Advancing lab analysis of simulated samples, crucial to developing forensic techniques, is focus of FORESFA Trentino workshop
23 January 2024
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
The FORESFA project's laboratory group met for a workshop in Trentino, Italy, with participants from Oxford, Edinburgh, London, and Vienna. The workshop focused on advancing the analysis of simulated samples, which are crucial to developing forensic techniques to analyse falsified medical products. Challenges in data integration, collaboration with external experts, and a workflow for the first pilot analysis of falsified samples were discussed.
KWTRP Consultative Workshop on Data Access and Use for Public Health Planning and Decision-making
20 November 2023
The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) convened stakeholders for a follow-up session on data access and use for public health planning and decision-making. This forum focused on discussing pathways to implementing priority recommendations generated during the first consultative workshop.
Hospitals and Universal Health Coverage Meeting
11 October 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
The two-day meeting aimed to foster discussion between policy makers, practitioners and academics on the role of hospitals in the context of global efforts to ensure Universal Health Coverage. The meeting paid special attention to the roles of ‘district hospitals’ in low and middle-income countries while exploring how hospital care is evolving in high and low-income settings in response to shared global opportunities and challenges.
Decolonisation and Global Health Research Exchange Network Meeting
22 September 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
The Decolonisation and Global Health Research Exchange Network led by Sassy Molyneux and Dorcas Kamuya, convened a meeting in Kilifi on 29th – 31st August 2023. The meeting brought together 20 participants from Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Malaysia, UK and Australia.
FORESFA Edinburgh meeting stimulates discussion
28 July 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
The second annual FORESFA meeting, held in Edinburgh, stimulated discussion on forensic investigations of falsified medicines and engagement with potential implementers.
The Global Health Network Conference Proceedings 2022
27 July 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
The Global Health Network Conference Proceedings 2022 – a collection of abstracts for the "Enabling Health Research in Every Healthcare Setting Conference", held on 24–25 November 2022 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa – are now published.
KWTRP Media Engagement
25 July 2023
KWTRP hosted journalists from South Africa, Zambia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya who visited the programme for a tour that aimed to enrich the journalists’ 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.
Hypertension Control in Rural Africa(IHCoR) NIHR Global Health Research Group meeting
24 July 2023
KWTRP 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.
DPhil forum enables cross-department discussions and sharing on implementation science and health systems research
17 July 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
Over 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.
Prominent Indonesian scientist and health policy expert visits Nuffield Department of Medicine
10 July 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
Professor 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.
Achieving maternal, newborn, and child health
23 June 2023
Conferences & meetings KWTRP NDM-CGHR
KWTRP 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.
Healthcare for 17,000 islands: How Indonesia achieved almost Universal Health Coverage in under 10 years
6 June 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
In 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
DPhil Forum on Implementation Science and Health Systems Research
6 June 2023
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
Join 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.
Registration is open for The Global Health Network Conference 2022
24 June 2022
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
To tackle disease we need evidence to be generated through every type of health research study. This conference aims to bring together health research teams, organisations, health-workers, policy makers and practitioners to explore together how health research can be embedded into every healthcare setting. Join us at The Global Health Network Conference 2022 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, 24 – 25 November 2022
Geneva Health Forum panel on the elimination of NTDs and the new WHO Roadmap
5 February 2021
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
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
20 February 2020
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
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
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
12 June 2019
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
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
21 November 2018
Conferences & meetings LOMWRU MORU NDM-CGHR
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
16 November 2018
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR Public Engagement
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
7 November 2018
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
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
7 November 2018
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
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
29 October 2018
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
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
4 September 2018
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
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
15 June 2018
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
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
23 May 2018
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
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
8 December 2017
Conferences & meetings KWTRP NDM-CGHR
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
22 November 2017
Conferences & meetings KWTRP NDM-CGHR
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
9 November 2017
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
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
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
20 July 2017
Conferences & meetings MORU NDM-CGHR
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
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
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
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.
Over 90 percent improvement recorded on the documentation of common childhood illnesses
9 May 2017
Documentation of patient history & essential key signs, within the Clinical Information Network (CIN), improved to over 90 percent across 14 hospitals. Reports generated indicate a steady improvement in data collection.
LINK programme visit to Kenya
9 February 2017
The LINK programme held its first full team meeting hosted by Professor Bob Snow in Nairobi, Kenya. This was a valuable opportunity for the London and Nairobi-based team members to meet for an update on the programme and to jointly plan activities going forward. In the first quarter of 2017, LINK will be working to develop profiles with National Control Malaria Programmes (NMCPs) in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda.
Nairobi newborn studies feedback meeting
9 February 2017
A feedback dissemination meeting on the just concluded Nairobi newborn study took place on Monday 30th January and was attended by 75 delegates. Discussions were on: routine newborn care in newborn units, infrastructure and services available in health facilities, accessibility of drugs, newborn care in the maternity wards, material and human resource capacity, utilization of inpatient newborn services; and the quality of existing services.
ZIKAlliance Kick-off Meeting in Brazil
15 December 2016
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
Hosted by University Sao Paulo Medical School at the Centro de Convenções Rebouças ZIKAlliance, the multinational and multidisciplinary consortium coordinated by Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, and created in response to a Horizon 2020 funding call by the European Commission’s Directorate-General Research and Innovation, has officially started its activities with the kick-off meeting held in Brazil
KWTRP team in Health Systems Global meeting in Vancouver
22 November 2016
KWTRP Health Systems team had a strong presence in the Health Systems Global meeting in Vancouver, Canada. This year's theme was “Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world". The team made various presentations of work that they have done in both Kilifi and Nairobi, and were involved in a number of sessions including one on the RESYST consortium.
CTMGH at the ASTMH 2016 Annual Meeting - Atlanta, USA
10 November 2016
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
At this year’s ASTMH Annual Meeting the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health will introduce research from our Major Overseas Programmes in Thailand, Vietnam, and Kenya, and groups based in Oxford: ERGO, IDDO, ISARIC, OHSCAR, TGHN, WWARN, and the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine.
Visit by DFID to KWTRP - Nairobi offices
10 March 2016
A team from the Department of International Development (DFID), based in Nairobi, met with Senior Managers at the KEMRI - Wellcome Trust Nairobi offices including the Executive Director, Prof. Philip Bejon, on the 4th of March 2016. The DFID team was led by Lizzie Smith, Head of Profession Health.
Climate Change and Health Debate
4 March 2016
Conferences & meetings NDM-CGHR
MSc students from the CTMGH's International Health and Tropical Medicine course speak at the Oxford Union, on a debate about climate change and its effects on health. The debate takes place on Tuesday 15th March, 5 pm for a 5.30 pm start. Topics will be announced to the students the week before. All welcome, no pre-booking required.