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WWARN News

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Credit: Pearl Gan
Child at water station Bolivia.
Tuesday, 9 September 2025

New study find treatment for Chagas disease is excessive

A new study has found the current recommended treatment for Chagas disease could be given over a substantially shorter time period and still be as effective.
Training in collecting viral samples from the back of the mouth during a site initiation visit (SIV) of the PLATCOV and AD ASTRA clinical trials in Kathmandu, Nepal in June 2024.
Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Simple new method that measures viral clearance means antibody treatments for COVID and ‘flu can be quickly assessed for effectiveness, say MORU researchers

Caregiver with child at Treatment Center
Thursday, 31 July 2025

Global Action Needed to Tackle Noma Disease

Greater surveillance and well-designed epidemiological studies for noma should be a research priority, a new study recommends.
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.
people sitting on chairs
Friday, 7 June 2024

Analysis provides evidence of research gaps on the risk-benefit of blood transfusion in Visceral Leishmaniasis patients

A new review summarises existing evidence gaps regarding when blood transfusions should be carried out for visceral leishmaniasis patients. The review is published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Photo of Indian women, one with her hand raised
Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Scoping review suggests that PKDL data platform is feasible

Group of people standing outside Jesus College, Oxford
Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Experts join forces to improve screening devices to detect substandard and falsified medicines

Experts from across the globe joined forces to discuss how screening technologies can be improved so they can be more widely used to detect substandard and falsified medical products.

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