Geo-enabling the Health Information System, programs or interventions training workshop - session 1 of 6 youtu.be/kyLvtGKA27Q UNICEF Tropical Medicine Oxford MORU

Carried out in 5 intensive care units #ICUs in Bangladesh & India, this MORU study by Rebecca Inglis et al asked patients & their families: How can we improve patient and family critical care experiences in South Asia ICUs to enhance patient recovery? bit.ly/3VEPKz6

What's the global economic impact of genital herpes simplex virus HSV-2 & HSV-1 infection & its consequences for folks with genital ulcer disease, neonatal herpes & HIV infection attributable to HSV-2? In a word: SUBSTANTIAL say BMC Global and Public Health study researchers bit.ly/3L4rNfP

Millions of lives at risk as artemisinin-resistant #malaria parasites spread in East #Africa, warn researchers in Science Magazine. Resistance in some areas has gone fr <1% to >20% of cases in 3 years. What can The Global Fund U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) World Health Organization (WHO) do to prevent this? bit.ly/3LrQEKy

On 25 July, UK Frgn Sctry David Lammy visited LOMWRU to learn about The Fleming Fund #AMR work at Mahosot Hosp Vientiane. L-R Dr Nay Thi Ha (Fondation Mérieux), UK Ambo Laos Melanie Barlow, Dr Koukeo Phommasone, HE David Lammy, LOMWRU Dir Dr Elizabeth Ashley, Dr Manivanh Vongsouvath

How can countries best enable radical cure treatment for P vivax #malaria? What if we brought treatment closer to patients by equipping community health workers CHWs with G6PD tests so patients don't have to travel for vivax malariacurative treatment? bit.ly/4dsOt5z

Mapping #malaria transmission foci in Northeast Thailand from 2011 to 2021 malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… MORU NDMPapers

📢Calling all researchers working in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs? You can use our free tools, resources to support your work iddo.org/tools-and-reso… #BeatNTDs Tropical Medicine Oxford MORU OUCRU

Our Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe is an online tool mapping reports of #SubstandardMedicines and #FalsifiedMedicines from around the world including #COVID19. Read more 👉 iddo.org/medicine-quali… Tropical Medicine Oxford MORU

14-16:00 ICT (08-10:00 BST) 17 Aug, Challenges and Opportunities for Public Engagement for Research in #Pakistan, organised by Critical Care Medicine Research Group, Ziauddin University Unique insights on public engagement in South Asia, register today! us06web.zoom.us/j/84034001273

Att'n The Global Fund U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) WHO African Region! What are concrete steps we could take now to head off huge increases in #malaria cases and deaths due to artemisinin resistance, which has now emerged in multiple locations across eastern Africa? Full info here: lnkd.in/eEKNe-Kq

Huge congratulations to Dr Robert Sinto of MORU and Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia for passing his Tropical Medicine Oxford DPhil viva with minor corrections! His project focussed on antimicrobial-resistant infections, and diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship practices in inpatients in Indonesia🎓

MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) rates are going up globally. Many low resource settings don’t have access to vancomycin or therapeutic drug monitoring BUT cotrimoxazole is widely available and cheap. Time for a head-to-head comparison? bit.ly/3YMqWs9

MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) rates are going up globally. Many low resource settings don’t have access to vancomycin or therapeutic drug monitoring BUT cotrimoxazole is widely available and cheap. Time for a head-to-head comparison?authors.elsevier.com/a/1jcK0,RGPgV-…

Congratulations to MORU student Frank Kagoro for passing his PhD viva at UCT Franks project focused on mapping and visualizations of antimalarial drug resistance for malaria programs and policymakers. Congratulations Frank! 🎓

What happens if you combine MALDI-MS + open-source machine learning? A new mass spectrometry method that uses repurposed clinical mass spectrometers in hospitals worldwide to distinguish authentic & #falsified #vaccines & c/d monitor global supply chains bit.ly/4g1LnHM

#ResearchHighlight from Germana Bancone MORU New #WHO classification of genetic variants causing #G6PDDeficiency This classification reconciles biochemical and clinical aspects of the different G6PD mutations ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39070600/

Congratulations to our four MORU researchers who were among 10 Nuffield Department of Medicine researchers recently awarded the title of University of Oxford Full Professor! Well done, Christiane, Juthathip, Mavuto and Bob! bit.ly/3z1WhN3

Our dpp-project.org partner GRAS-BURKINA will assess transmission blocking efficacy of allometrically-scaled, single low dose primaquine, using the WHO-recommended 0.25 mg/kg target dose, in under 5 Burkinabe children w #malaria Study protocol: bit.ly/3AMx7Cs

Good news! No evidence of sub-optimal #malaria treatment or substantial changes in pharmacokinetic PK properties of ACT partner drugs amodiaquine & piperaquine during pregnancy. Dose adjustment NOT warranted for women in 2nd/3rd trimester of pregnancy! bit.ly/4dSvpy5