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Credit: Ruth Wanjala/KEMRI - Wellcome Trust
Monday, 10 October 2016

How do we realise the health benefits of data sharing?

A new article published in The BMJ outlines experiences and investigates the advantages and costs of different data sharing models.
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Thursday, 8 September 2016

IDDO’s animation highlights the benefits of data sharing

The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory's new film shows the potential impact of data sharing on infectious diseases research.
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Thursday, 8 September 2016

New poem celebrates data sharing

The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory was officially launched on Wednesday 7 September as part of the Oxford Tropical Network meeting, an opportunity for those working in tropical medicine and global health to learn about each other’s work and forge new collaborations.
Schistosoma mansoni Credit: CDC/Marianna Wilson
Monday, 27 June 2016

Assessing the need for a schistosomiasis treatment database

A database of individual participant-level information could benefit schistosomiasis clinical research and treatment policies, according to a study published today in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016

How to make data sharing really useful

Avoiding ‘data dumpsters’ is the key to ensuring that the drive towards open data sharing is truly useful, according to a Perspective article published in the New England Journal of Medicine today.
Credit: Epidemic Diseases Research Group Oxford/Dr Rebecca Inglis
Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Clinical trial for experimental Ebola drug publishes results

The latest Ebola clinical trial to be published showed that, at the dose given, the drug did not improve survival rates compared to historic controls.