Survey Call: Help Develop Equitable Research Funding Priorities on Infectious Diseases Sources and Drivers Across the World
by The Editorial TeamThe Global Health Network and Wellcome are launching a global survey to gather your perspectives on the research priorities in this area. Our aim is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the most pressing research needs and to form a consensus among different sectors, including human and animal health.
The Global Health Network welcomes the highly encouraging news on Pfizer/ Biontech COVID-19 vaccine
by EditorialDNDi short film about new treatment for sleeping sickness awarded Grand Prix at inaugural WHO film festival
by The Editorial TeamFree Webinar: Science, technology and innovation for upskilling knowledge-based economies in Africa
by The Editorial TeamThis is a great video of a talk given at the Oxford Martin School by Professor Kevin Marsh.
Epidemic curves are an important component of the public health and global health toolbox. Learn more about creating and interpretting them.
Around half of the clinical trials done on medicines we use today are not published; a tragic truth that needs to be changed.
A Point-of-Care Assay to Detect Antimalarial Drugs from Finger Stick Blood Samples
by The Editorial TeamThis video seminar describes research to develop a low-cost, field-based test to detect several slow-clearing ACT drug compounds from unprocessed fingerstick blood samples
This study provides evidence on antibiotic use by community health workers (CHWs) and caregivers to inform iCCM programmes, safeguarding current treatments whilst maximising access to care. The findings suggest that CHWs are capable of prescribing treatment corresponding to their assessment of respiratory rate. However, rational use of antibiotics could be strengthened through improved respiratory rate assessment, and better diagnostic tools. Furthermore, a shorter course of dispersible amoxicillin could potentially improve caregiver adherence, reducing risk of resistance and cost.
The team interview panel members talking about the Novartis Access Initiative's work on NCDs.
This review describes the landscape of schistosomiasis clinical research. The volume of data and the methodological and reporting heterogeneity identified all indicate that there is scope for an individual participant-level database, to allow for standardised analyses.
The European Mobile Laboratory, EMLab, was the first EBOV diagnostics unit deployed to the outbreak epicentre by WHO in March 2014.
Developing evidence-based guidelines for Kenyan children with indrawing pneumonia
by The Editorial TeamTropical Medicine Global Health Video Seminar, University of Oxford
Laboratory systems and diagnostic technologies are a critical pillar in the fight against malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends diagnostic testing for all people with suspected malaria before treatment is administered.
Understanding the Zika virus
by Center for Strategic & International StudiesU.S. efforts to combat the Zika virus in the US and abroad
Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases have evolved rapidly in recent decades as outbreaks such as SARS, Avian Influenza, Ebola, MERS, Chikungunya, and Zika virus have demonstrated how quickly infections can cross international borders.
The Zika virus appears to have emerged from nowhere, causing widespread health concerns throughout the world after decades of relative silence.
This Week in Global Health or TWiGH presents Global Health Out Loud with Sulzhan Bali & Jessica Taaffe.
The Zika virus is another wild card dealt to us by nature. It was first discovered in 1947.