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« Back to NewsVisit our exhibition: Malariaworld
17 April 2024
KWTRP MORU NDM-CGHR OUCRU Public Engagement
The Malariaworld exhibition has been developed for World Malaria Day 2024 to raise awareness of malaria and malaria research. We highlight some of the Nuffield Department of Medicine’s contributions to malaria research. Come and visit our exhibition at the John Radcliffe Academic Centre, 22-29 April 2024.
Geospatial modelling study highlights Indian regions with treatment-resistant malaria parasites
16 April 2024
An updated systematic search and review of published information from over 4,000 malaria samples has identified areas in central, eastern and north-eastern India where treatment-resistant malaria parasites could be more prevalent.
Children with acute malnutrition and malaria: the double burden that increases risk of treatment failure
13 March 2024
LOMWRU MOCRU MORU NDM-CGHR SMRU
An analysis of over 11,000 falciparum malaria individual patient data sets has found that acutely malnourished children have a higher risk of reinfections and treatment failures, even when treated with recommended doses of artemisinin-based combination therapies, currently the best malaria treatment available. The malaria parasite clearance was also likely to be longer in these children.
International Womens Day
12 March 2024
Green Templeton College proudly marked #InternationalWomensDay2024 by honouring fourteen exceptional women through a series of nine stunning portraits including two members of the Health Systems Collaborative (HSC).
NEWRISK project awarded RIGHT 5 NHIR funding
27 February 2024
Awards & Appointments KWTRP NDM-CGHR
Led by Benjamin Tsofa and Jacob McKnight, the project named "A Novel Extreme Weather Risk Insurance System for Kenya (NEWRISK)” will focus on using the latest methods to provide focused data on extreme weather, population vulnerability, and health system capacity readiness across various climatic zones in Kenya.
New study uses isotope ratio mass spectrometry to analyse origins of falsified antimalarials
20 February 2024
New work from the Medicine Quality Group at IDDO and MORU pilots the use of stable isotope mass spectrometry to estimate where falsified antimalarials and their components come from. The study, published in Scientific Reports, is a collaboration between the Medicine Quality Research Group, LOMWRU, and MORU Bangkok, working with stable isotope scientists in Utah, USA.
Repurposed tests can detect falsified vaccines, study finds
16 February 2024
Researchers have found that widely available rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), typically used for common infections, can be repurposed to detect substandard and falsified (SF) vaccines, a significant but overlooked issue in global public health. Preliminary data suggests RDTs could be utilized by international organizations and regulators to screen vaccine supply chains for falsified products. This innovative approach addresses the urgent need for affordable tools to combat the threat of SF vaccines.
GRAM study reveals rising antimicrobial resistance in enteric fever across 75 countries, affecting millions
15 February 2024
Findings reveal resistance patterns for a priority pathogen--also known as typhoid fever--with high mortality and morbidity in resource-constrained settings
Book chapter highlights issues of poor-quality medical products during the global pandemic
5 February 2024
MORU' and IDDO’s Medicine Quality Research Group (MQRG) have written a chapter in a new book which examines the global issue of substandard and falsified medical products.
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.
How scientists are helping plants get the most out of photosynthesis
8 January 2024
Photosynthesis is the starting point for almost every food chain, sustaining most life on Earth. But, not all plants have perfected the process. We now have the knowledge and the tools to maximise photosynthesis in a range of food crops. As climate change-driven weather such as drought and flooding is destroying crops and threatening crop yields around the world, this research is about making sure we can grow enough food to feed ourselves. Sebastian Fuller and Jonathan Menary tell us how in an article published in The Conversation.
AMR linked to 1M deaths in Africa, according to GRAM study
20 December 2023
Findings suggest urgent need to address burden of drug-resistant infections across continent, one of the highest levels worldwide
Malaria chemoprevention after hospital discharge reduced mortality and sickness in children recovering from severe anaemia
19 December 2023
A systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis found that malaria chemoprevention after hospital discharge reduces deaths in children recovering from severe anaemia by 70%, and hospital readmission by 55%.
1 in 4 malaria patients in Africa receive suboptimal dose of antimalarial drugs
11 December 2023
A new study estimates that nearly 1 in 4 people with P. falciparum malaria in Africa are at risk of receiving too low a dose of artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), increasing the chance of treatment failure and the risk that malarial parasites develop resistance to the drug they were exposed to.
A quarter of visceral leishmaniasis relapses missed in follow ups
7 December 2023
A meta-analysis of nearly 30,000 patients by the The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory researchers, suggests that a post-treatment follow-up duration of longer than 6-months may be needed to identify visceral leishmaniasis relapses.
Alan Bernstein meets with MSc students in International Health and Tropical Medicine
4 December 2023
Professor Alan Bernstein, Director of Global Health, met with students from the Nuffield Department of Medicine’s MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine (IHTM).
The Global Health Network launch The 1000 Challenge
30 November 2023
The Global Health Network and Nursing Now Challenge launch The 1000 Challenge, a global research leadership initiative to enable health professionals to ask locally important questions to generate evidence. The initiative aims to change practice and management to improve patient management, care, or treatment in a commitment to advance Health for All.
CGHR researcher part of the team that received an INTERPROFESSIONAL.GLOBAL award for outstanding interprofessional teamwork and collaboration
17 November 2023
Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR
Dr Shobhana Nagraj (HSC) is part of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) research group. The team received a prestigious Interprofessional Global Award from the Global Confederation for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, for outstanding interprofessional teamwork and collaboration in healthcare research. The award was presented to team members at the Altogether Better Health XI conference in Doha, Qatar, November 6-9th 2023.
IDDO part of the CERCLE coalition fighting infectious diseases beyond COVID
15 November 2023
IDDO is part of a coalition of over 900 scientists calling for a fairer investment in infectious disease research in low resource areas
Collaborating for Health Policy Actions in Oxfordshire: Addressing Child Food Poverty from Grassroots to Policy Actions
15 November 2023
Dr Shobhana Nagraj (HSC) was awarded an Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Fellowship to work alongside Good Food Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire County Council to hold a roundtable on addressing child food poverty in Oxfordshire. Entitled ‘Listen & act: accessing healthy, affordable food for Oxfordshire’s children’, the event brought together key actors and stakeholders from across Oxfordshire, and resulted in a report with three key policy recommendations to improve childhood nutrition in Oxfordshire.
Prof Deirdre Hollingsworth recognised for Kindness & Leadership
13 November 2023
Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR
Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology has been named as one of this year’s 50 Leading Lights for Kindness & Leadership in the UK. This campaign highlights the leaders who are impacting others through kindness.
Professor Paul Newton, head of the Medicine Quality Research Group, receives MSD award
10 November 2023
Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR
Professor Paul Newton, head of IDDO’s Medicine Quality Research Group has received an ‘Excellent Supervisor’ award.
Just by shining a light into an unopened vial, handheld device can quickly detect falsified COVID-19 vaccines
10 November 2023
Handheld Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS) devices offer new hope for easily detecting falsified COVID-19 vaccines — even if the vaccine vials are unopened, say researchers in a paper published in Vaccine on 20 Oct 2023
New partnership to improve antimicrobial resistance research
7 November 2023
The Global Health Network and the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a framework for collaboration that can maximise the impact of shared antimicrobial resistance education, policy and advocacy efforts.
Community Engagement on Human Resources for Health Needs at IF Oxford Festival
1 November 2023
In a world driven by innovation and technology, healthcare remains a cornerstone of society. Understanding the healthcare system's challenges is crucial for professionals and the public. As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering knowledge and awareness the Health Systems Collaborative (HSC) team participated in community engagement as a part of the IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival. This event allowed participants to explore the human resources for health challenges while highlighting our work to address these issues in the UK and worldwide.
Nutrient supplementation boosts effects of malaria chemoprevention in Burkina Faso
1 November 2023
A collaborative study by researchers from the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de La Santé of Nanoro (IRRS-Nanoro) in Burkina Faso and IDDO/WWARN has found that giving young children vitamin and lipid supplements at the same time as seasonal malaria chemoprevention reduces the incidence of severe malaria by approx. 50%, compared to chemoprevention alone.
New systematic review finds that inadequate P. vivax antimalarial treatment more than doubles malaria relapse risk
1 November 2023
The WWARN Vivax adherence study group-led meta-analysis finds that poor adherence to primaquine treatment regimens increased recurrence by 2.3-fold.
Estimating hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections in England
24 October 2023
An estimated 95,000–167,000 inpatients at English National Health Service (NHS) hospitals caught SARS-CoV-2 while in hospital during England’s ‘second wave’ of COVID-19, between June 2020 and March 2021, reports a study in Nature. The findings reveal the scale of hospital transmissions and highlight contributing factors, such as a limited number of single rooms.
IDDO and WWARN Director receives ASTMH medal
24 October 2023
Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR
Professor Philippe Guérin, IDDO and WWARN’s Director, has been awarded the Bailey K. Ashford Medal for his “distinguished” work in tropical medicine.
Advanced Laser Spectroscopy to detect falsified vaccines
20 October 2023
An international consortium of multidisciplinary researchers and specialists has developed a new method to counter the problem of COVID-19 vaccine falsification.
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.
New evidence supports higher dose antimalarial to combat relapsing malaria
26 September 2023
MORU NDM-CGHR OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia SMRU
Analysis of data from more than 6,800 patients located across 16 countries has supported the need to increase the dose of the antimalarial drug, primaquine, in Plasmodium vivax malaria endemic countries.
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.
AfOx Graduate Scholars
5 September 2023
The Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) is delighted to introduce the 2023 cohort of AfOx graduate scholars at the University of Oxford. The 45 AfOx scholars are from 11 African countries spread across Northern, Eastern, Middle, Southern and Western Africa. Over 66 % of the 2023 AfOx Graduate scholars are female.
New model evaluates a path to tracking leprosy elimination
21 August 2023
A special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B on challenges and opportunities in the fight against neglected tropical diseases has been released today. This special issue, compiled and edited by Kathryn Forbes, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Déirdre Hollingsworth and Roy M. Anderson, celebrates progress made since the 2012 London Declaration on NTDs and discusses challenges currently faced to achieve these goals.
Researchers call for standardisation of antibiotics to help fight resistance
16 August 2023
The ABACUS II Consortium, which includes the Medicine Quality Research Group, published a new viewpoint calling for the standardisation of antibiotics appearance and better information around usage. Changes to the appearance of antibiotic medicines could help avoid confusion and reduce misuse. These measures could help reduce antibiotic resistance, an urgent and global problem that is growing every year.
New collaboration to improve clinical research in low-resource settings
11 August 2023
Four major clinical trial networks, including Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, The Global Health Network, hosted by NDM’s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, based in low-resource settings are embarking on an exciting partnership with the Good Clinical Trials Collaborative (GCTC) to enhance clinical research in low-resource settings.
Antimicrobial resistance poses threat in all 35 countries in the Americas
8 August 2023
More than 43% of infection-related deaths in the region were tied to AMR, according to GRAM Project study
Rapid Funding for COVID-19 Research in Low-Resource Settings
7 August 2023
In a research letter published in The Lancet, the authors including Professor Philippe Guerin, Director of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory, hosted by NDM’s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, emphasised the critical need for equity in the allocation of research funding, especially in the context of epidemic response efforts.
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.
Study reviews variability in white blood cell count in patients uncomplicated malaria
28 July 2023
A 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.
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.
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.
GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap - supporting stronger coordination of clinical trial responses to epidemics and pandemics
4 July 2023
IHTM 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 – the GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap.
Collaborative effort produce case report forms for visceral leishmaniasis
23 June 2023
A 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.
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.
New project to collaboratively assess the drivers of recrudescent and persistent trachoma
16 June 2023
While 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.
Reflections on research placements in 2023
15 June 2023
The 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.
Two CTMGH students receive awards from the Oxford Student Union
13 June 2023
Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR
Congratulations 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’ views and priorities through representation and campaigning on behalf of their peers.