Global Health
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Nursing research in a global context
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Sharon Brownie explains her research on nursing in LMICs Nurses are the largest part of the health care workforce an millions more will be n...
The treatment and outcomes of care for sick newborns
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Researcher Jalemba Aluvaala tells us about his work concerning newborn care in LMICs. Care for even the sickest newborns in many countries is limited ...
Under pressure, the challenges of neonatal nursing
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob McKnight tells us about the challenges faced by nurses caring for newborns in Kenya. Caring for sick newborns in a poorly resourced hospital is ...
Quantifying nursing care done (or left undone)
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Gathara tells us about his work leading nursing research Sick newborns require large amounts of nursing time, so what happens when nurses have t...
Understanding nurses' work to care for sick newborns
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Social Scientist Jacinta Nzinga tell us about her research on the care of sick newborns. To really understand the work of nurses in very busy wards wh...
Health services that deliver for newborns.
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mike English tells us about the research project Health Services that Deliver for Newborns. Basic hospital care may be key to saving newborn...
Infectious diseases in the tropics
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Tran Hien, founder member of our OUCRU unit in Vietnam tells us about the development of this very successful Clinical Research Unit. Althou...
Sophisticated biostatistics for complex clinical research
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ronald Geskus from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about the contribution of biostatisticians to complex clinical rese...
Viral infections in Laos
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Audrey Dubot-Peres from our LOMWRU unit in Laos and IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France) tells us about her resear...
Antimicrobial resistance in poultry production
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Juan Carrique-Mas from OUCRU, our Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tell us about his research in the development of antimicrobi...
Scrub typhus in northern Thailand
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tri Wangrangsimakul from our MORU unit and based in Chiangrai, northern Thailand, tells us about his research on scrub typhus. Scrub typhus is an i...
Research at OUCRU Hanoi
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Rogier van Doorn, director of our OUCRU unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, tells us about his research on antimicrobial resistance and avian influenza....
Clinical research in low and middle-income countries
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Heiman Wertheim from our OUCRU unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, tells us about his research on drug resistant infections in low and middle-income cou...
Clinical research in low and middle-income countries
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Heiman Wertheim from our OUCRU unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, tells us about his research on drug resistant infections in low and middle-income cou...
Tuberculosis meningitis
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Guy Thwaites, director of our OUCRU unit in Vietnam, tells us about his research on tuberculosis meningitis. Tuberculosis meningitis affects...
OUCRU laboratory management
12 Jul 2019
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Dr Motiur Rahman from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his responsibilities in laboratory management. OUCRU laboratories pr...
OUCRU laboratory management
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Motiur Rahman from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his responsibilities in laboratory management. OUCRU laboratories pr...
Developing collaborative clinical trials in Indonesia
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Raph Hamers from our EOCRU unit in Jakarta, Indonesia, tells us how he developed collaborative clinical trials. Indonesia is a very populous countr...
Developing collaborative clinical trials in Indonesia
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Raph Hamers from our EOCRU unit in Jakarta, Indonesia, tells us how he developed collaborative clinical trials. Indonesia is a very populous countr...
Central nervous system and HIV infections in Vietnam
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jeremy Day from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his research on central nervous system and HIV infections in Vie...
Central nervous system and HIV infections in Vietnam
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jeremy Day from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his research on central nervous system and HIV infections in Vie...
Connecting research with communities in Nepal
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Abhilasha Karkey from our Clinical Research Unit in Kathmandu, Nepal, tells us how research is brought to local communities in Nepal. Antimicrobial...
Connecting research with communities in Nepal
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Abhilasha Karkey from our Clinical Research Unit in Kathmandu, Nepal, tells us how research is brought to local communities in Nepal. Antimicrobial...
Health policy and systems
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Marco Haenssgen tells us about his research on Health policy and systems. There is long tradition of social sciences in medicine, and the communica...
Transmission dynamics of hospital acquired infections
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tom Crellen from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on transmission dynamics of infections aquir...
Antibiotic prescription in primary care
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Thomas Althaus from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on antibiotic prescription at the point o...
Molecular diagnosis and bacterial genotyping
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Janjira Thaipadungpanit from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about her research on molecular diagnosis and bacterial genotyping A mole...
Biomarkers for tropical diseases
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Markus Winterbert from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on biomarkers for tropical diseases Having a background in m...
MORU Biosafety Level 3 and melioidosis in Thailand
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Premjit Amornchai from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about her work as biosafety level 3 lab manager and microbioogy safety officer To ...
Mapping bacterial antibiotic resistance
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Olga Tosas-Auguet from our unit in Kenya tells us about her research on mapping bacterial antibiotic resistance Dr Olga Tosas-Auguet aims to develo...
Bacterial infections in Laos
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Dance from our LOMWRU unit in Laos tells us about his research on bacterial infections in Laos, particularly melioidosis David Dance is a Clinic...
Outbreak, the clinical research response
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Gail Carson is Head of ISARIC Coordinating Centre (International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium), a network of networks...
Fighting malaria in Myanmar
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Frank Smithuis is the director of MOCRU, Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit. MOCRU involves a network of 6 clinics and 650 community heal...
Poor quality medicines
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
LOMWRU researchers conduct clinical research to help improve global, regional and Lao public health. They focus on infectious diseases, and also inves...
High altitude illness
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Director of OUCRU-Nepal, Dr Buddha Basnyat studies high altitude illness as well as undifferentiated febrile illness in the tropics, both common but n...
Infectious diseases in Indonesia
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Kevin Baird leads our Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit (EOCRU) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Delivering health care in Indonesia is a challeng...
Introducing Mesh: The Global Health Network's Community Engagement Webspace
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This webinar features introductions from Francois Van Loggerenberg, scientific lead at the Global Health Network, and community engagement consultant ...
Modelling bacterial drug resistance
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ben Cooper from MORU in Thailand uses mathematical modelling and statistical techniques to help understand the dynamics of infectious diseas...
Epidemiology and malaria elimination
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Richard Maude's work combines clinical studies, descriptive epidemiology and mathematical modelling of malaria in South and Southeast Asia. Malaria...
Why data management matters
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Naomi’s work focuses on supporting researchers to collect, clean and store research data. PRESERVING EVIDENCE FOR THE FUTURE Research is only as go...
Malaria laboratory at MORU
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Kesinee Chotivanich's laboratory provides facilities and resources to researchers, students, and collaborators who are interested in tropical disea...
Microbiology in the tropics
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU) is based in Siem Reap, northern Cambodia, which remains one of the poorest countries in South East A...
Microbiology research in SE Asia
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul's research focuses on the epidemiology of melioidosis, a bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosi...
Tropical neonatology
27 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Claudia Turner heads the clinical research program at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), in collaboration with the Angkor Hospital ...
Global health informatics
27 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Chris Paton studies the use of open-source Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, online learning and mobile technology to improve healthcare de...
Dengue diagnosis and management
27 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
With 390 million infections occuring each year, dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral infection, and no vaccine is currently available. DE...
The ethics of research
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Identifying and addressing ethical issues are key to the success of any clinical trials, particularly when working with vulnerable populations. Dr Pha...
Science and Society
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In settings with high level of poverty and over-stretched health services, researchers have even greater responsibilities to the communities and study...
The economics of tropical diseases
28 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Economics and health are interlinked in many ways, as seen in the vicious cycle between poverty and ill health. Dr Yoel Lubell leads the economic team...
Enteric fever
20 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Christiane Dolecek speaks about the research on enteric fever she conducted in Vietman and Nepal Dr Christiane Dolecek's clinical research focuses ...
Pneumococcal diseases
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Genetics and genomics of Streptococcus pneumoniae Angela Brueggemann's main focus is using high-throughput genotyping and whole genome sequencing tech...
Better hospitals for children
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Oxford Health Systems Research Collaboration (OHSCAR) Professor Mike English leads the Health Services Unit at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Progr...
Health systems research
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Governance in practice Dr Sassy Molyneux's main interests reside in Social science and Ethics in Public Health. Over the years, social scientists have...
Rickettsial Disease
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Rickettsial Disease Rickettsial diseases such as scrub typhus are important causes of fever in southeast Asia especially in rural communities. Discove...
Infectious diseases in South East Asia
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Infectious diseases in South East Asia The Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) is a collaboration between the University of Oxford a...
Microbiology in Thailand
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Microbiology in Thailand Acurately diagnosing infections is particularly challenging in tropical environments. Researchers at the Mahidol Oxford Tropi...
MedicineAfrica
29 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Alexander Finlayson tells us how MedicineAfrica aims to bring healthcare professionals around the world in a global expert network. Disparity in he...
Childhood Nutrition and Immunity
25 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jay Berkley tells us about his work on childhood nutrition and immunity in East Africa. Malnutrition is responsible for almost a third of childhood...
Rift Valley Fever
31 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Dr George Warimwe talks about his research on Rift Valley Fever. Rift Valley Fever is a mosquito-borne virus, which affects both livestock and humans ...
Dengue Infection
29 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Kerstin Luhn talks about her research on Dengue infection. Dengue is a major public health problem in the tropics, with around 100 million cases ea...
Infectious diseases in China
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tao Dong tells us about her collaborations in China on infections such as HIV, flu and Hepatitis B. Due to its population size, China is a major co...
Genomics and Global Health
24 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski talks about his work on global health, how genomics can help us fight infections such as malaria. Professor Dominic Kwia...