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.
International, national and local partners have been welcomed to the launch of the world\u2019s first centre dedicated to empowering global epilepsy research and care.
Researchers in the Nuffield Department of Medicine and their collaborators, including the Serum Institute of India, have published an innovative method to identify falsified vaccines without opening the vaccine vial. The new method analyses the vaccine vial label and its adhesive and therefore allows genuine vaccine vials to be retained in the supply chain. This technique can also differentiate genuine Covid-19 vaccine liquid from falsified vaccine surrogates.
Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at NDM\u2019s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health and the Big Data Institute, looks at potential ways to advance research on the impact of climate change on malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial has found that sotrovimab reduced the risk of death in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, but only in those with higher levels of the virus present in their blood. The results have been published on medRxiv and will be submitted to a peer-reviewed medical journal.
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.
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.
An important step toward advancing vaccines for human use, a recent study has shown that inhaled vaccines could potentially improve efficiency and reduce viral transmission.
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).
National microbiology reference laboratories are central to global health and must be adequately funded, according to a viewpoint article published in The Lancet Digital Health by researchers at Oxford Population Health and the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance (IRIS) Consortium.
Nigerian poet, Chiwenite Onyekwelu, is the winner of the first poetry competition to consider concepts of endings, with his poems \u2018On Memory and Forgetting\u2019 and \u2018Time/Our Time\u2019. \u2018On Memory and Forgetting\u2019 describes Onyekwelu\u2019s father\u2019s recollections of the Biafra war and \u2018Time/ Our Time\u2019 reflects on the impact of oil spills into the Niger Delta.
An international study involving researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has found significant effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on many causes of death across 24 countries.
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) have led the world\u2019s largest study on the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to prevent COVID-19. With results showing moderate protection against the virus, the trial involved over 4,600 participants and found a 15% reduction in symptomatic COVID-19 among those who took the medications compared to those who took a placebo.
A new study by researchers at the Big Data Institute indicates that current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for monitoring the control and elimination of schistosomiasis-related disease, especially severe disease such as periportal fibrosis (PPF), may not give an accurate picture of how many people are affected. The study is published in The Lancet Global Health.
A team of scientists in the UK, Kenya and Tanzania will soon find out the extent to which chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne disease causing large outbreaks in Asia and South America, is also affecting countries in East Africa.
A researcher at the Environmental Change Institute has been studying how climate change impacts people\u2019s mental health and their subsequent ability to take action.
Results of a clinical trial into a new malaria vaccine candidate (RH5.1/Matrix-M) show it is well-tolerated and offers effective protection against the blood-stage of the disease \u2013 the first inoculation to do so.
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