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WWARN News

Please visit WWARN's website for regular updates on malaria and sign up for the WWARN newsletter here. 

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Group of South Asian women in colourful warm clothes
Martes, 26 Septiembre 2023

New evidence supports higher dose antimalarial to combat relapsing malaria

Analysis of data from more than 6,800 patients located across 16 countries has supported the need to increase the dose of the antimalarial drug, primaquine, in malaria endemic countries.
Different pills in hand
Miércoles, 9 Agosto 2023

Researchers call for standardisation of antibiotics to help fight resistance

A new viewpoint calling for the standardisation of antibiotics appearance and better information around usage, has been published in The Lancet Global Health.
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Viernes, 4 Agosto 2023

Manson's tropical diseases 24th Edition published - chapter on Medical Products Quality and Public Health by the Medicine Quality Research Group

A health worker wears ppe Covid-19, Philippines.
Miércoles, 2 Agosto 2023

COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition calls for rapid and flexible funding to counter epidemics in low-resource settings

A research letter published in The Lancet has emphasised the critical need for equity in the allocation of research funding, especially in the context of epidemic response efforts. The letter, ‘Pandemics move faster than funders’ is authored by the members of the COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition...
Attendees at Second annual FORESFA meeting in Edinburgh
Jueves, 27 Julio 2023

Edinburgh meeting stimulates discussion

The second annual FORESFA meeting, held in Edinburgh, stimulated discussion on forensic investigations of falsified medicines and engagement with potential implementers.
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Viernes, 21 Julio 2023

Study reviews variability in white blood cell count in patients uncomplicated malaria

A new WWARN study, which looked at the variability in white blood cell (WBC) count in patients with uncomplicated malaria, found that using the assumed value of WBC in the calculation of parasite density led to a significant underestimation of parasite count for children and potentially sub-optimal ...
Kenya training reading a TLC plate with an UV lamp
Lunes, 26 Junio 2023

Medicine Quality team attend workshop to support capacity-building in Africa

The Medicine Quality Research Group took part in an in-person workshop on ‘good laboratory practices’ to support capacity-building and networking for medicines regulators from different countries.
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Jueves, 22 Junio 2023

CDISC compliant case report forms for uncomplicated VL and VL-HIV co-infection: A unique collaborative effort by VL experts and a first in NTDs

A global collaboration of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) community has developed freely available, annotated case report forms (CRF) to accelerate research both into uncomplicated VL and specifically for patients with HIV-VL co-infection. The CRFs allow the collection of research-related data in a ...
Group of women, Ethiopia
Jueves, 15 Junio 2023

New project to collaboratively assess the drivers of recrudescent and persistent trachoma

While 17 countries have now achieved trachoma elimination status, there is still work to be done, with trachoma responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people worldwide. Collaborators are being invited to join a new research project aimed at assessing the drivers for ...
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Lunes, 5 Junio 2023

WWARN collaboration provides a global picture of submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy

A new WWARN study involving a collaboration of 107 researchers has provided unique insights in the epidemiology of submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy. 
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Jueves, 1 Junio 2023

Find out all the latest news from WWARN

The latest WWARN newsletter is out now. Read more about our part in a new consortium tackling malaria drug resistance in South-East Africa, which is led by Professor Karen Barnes, of the University of Cape Town.
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Lunes, 22 May 2023

Tribute to Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski

We are very sad to share news of the death of Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski. He was the Director of the Centre for Genomics and Global Health, and held a joint position as MRC Clinical Research Professor at Oxford University, and as a Principal Investigator at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
packets of pills
Viernes, 12 May 2023

New study highlights the evidence gap on the quality of antiretrovirals globally

A new study suggests that, although there is sparse evidence, substandard and falsified (SF*) antiretrovirals occur and enhanced surveillance is needed.
Dr Joan Shepherd and Matt Brack
Jueves, 27 Abril 2023

IDDO at CUGH: connecting with the global health community

Matt Brack, IDDO’s Senior Programme Manager, recently presented on our equitable approach to data collaborations in global health research at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference (CUGH) in Washington, DC.
Participants at MQ informal meeting
Martes, 25 Abril 2023

After reviewing progress on improving global medicine quality, participants plan next global conference

Last month, experts in medicine quality and substandard and falsified (SF) medicines gathered in Oxford for an informal one-day meeting following the workshop ‘The relationship between substandard and falsified antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance and patient outcomes’.
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Viernes, 14 Abril 2023

WWARN is part of a new consortium tackling malaria drug resistance in South-East Africa

A new consortium MARC SE-Africa (Mitigating Antimalarial Resistance Consortium in Southern and East Africa) launches today, responding to a growing crisis in malaria, one of the greatest infectious challenges facing Africa.
Image of Dr James Watson
Lunes, 3 Abril 2023

Dr James Watson becomes IDDO’s new Associate Director

The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) is delighted to announce that Dr James Watson has been appointed as the new Associate Director from March 2023.
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Viernes, 24 Marzo 2023

Study finds almost two-thirds of patients are systematically excluded from drug trials

A new WWARN study has found that nearly two-thirds of the malaria-positive patients who present to health facilities are systematically excluded from “classical” anti-malarial treatment efficacy trials.
Children laughing, India
Miércoles, 15 Marzo 2023

World Economic Forum blog on IDDO

We work with researchers in disease-affected communities to address their key priorities and improve patient outcomes. IDDO shares knowledge, delivers collaborative analyses, and ensures academic recognition for all data contributors. The World Economic Forum recently blogged on our work. "There are...
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Miércoles, 1 Marzo 2023

You can now view the recording of our webinar - Radical cure of vivax malaria: can we do better?

The three presentations and expert discussion, chaired by Professor Sir Nicholas White (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) and Dr Chau Nguyen Hoang (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit), are now available on our YouTube channel @IDDOandWWARN. You can watch the full, partially captioned event here. ...

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