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Dawit Getachew Assefa
Friday, 28 November 2025

Dawit Getachew Assefa’s Fellowship reflections

Nathalie Beloum
Thursday, 27 November 2025

Introducing new WHO/TDR Fellow Dr Nathalie Beloum

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Nathalie Beloum to IDDO as a WHO/TDR Clinical Leadership Fellow for the next 12 months.
Professor Jean Louis Abdourahim Ndiaye
Thursday, 6 November 2025

In Memoriam: Professor Jean Louis Abdourahim Ndiaye

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Professor Jean Louis Abdourahim Ndiaye on 25 October 2025. Professor Ndiaye’s contributions to malaria research, parasitology, public health and mentoring the next generation of researchers leave a lasting legacy.
Infant patients gets a check up. India.
Monday, 3 November 2025

New study evaluates accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria

A new study which assessed the accuracy of rapid malaria tests (RDTs) across 12 sites in India found that these tests were sub-optimal for detecting P. vivax malaria.
FD-TACT malaria treatment trial
Monday, 13 October 2025

FD-TACT malaria treatment trial launches patient recruitment in Rwanda

A Phase 3 pivotal trial, co-led by IDDO/WWARN scientist Dr Mehul Dhorda, has begun to evaluate a novel fixed-dose triple artemisinin-based combination treatment (FD-TACT) for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Professor Joel Tarning
Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Joel Tarning awarded RSTMH’s 2025 Chalmers Medal

Professor Joel Tarning, Lead of WWARN’s Malaria Pharmacometrics Theme, has been honoured with the award of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s Chalmers Medal for his exceptional contribution to the field of clinical pharmacology of neglected tropical diseases, and in particular anti...
Woman feeding child in hospital, Liberia
Thursday, 24 April 2025

New study confirms malaria drug is safe for children and could reduce disease spread

Researchers say it’s “crucial” to develop a child-friendly, affordable primaquine formulation to support global malaria elimination efforts and limit the spread of drug-resistant malaria.
Mothers at clinic in Mali
Wednesday, 26 March 2025

New WWARN themes launch

IDDO’s malaria data hub, the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, has launched five themes that form a focus for its expanding research on monitoring resistance and maximising the efficacy of current and new antimalarial drugs.
Lead author and DPhil student Yohan Arman loading a MALDI slide into the bioMérieux Vitek-MS used in this study
Thursday, 30 January 2025

Identifying fake Covid-19 vaccines by analysing vial labels and vaccine liquids

Researchers at the Medicine Quality Research Group, University of Oxford and collaborators, including the Serum Institute of India, have published an innovative method to identify falsified vaccines without opening the vaccine vial.
Residents in the northern region of Vietnam
Friday, 22 November 2024

Study finds methaemoglobin levels could predict malaria recurrence

A new study has found methaemoglobin levels during treatment for vivax malaria could be used to predict whether a patient would have recurrent malaria.
World Health Summit Celine and Gesa join panel to present Dafodil
Monday, 11 November 2024

Team presents new resource at World Health Summit

The Medicine Quality Research Group invited to present at the World Health Summit Dr Gesa Gnegel and Dr Céline Caillet were invited to present their current work during a session at the World Health Summit Berlin, Germany, on October 15.
ASTMH 2024 logo
Wednesday, 6 November 2024

IDDO’s team looks forward to sharing its latest research at ASTMH

Join IDDO and WWARN’s researchers at this year’s American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) in where we will be presenting on Visceral Leishmaniasis, malaria, COVID-19 and across symposia, oral presentations and posters.
Participants at the Group photo informal MQ meeting Oct 2024
Friday, 1 November 2024

Experts gather to discuss medicine quality research

Experts from across Europe joined forces to discuss research on substandard and falsified medical products and how to translate the evidence into policy and implementation.
Children on bench, in DRC,
Monday, 30 September 2024

New study to support WHO guideline changes

A new study which will help inform World Health Organization guidelines for treating children with Plasmodium vivax malaria has found that giving children higher doses of primaquine substantially reduced recurrences of malaria.
FORESFA group photo Sept 2024
Friday, 20 September 2024

FORESFA collaborators meet for third annual project update

Collaborators of a multi-country project aimed at better understanding the impact, origin and trade routes of falsified medical products gathered to share updates and make final year plans.
Photo of lab workers at computer and using a pipette
Thursday, 29 August 2024

Scientists develop new method to detect fake vaccines

Photo of hands preparing medication
Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Researchers urge immediate policy change as drug-resistant malaria spreads

Person in laboratory conducting tests
Wednesday, 10 July 2024

AMR platform is now open for data

IDDO and the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project are delighted to announce the first antimicrobial resistance (AMR) dataset is now available to reuse for further research.
men looking at document
Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Review summarises heterogeneity in design and analysis of visceral leishmaniasis clinical trials

A new systematic review, published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, summarises the heterogeneity in design and analysis of clinical trials for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) – information which can potentially help improve future trial designs.
Globe
Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Data Access Committee nominations now open

Nominations for new IDDO Data Access Committee (DAC) members are now open. Please nominate individuals with expertise in Chagas Disease, Antimicrobial Resistance or visceral leishmaniasis to dataaccess@iddo.org.

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