IHTM Research Placements
The third, or Trinity term, of IHTM involves an eight-week placement with a global health project in a resource limited setting. Travel and accommodation for the placement is funded by the course. Projects represent the range of subjects covered in the course and the project forms the basis of an independent 10,000-word dissertation to be submitted six weeks after the return from placement.
Many of the projects are hosted by the Oxford Tropical Network in various geographic regions. Projects change from year to year depending on research currently underway. Below are a list of the research project placements undertaken by the 2023 - 2024 cohort of IHTM students.
Find out more about one student's experience in Ghana.
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Placement Project Title |
Location of the Project |
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Gap analysis of policy guidance in the health-sector in Seychelles |
Seychelles |
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Assessing the impact of Seychelles’ Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act 45 of 2021) on quality of death certification
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Seychelles |
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Colorectal cancer screening in Seychelles
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Seychelles
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Assessing the perspective of parents and teachers for the integration of comprehensive sexuality education in the primary and secondary school curriculum
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Seychelles |
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Optimising pharmaceutical supply chain in a rural medical centre in Ghana. |
Ghana, Biriwa, Cape Coast |
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Attitudes towards psychosis among urban dwellers of Accra, Ghana
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Ghana, Biriwa, Cape Coast
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Maternal health in rural Ghana |
Ghana, Biriwa, Cape Coast
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Ethics and digital mental health for youth |
Ghana
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The contribution of human resource issues to the state of MNH in Liberia - a qualitative exploration |
Liberia |
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Evaluating the potential of screening-based interventions for the control of WHO-priority bacterial pathogens in resource-limited hospital settings: policies, costs and effectiveness |
Thailand |
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Modelling methaemoglobinaemia concentrations following weekly primaquine in vivax-infected patients and healthy volunteers |
MORU, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Assessing the WHO haemoglobin colour card in Africa (Uganda and DRC) and SE Asia (Cambodia) |
MORU, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Adherence and adverse effects of primaquine treatment for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria in a near malaria elimination setting |
Laos |
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Environmental solutions to tackle antimicrobial resistance
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Hanoi, Vietnam |
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Improving child health as an approach to reduce antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance |
Hanoi, Vietnam |
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Understanding antibiotic consumption practices in rural Cambodia |
Cambodia |
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Evaluating strategies for HIV-AIDS prevention and treatment in Bali: An in-depth analysis utilizing secondary data from the Center for Public Health Innovation at Udayana University |
Bali, Indonesia |
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Exploring antenatal care and maternal and neonatal outcomes in Nepal |
Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Assessing PAHO regional prioritization and funding for priority diseases |
Oxford (with possible visit to Sao Paolo, Brazil) |
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GAVI’s funding policies and vaccine programmes |
GAVI (Geneva) & Oxford |
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Country PHC measurement informing policymaking and service improvement |
WHO Geneva + LIC/LMIC |
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Scoping review to identify successful government policies to accelerate innovation in health |
Oxford and WHO, Geneva |
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Meta-analysis of relapse following treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the presence of missing outcome data: Application of imputation approach using informative missing parameter |
Oxford |
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Development of a data-driven tool for monitoring gestational weight age in minority population along the Thai-Myanmar border |
Thailand |