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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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Thursday, 1 June 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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Monday, 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.
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Friday, 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
Thursday, 27 April 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.
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Tuesday, 25 April 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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Friday, 14 April 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.
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Monday, 3 April 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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Friday, 24 March 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.
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Wednesday, 15 March 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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Wednesday, 1 March 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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Friday, 27 January 2023

Reminder: 3 February webinar on vivax malaria - there's still time to sign up

Two new studies using WWARN-hosted clinical trial data show that the dosing of the 8-aminoquinoline drugs primaquine and tafenoquine can be substantially improved. These analyses include the majority of all studied vivax malaria patients who received 8-aminoquinoline drugs over the last 20 years. La...
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Friday, 20 January 2023

IDDO’s latest newsletter is out

Read more about what we’ve been up to in our latest newsletter. There are updates on our research across COVID-19, malaria, medicine quality, febrile illness, Visceral leishmaniasis and you can sign up for our February 3 webinar - Radical cure of vivax malaria: can we do better?
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Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Pilot study detects diverse DNA in ingredients of falsified tablets

A recent multidisciplinary pilot study, originating from LOMWRU and the Medicine Quality Research Group of IDDO and MORU, investigated whether bacterial, plant, fungal and animal DNA in the ingredients and from the environment (eDNA) could be detected from falsified (aka counterfeit) tablets.
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Monday, 19 December 2022

WWARN’s latest newsletter is out

Find out more about what we’ve been up to in our latest newsletter. You’ll find all of our news including our recent collaborative meta-analysis, commissioned by the WHO, which informed a change to its guidelines for treating uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy.
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Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Researchers call for antimicrobial resistance surveillance to be improved

The number of studies reporting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data has increased in Africa, South and South East Asia according to new research in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Child taking medication
Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Join us for a 3 February webinar - Radical cure of vivax malaria: can we do better?

Two new studies using WWARN-hosted clinical trial data show that the dosing of the 8-aminoquinoline drugs primaquine and tafenoquine can be substantially improved. These analyses include the majority of all studied vivax malaria patients who received 8-aminoquinoline drugs over the last 20 years. La...
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Monday, 28 November 2022

Meta-analysis informed the updated WHO guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy

A new WWARN meta-analysis commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) which informed a change to its treatment guidelines* has been published in The Lancet. The study provides compelling evidence that artemether-lumefantrine should now replace quinine as the treatment of choice in the first ...
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Tuesday, 22 November 2022

IDDO’s Director recognised as an ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow for 2022

IDDO’s Director Professor Philippe Guérin has been awarded the ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow at this year’s conference in Seattle, USA.
Professor Mamadou Pathé Diallo
Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Tribute to Professor Mamadou Pathé Diallo

It is with great sadness that IDDO has learnt of the passing of Professor Mamadou Pathé Diallo, a valued member of the IDDO team since 2019. Professor Diallo had been a Professor of Paediatrics since 1988 and was the Head of the Medical Centre & Health Counselling (CEMECO) in Kipé, the Paediatric, H...
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Tuesday, 15 November 2022

IDDO welcomes researchers from India

It was great to welcome researchers Dr Vijayakumar Balakrishnan (ICMR-VCRC), Dr Hemant Mahajan (ICMR-RMRIMS) to IDDO to update on their work across malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, and filariasis. IDDO is building a partnership with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to exchange and sh...

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