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Malaria kills almost 600,000 people a year, most of whom are African children, according to the World Health Organisation. Yet, millions of other people recover from an infected mosquito bite without succumbing to the life-threatening complications, especially with access to effective drug regimens.
Geneva Health Forum panel on the elimination of NTDs and the new WHO Roadmap
Conferences & meetings OCGHR
5 February 2021
The WHO 2030 NTD Roadmap has just been launched, and a recent Geneva Health Forum panel took that as its starting point to discuss the possibility of eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Professor Philippe Guérin, IDDO’s Director, joined co-panellists Dr Amy Fall, the Global Health Medical for Africa Region Lead at Sanofi, Dr Mwele Malecela, Director of the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the WHO, and Dr Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, Medical Director at Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) back in November 2020.
MSc IHTM annual visit to the Houses of Parliament
Conferences & meetings MSc IHTM News OCGHR
20 February 2020
On the 11th February the MsC IHTM students visited the House of Parliament and presented their policy briefs in the House of Lords.
KWTRP highlights health equity issues during Equity Week
Conferences & meetings KWTRP
26 November 2019
Convened by the International Budget Partnership, Equity Week brings together stakeholders from national and county government, community groups and other agencies to reflect on equity and equality issues particularly in resource mobilization and distribution in the country. KWTRP highlighted issues of disability, access to healthcare, financial risk protection, mapping variations and vulnerabilities in young children
Need for better community engagement during global health emergencies
Conferences & meetings OCGHR
12 June 2019
A workshop held in Dakar, Senegal, 7-18 March, highlighted the need for better community engagement during global health emergencies. An international group of experts in community engagement for health research identified urgent measures to foster involvement of local communities in emergency research, such as the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.
After MQPH 2018, new collaborations to fight substandard medicines
Conferences & meetings LOMWRU MORU OCGHR
21 November 2018
Over 200 delegates travelled from more than 50 countries to attend the first ever conference on Medicine Quality and Public Health (MQPH 2018) in Oxford from 23-28 Sept. The conference, at Keble College, brought together experts in pharmacy, public health, chemistry, law, sociology, governance and ethics, from medicines regulatory authorities, academia, pharmaceutical industry, NGOs, and international organisations.
Art exhibition on Fake Medicine, the disease of greed
Conferences & meetings OCGHR Public Engagement
16 November 2018
Visit the Radcliffe Science Library before 4th January 2019 to see a new art exhibition of 14 prints illustrating the global health impact of poor quality medicines. The proliferation of poor quality medicines is an important but neglected public health problem, threatening millions of people all over the world, both in developing and wealthy countries.
Fake drugs: the global industry putting your life at risk
Conferences & meetings MORU OCGHR Publication
7 November 2018
The manufacture and distribution of medicines is a global industry, tainted by fake and substandard products. Not only might these drugs not work as expected, but some are even contributing to antimicrobial resistance. So, what’s in your medicine cabinet? This is an article on Mosaic, a Wellcome publication
The Oxford Statement - lets demand medicines we can trust
Conferences & meetings MORU OCGHR Publication
7 November 2018
Every person has the right to expect that when they use a medical product, whether medicine, vaccine or diagnostic kit, it works. But too often, that is not the case. Substandard medical products result from errors, negligence or poor practice in manufacturing, transportation and/or storage. In contrast, falsified products result from criminal fraud. Both innovative and generic products are affected.
Sparking collaborations and discussions on substandard and falsified medicines at MQPH 2018
Conferences & meetings MORU OCGHR
29 October 2018
Over 200 delegates traveled from more than 50 countries to attend the first ever conference on Medicine Quality and Public Health (MQPH) in Oxford from 23-28 September 2018. The conference brought together experts from academia, public health, pharmacy, chemistry, law, ethics, social sciences, public engagement, health policy, with national medicines regulatory authorities, NGOs, international organizations and donors. Conference partners presented the latest evidence on substandard, falsified and unregulated medicines, and discussed strategies to tackle this global challenge.
Medicine Quality and Public Health, a pioneering conference to address the global threat of poor quality medicines
Conferences & meetings MORU OCGHR
4 September 2018
A pioneering academic conference will bring together, for the first time, people from all over the world dealing with the problem of poor quality medicines and their impact on public health. The Medicine Quality & Public Health conference will take place at Keble College, Oxford, 23-28 Sept 2018. It will provide a unique opportunity for health authorities, scientists, pharmacists, lawyers and international organisations to discuss the problem and outline the necessary steps to tackle the issue on a global scale.
Experts to seek consensus on tackling poor quality medicines
Conferences & meetings MORU OCGHR
15 June 2018
The proliferation of poor quality medical products is an important but neglected public health problem, threatening millions of people all over the world, both in developing and wealthy countries. A pioneering conference will bring leading professionals from all over the world to Oxford, September 23-28, to discuss strategies for tackling poor quality medical products on a global scale.
Medicine Quality & Public Health Conference
Conferences & meetings MORU OCGHR
23 May 2018
The first-ever dedicated academic conference to discuss Medicine Quality & Public Health bringing together people from a diversity of sectors: public health, national regulatory authority, pharmacy, biomedical, chemistry, law, ethics, cultural and social sciences, the pharmaceutical industry, international organisations, NGOs, national procurement centres, also scientists working on internet and pharmaceutical forensics. 23rd-28th September 2018 at Keble College, Oxford. Submit your abstract by 1 June 2018
Health Systems Research Forum at Oxford
Conferences & meetings KWTRP OCGHR
8 December 2017
The Crossing Boundaries III forum on health systems research got off to an exciting start with a good number of guests in attendance. The two-day forum provided useful insights in ongoing research in low and middle income countries. Some of the topics discussed were on were on task shifting, interdisciplinary research methods, antimicrobial resistance, mental health and governance amongst others.
Crossing Boundaries 3
Conferences & meetings KWTRP OCGHR
22 November 2017
Crossing Boundaries is a conference to showcase Oxford’s multidisciplinary research informing health systems strengthening in low and middle income countries. Thursday 7th December, 08:30 – 18.00 at the Said Business School. Registration is open until the 1st December
European Melioidosis Congress 2018 European Melioidosis Congress 2018
Conferences & meetings OCGHR
9 November 2017
We would like to warmly invite you to The European Melioidosis Congress 2018, which is to be based at Lady Margaret Hall, one of the colleges of University of Oxford. The congress will open with a drinks and canapé welcome reception on the evening of Monday 19th March 2018. This will be followed by two full conference days on Tuesday 20th March and Wednesday 21st March.
Call for Abstract MVVR5 2017
Conferences & meetings
20 July 2017
The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust anounces that the call for abstracts towards the 5th Medical and Veterinary Virus Research Symposium, October 26th – 27th, 2017, is open. This year’s theme is One Health – Accelerating Virus Research in East Africa. You are invited to submit presentations related to research involving viruses of medical and veterinary importance.
Pioneering Medicine Quality & Public Health Conference coming to Oxford
Conferences & meetings MORU OCGHR
20 July 2017
The first-ever MQPH Conference will take place at Keble College, Oxford on 23-28 September 2018. This international event will bring together people from public health, national regulatory authorities, pharmacy, biomedical, chemistry, law, ethics, cultural and social sciences, pharmaceutical industry, international organisations and NGOs. It grants an opportunity to discuss the problem and outline the necessary steps to tackle the issue on a global scale.
Interactive feedback meeting at Mbagathi Hospital
Conferences & meetings KWTRP
21 June 2017
Dr Jacinta Nzinga engages nursing officers at the Mbagathi County hospital. The results dissemination activity took place on May 12th 2017. Discussions were lively and provided useful insights as to the activities surrounding the newborn units at the hospital. Feedback of research findings forms an important component of our work.
Three controversies in health data science
Conferences & meetings KWTRP
9 May 2017
Professor Niels Peek introduced the three controversies in health data science in a well-attended public lecture at the Strathmore University on Wednesday. The three controversies discussed were; data shall be used only for the purpose for which they were collected, big data and predictive analytics should replace randomised clinical trials and to accelerate research, all medical and healthcare data should made available to data scientists.
Strathmore hosts e-health meeting
Conferences & meetings KWTRP
9 May 2017
Strathmore University this year hosted the Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA), meet up that was rich in content with presentations and discussions from the University of Nairobi, the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Ministry of Health, University of Oxford, Strathmore University and Philips Health among others.