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Public and Community Engagement to Support Vaccine Research
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia OUCRU-Nepal Public Engagement
1 May 2024
The Public and Community Engagement group at OUCRU has a strong commitment to community engagement, particularly in the field of vaccine research. Let’s look at some featured projects in all OUCRU’s local offices, spreading out from typhoid in Nepal to TB in Vietnam.
Social cohesion among healthcare workers during COVID-19: Qualitative research in Indonesia, Nepal, and Vietnam
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia OUCRU-Nepal
4 April 2024
It has been well-documented that healthcare workers were significantly affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. They faced increased risks, shortage of protective equipment, heavy workloads, and severe mental distress. However, most existing studies explored healthcare workers’ experiences at the individual level rather than examining the collective responses. Exploring these experiences can highlight the local culture and social influence during the pandemic and point out system limits during public health crises.
Embracing Vulnerabilities: Andy Musaffa’s Unconventional Path to Effective Leadership
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
7 March 2024
Bachtiar Andy Musaffa (Andy) stands at the intersection of data management and human leadership—a place where numbers meet the nuanced complexities of team dynamics. As the Senior Research Data Manager at OUCRU Indonesia, Andy is not only at the helm of organising critical clinical trial data and developing databases but also at the core of leading a diverse team through the highs and lows of intensive research environments.
Leading with grace: How Dr Suwarti’s thoughtful approach to leadership inspires growth at OUCRU Indonesia
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
27 February 2024
Dr Suwarti began her journey with OUCRU Indonesia in 2018 as an awardee of the OUCRU Young Scientist Fellowship programme, when she embarked on a research journey into leptospirosis, a neglected tropical disease. Her curiosity and commitment to improving health outcomes have seen her research interests expand to the molecular diagnostic of Tuberculosis, Covid-19, and HIV.
Innovative Teledermatology Initiative Shows Success in Eastern Indonesia
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
15 January 2024
A teledermatology initiative by OUCRU Indonesia, in partnership with the Sumba Foundation and Gadjah Mada University, has made significant strides in transforming rural healthcare in Eastern Indonesia.
New evidence supports higher dose antimalarial to combat relapsing malaria
MORU NDM-CGHR OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia SMRU
26 September 2023
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.
Large-scale Study Examines Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control in Indonesia
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
22 August 2023
A new study published in The Lancet Global Health highlights the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) control in Indonesia, the nation with the second highest TB burden globally and the second highest burden of COVID-19 in the Asian region.
Dr Marlous Grijsen Awarded the International Award for Social Responsibility in Dermatology
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
5 July 2023
The OUCRU Indonesia project, “Improving access to skincare through teledermatology in Eastern Indonesia”, 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.
Letter from the hills: The invisible burden of leprosy in Sumba
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
18 November 2022
OUCRU Indonesia launches a new exhibition by photographer Yoppy Pieter based in Jakarta, Indonesia. This exhibition documents, through a series of intimate and beautiful images, the invisible burden of leprosy and other skin diseases in Sumba, an island in Nusa Tenggara Timor province, Indonesia.
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
18 November 2022
November 18 – 24 is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Antimicrobial resistance has been a key focus in OUCRU’s research for many years. Our objective is to understand and improve antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in agriculture, the community, and hospitals. Our approach is interdisciplinary – led by a number of OUCRU’s research groups and public engagement teams.
OUCRU presents a new virtual exhibition: Digital Diaries, Voices from the Pandemic, COVID-19 experiences in Asia
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia OUCRU-Nepal Public Engagement
13 September 2022
This online exhibition showcases short films and photographs created by health-care workers and community members and documents the socio-cultural impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam.
OUCRU SPEAR Digital Diaries
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia OUCRU-Nepal Public Engagement
21 June 2022
Healthcare workers and community members in Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam have been documenting their personal experiences of Covid-19. They have each made their own ‘digital diary’, using a range of creative tools and with technical support from the project team. These diaries form part of the SPEAR project: exploring the experiences and impacts of COVID-19 for healthcare workers and vulnerable communities.
Clinical trials for a malaria vaccine start in Mali and Indonesia
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
21 June 2022
Sanaria Inc. announced that two new Phase 2 trials of its pioneering malaria vaccines have started. The first is in 6- to 10-year-old children living in Bancoumana, Mali, a malarious region of West Africa. The second is in Indonesian soldiers based in Sumatra, Indonesia. The soldiers will be deploying for six to nine months this coming August to an intensely malarious district in eastern Indonesia.
Picturing Health: The Burden of Leprosy in Eastern Indonesia
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia Public Engagement
26 April 2022
The Eijkman Oxford Clinical Research Unit in Indonesia and Sumba Foundation collaborated with photographer Yoppy Pieter to express the human face of leprosy in Sumba, a remote island in eastern Indonesia. The project aimed to visualize the story of leprosy and raise awareness of this debilitating and heavily stigmatised disease
Research Culture at OUCRU
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
6 April 2022
What do we mean by 'Research Culture' and how has fostering a multinational, collaborative culture helped us deliver world-class research? Let's explore the research culture at OUCRU.
Policy and Public Engagement at OUCRU
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia Public Engagement Video
29 March 2022
Why does OUCRU place an important focus on engaging with its important partners, policy makers, the press, the community, and young people? Explore our work in policy & public engagement.
OUCRU Research Themes and Future
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia Video
22 March 2022
In this video, explore OUCRU's research areas and what questions we are aiming to answer in the next 5 years.
Covid-19 at OUCRU - Research and engagement portfolio
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia OUCRU-Nepal Public Engagement
11 March 2022
In the last two years, OUCRU has worked with our partners and collaborators to conduct various research and engagement projects in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This portfolio provides an overview of all the on-going projects that our entire programme have been working on to contribute to the understanding and management of COVID-19 and its national, regional and global impact.
OUCRU Tour - Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi (Vietnam) and Jakarta (Indonesia)
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia
11 March 2022
Are you curious about what a leading regional research hub for infectious disease look like? OUCRU is a large-scale research programme with offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi (Vietnam) and Jakarta (Indonesia). In this video, our leading scientists will take you on a tour of OUCRU's facilities and introduce you to our host institutions: the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Hanoi, Vietnam), and the Eijkman Institute (Jakarta, Indonesia)
From Vietnam to the World - 30 Years of OUCRU
OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia OUCRU-Nepal
4 March 2022
After over 30 years of working in infectious disease in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Nepal, OUCRU has developed and established its foothold as a crucial regional research hub in infectious diseases, bridging the gap between research and treatments all over the world. What have we done? How did we do it? And what will OUCRU continue to focus on in the next 5 years?