s School Leavers Attachment Scheme (SLAS) cohort have successfully concluded. The cohort included 9 students drawn from secondary schools in Kilifi who scored highest in aptitude tests and interviews. The 3-month attachment, which started from 1st March to 31st May, involved two-week long rotations in the HSRE, Neuro, ICT, Labs, Wards and ED departments and bi-weekly tutorials.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe OUCRU Indonesia project, \u201cImproving access to skincare through teledermatology in Eastern Indonesia\u201d, is one of five laureates selected this year from 193 applications in 66 countries by an independent scientific committee of five dermatologists and ILDS board members.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIHTM Course Adviser and lecturer, Dr Alice Norton, has led a highly collaborative effort to develop and launch a new tool for agencies funding global clinical trials \u2013 the GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA first in neglected tropical diseases, a global collaboration of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) community has developed freely available, annotated case report forms (CRF) to accelerate research both into uncomplicated VL and specifically for patients with HIV-VL co-infection.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nKWTRP and HSC researchers attended the International Maternal and Newborn Health Conference 8-11 May 2023 in Capetown, South Africa. This conference is held biannually to track progress made towards achieving maternal, newborn, and child health SDG targets as we get to 2030.
\n \n\n\n \n 21 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWork by Oxford DPhil could pave way towards a rapid diagnostic test for a disease that puts millions at risk across Asia-Pacific
\n \n\n\n \n 20 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nKEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) has put in place the Gender, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy to provide guidelines to be followed in the management of the Programme human resources to ensure consistency and compliance with the labour laws in the application of all policies across the Programme.
\n \n\n\n \n 16 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWhile 17 countries have now achieved trachoma elimination status, there is still work to be done, with trachoma responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people worldwide. Collaborators are being invited to join a new research project aimed at assessing the drivers for persistent and recrudescent trachoma.
\n \n\n\n \n 15 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe 2022-2023 IHTM cohort are currently on research placements across the globe. Some of the students took time to reflect on what they have learnt.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Gloria Ngaiza, winner of the Race Equality Award, and to Abdulazeez Imam, winner of the Student Voice Award. The Race Equality Award recognises students who are working to help racialised members of the University and have been involved in the fight against racism at Oxford. The Student Voice Award Acknowledges students who have amplified the students\u2019 views and priorities through representation and campaigning on behalf of their peers.
\n \n\n\n \n 8 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new WWARN study involving a collaboration of 107 researchers has provided unique insights in the epidemiology of submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn this talk with question and answer session, Prof Mukti will discuss the innovations and thinking behind this extraordinary health insurance scheme and how it has achieved its level of coverage in under a decade
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\n \n\n \n \n \nJoin our upcoming DPhil Forum, for current or aspiring DPhil Students at the University of Oxford who are involved in Implementation Science and Health Systems Research. Come and learn from current DPhil students. This event primarily targets DPhil Students but is also open to MSc Students and other research staff, both in Oxford and in our overseas Africa and Asia Programmes.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Kemri Wellcome Trust in collaboration with colleagues from various modelling groups and the World Health Organization have designed a framework to guide the use of mathematical modelling in evidence-based policy decision making.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIHTM student, Amal Mohamed, who is currently studying the MSc, spoke at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly representing her country Sudan.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that four of our researchers have been awarded the Associate Professor title, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Nuffield Department of Medicine.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOUCRU, in collaboration with Dak Lak\u2019s Department of Health and Centre for Disease Control (CDC), developed a training programme to enhance the capacity of commune vaccine staff, with a particular focus on supporting their communication about the vaccines and vaccination process.
\n \n\n\n \n 17 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe regret to announce the passing of Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski, Professor of Tropical Paediatrics at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, and a renowned researcher who dedicated his life to the research on malaria. Prof Kwiatkowski passed away in April 2023 at the age of 69.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study suggests that, although there is sparse evidence, substandard and falsified antiretrovirals occur and enhanced surveillance is needed.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \n'Just Transitions to mitigate antimicrobial resistance' is a multidisciplinary social science and humanities programme funded by the British Academy. Led by Dr Sonia Lewycka and Professor Phaik Yeong Cheah, its team of 20 researchers will convene global and regional dialogues, engaging with key stakeholders to co-create equitable and sustainable solutions to manage antimicrobial resistance.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nVaccines are the most effective and affordable way to prevent diseases. The pandemic led to a lag in immunisation for essential vaccines \u2013 25 million children worldwide missed out on vaccination in 2021, according to WHO. At OUCRU, in addition to research and collaborations on various vaccine projects, we are committed to public and community engagement and education around vaccines. Look at some engagement projects that help raise awareness about vaccination and build the capacity for frontline healthcare workers, especially in rural areas.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme hosted various stakeholders for a discussion on Human Resource for Health in Kenya. The meeting discussions centered on themes around health workforce production, the impact of health workforce on quality of care and health workforce governance and management.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nStudents at the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, talk about their public engagement projects.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System, housed within the Epidemiology and Demography Department of the KEMRI Kilifi Wellcome Trust Research Programme, celebrated two decades of its existence. The event was an opportunity for the team to reflect on its values, strengths and connect with the future.
\n \n\n\n \n 2 May 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nHealth Economics Research Unit, based at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, in collaboration with Africa Health Technology Assessment Network and Africa Health Economics Association, hosted a webinar on African country experiences with institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment. This approach to evidence-based priority setting provides a mechanism for making choices about purchasing decisions in the health system.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCaesar Atuire, who is the Ethics Lead for IHTM and a philosopher and health ethicist from Ghana, has received 3.4 million euros over 5 years from the Wellcome Discovery Awards to fund a project on global solidarity. \r\n'Moving beyond Solidarity Rhetoric in Global Health: Pluriversality and Actionable Tools.'
\n \n\n\n \n 24 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOn World Malaria Day 2023, the global fight against malaria has hit a critical point in Africa. Recent studies have confirmed that malaria parasites resistant to artemisinin have emerged in Rwanda, Uganda and the Horn of Africa.
\n \n\n\n \n 21 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOn 23 March, experts in medicine quality and substandard and falsified (SF) medicines gathered in Oxford for an informal one-day meeting following the workshop \u2018The relationship between substandard and falsified antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance and patient outcomes\u2019. Over 60 participants from multiple countries attended the meeting in the Theatre of the Department of Sociology at Oxford, and participated in focussed discussions and intense sharing of challenges and successes in medicine quality and countering SF medicines. Mainly from academia, participants also included representatives from international organisations, the private sector and NGOs.
\n \n\n\n \n 14 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new consortium MARC SE-Africa (Mitigating Antimalarial Resistance Consortium in Southern and East Africa) responds to a growing crisis in malaria, one of the greatest infectious challenges facing Africa.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Nuffield Department of Medicine\u2019s KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and the University of Oxford have recently reported promising results from a phase 1 clinical trial of their ChAdOx1 RVF vaccine against Rift Valley fever in humans.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) is delighted to announce that Dr James Watson has been appointed as the new Associate Director from March 2023.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOUCRU study explored why participants made decisions to participate in clinical trials and outlined ways to improve participants\u2019 experience during the informed consent process.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFunded by Wellcome, ACORN (A Clinically-Oriented antimicrobial Resistance Network) is an AMR surveillance project that collects clinical and microbiology data on community- and hospital-acquired infections. ACORN will assess the impacts of AMR on the duration of hospitalisation and mortality in collaboration with the WHO Global AMR Surveillance System (GLASS) team.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFlorence I. 'Cuppy' Otedola, an international DJ and music producer and Oxford alumna, has announced a gift of \u00a3100,000 to the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) to support African graduate students at the University of Oxford.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nKWTRP hosted the 2nd Advanced workshop for Bioinformatics workflows between 27th -31st March with 28 participants from Kenya, Uganda, DRC-Congo, Malawi and Nigeria, with support from NGS Academy for the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative.
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\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n MSc IHTM News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nOver the last three months, IHTM students have been preparing policy briefs to present to the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs.
\n \n\n\n \n 31 March 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe NeoSep1 trial team hosted a site initiation visit which included a training conducted by the Trial Management Group that includes St. George\u2019s Hospital in London and the UK Medical Research Council\u2019s Clinical Trial Unit. NeoSep1 trial is a randomised controlled trial to improve antibiotic treatment for babies.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 March 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new WWARN study has found that nearly two-thirds of the malaria-positive patients who present to health facilities are systematically excluded from \u201cclassical\u201d anti-malarial treatment efficacy trials.
\n \n\n\n \n 22 March 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOUCRU and HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases host a one-day research dissemination workshop for policy, healthcare, community, and research stakeholders. The workshop is the culmination of an OUCRU project: \u201cCommunity-based participatory research to promote engagement with underserved communities at risk of Hepatitis C virus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam\u201d.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOUCRU Public and Community Engagement team produced a video based on their project \u201cCommunity-based participatory research to promote engagement with underserved communities at risk of Hepatitis C virus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam\u201d. This video was made by community members of the community-based participatory research to the project. The video is in Vietnamese with English subtitles
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