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« Back to NewsNew Co-Associate Directors of Oxford Global Health
1 April 2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Susanna Dunachie and Dr Caesar Atuire as Co-Associate Directors of Oxford Global Health.
Spotlight on Magdalen College Chapel for Rare Disease Day
28 February 2025
The chapel facade of Magdalen College was lit up ahead of the commemoration of Rare Disease Day (RDD) which was celebrated on Friday 28th February 2025. The celebration is held on 29th February in a leap year as it is the rarest day in the year.
Study provides support for WHO guidelines for treating pregnant women with HIV
26 February 2025
A new analysis by researchers at Oxford Population Health’s Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit has provided robust evidence in support of current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for treating pregnant women living with HIV. The study is published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Breaking Barriers: Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11 February 2025
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed on February 11, serves as a reminder of the gender disparities that persist in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
Oxford Martin School epilepsy programme launches innovative research centre
3 February 2025
International, national and local partners have been welcomed to the launch of the world’s first centre dedicated to empowering global epilepsy research and care.
Our Future Health database open to researchers
21 January 2025
Our Future Health’s database is open to researchers who conduct health research for the public good.
The Global Health Network reaches 1 million members
15 January 2025
The Global Health Network has achieved a remarkable milestone: one million members worldwide. This dynamic and inclusive community of healthcare professionals and researchers is addressing two of the most pressing challenges in global health. By equipping teams to tackle everyday diseases of poverty and strengthening the ability to detect and respond to emerging threats, The Global Health Network is saving lives and safeguarding the future of global health.
Myanmar-Thailand: Healthcare access without barriers
14 January 2025
In Myanmar, the United Nations reports that 3 million people have been displaced due to the ongoing civil war. The 2021 coup intensified conflicts and worsened the humanitarian crisis, forcing at least a hundred thousand to seek refuge and medical care in Thailand.
New Hospital Networks for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Vietnam
23 December 2024
OUCRU Ha Noi and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), under the guidance of the Department of Health, are collaborating to establish local hospital networks for Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) across Vietnam. This initiative, connecting district hospitals with provincial hospitals, leverages existing systems and resources to enhance AMS implementation and strengthen efforts against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Winners of new “After the End” poetry competition announced
20 December 2024
Nigerian poet, Chiwenite Onyekwelu, is the winner of the first poetry competition to consider concepts of endings, with his poems ‘On Memory and Forgetting’ and ‘Time/Our Time’. ‘On Memory and Forgetting’ describes Onyekwelu’s father’s recollections of the Biafra war and ‘Time/ Our Time’ reflects on the impact of oil spills into the Niger Delta.
PSI’s Md Zakiul Hassan recognised as 2024 ISID Emerging Leader
10 December 2024
The award from the International Society for Infectious Diseases acknowledges early-career excellence in the field.
OUCRU workshop bridges research and clinical practice on Pneumococcal infections
4 December 2024
On November 22, 2024, the Zoonoses research group at OUCRU, in collaboration with Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City, successfully organised a scientific workshop: "Community-acquired pneumonia: Update on pneumococcal infection with vaccines, drug resistance and multiple infections". The workshop attracted nearly 70 experts, including doctors, nurses, medical students, and technicians.
Oxford Clinical Lecturer awarded prestigious BIA Barnet Christie Lecture
2 December 2024
Xin Hui Chan has won the competitive 2024 Barnet Christie Lecture award of the British Infection Association. As part of the award, Dr Chan delivered a lecture entitled ‘Drugs for Tropical Infections: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Infectious Disease Physician’
Land travel and local mobility played a key role in COVID-19 spread in Chile
29 November 2024
An international team led by researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Pandemic Genomics studied how local travel patterns and mobile data from Chile can improve global pandemic responses, highlighting the importance of land-based mobility and targeted strategies.
KEMRI renews collaboration with Wellcome Trust and University of Oxford
27 November 2024
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has signed a seven-year Memorandum of Agreement with Wellcome Trust, a UK charitable organization, and the University of Oxford, on Wednesday 27 November 2024, at the KEMRI Headquarters, Nairobi. Under this collaboration, Wellcome has awarded GBP 91 million (KES 15 billion) to support research over the next 7 years.
Eating less sugar would be great for the planet as well as our health
27 November 2024
Sugar addiction is on the rise. Globally, sugar intake has quadrupled over the last 60 years, and it now makes up around 8% of all our calories.
NDM unit awarded £11m to address antimicrobial resistance
22 November 2024
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded the Modernising Medical Microbiology consortium £11 million to address major public health threat, antimicrobial resistance. The Oxford Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Medicine since 2014, is one of 13 HPRUs funded by NIHR as part of an £80 million funding boost.
Understanding blood proteins can improve risk prediction for heart attacks
22 November 2024
A study by researchers from Oxford Population Health and Peking University, has shown that proteins carried in the blood could improve our ability to predict a person’s risk of heart attack beyond conventional risk factors such as high blood pressure and genetic predisposition. The study is published in European Journal of Epidemiology.
Study finds methaemoglobin levels could predict malaria recurrence
22 November 2024
A new study has found methaemoglobin levels during treatment for vivax malaria could be used to predict whether a patient would have recurrent malaria.
OUCRU researchers help shape global priorities in AMR research
21 November 2024
OUCRU researchers from Indonesia, Nepal, and Vietnam contributed to the newly published WHO research priorities for AMR. These top 40 priorities, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) with global collaborators, aim to guide research into drug-resistant infections over the next five years, with a special focus on challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).