Oxford vaccine against deadly Nipah virus granted European Medicines Agency PRIME designation
9 June 2025
Co-led by researchers at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, the Nipah virus has been granted PRIME designation. This recognises the vaccine’s potential to address the unmet medical need arising from the devastating Nipah virus disease, which can be fatal in up to 85% of cases.
Ambitious project to develop low-cost genome sequencing for pathogens
28 May 2025
A low-cost genome sequencing technique that was used by thousands of laboratories globally to spot COVID-19 variants will be extended to cover all pathogens, in an ambitious new Wellcome Trust-funded project launched today. The ARTIC-2 project is led by the University of Birmingham and brings together researchers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Kenya with expertise in responding to numerous viral threats using genomic surveillance, including recent outbreaks of Ebola virus and Mpox in Africa.
Medical Humanities receives 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Culture
27 May 2025
The Oxford Centre for the Humanities,TORCH, Medical Humanities Research Hub (MedHum) has received the 2025 University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Culture.
The new Pandemic Agreement offers a glimmer of hope that no country will face future pandemic threats alone
20 May 2025
Professor Alice Norton reflects on what the new Pandemic Agreement means for global health security.
Engaging stakeholders to build a Kenyan learning health system success in Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
20 May 2025
Work led by a NDM Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) and KEMRI-Wellcome team `Engaging stakeholders to build a Kenyan learning health system’ was recognised as winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Engagement Award.
University of Oxford announces new Professorship and Centre for Global Primary Care, with support from Dr Sadok Besrour
14 May 2025
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford will expand its work in global primary care with a new centre and professorship, thanks to a generous £8.4 million gift from the Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour.
Beyond the Ivory Tower event: Participants explore what it means to decolonise global health
8 May 2025
Green Templeton College recently hosted a powerful event, building on the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences 12-part 'Decolonising Global Health' blog series. The event brought together voices from the Global South to share their experiences, challenge entrenched power dynamics and explore practical strategies for creating more equitable health systems.
New screening method finds novel approaches to combat antimicrobial resistant bacteria
7 May 2025
Scientists from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) have developed a new screening method to tackle bacterial resistance to the tetracycline class of antibiotics. The results from this method provide the starting point to develop new drugs to treat drug-resistant infections. The findings have been published in Chemical Science.
Enhancing neonatal care in Kenya: insights from the HIGH-Q exchange stakeholder forum
6 May 2025
The Harnessing Innovation in Global Health for Quality Care Exchange (The HIGH-Q Exchange) held a stakeholder meeting during the Kenya Paediatric Association conference between 8th and 11th April 2025, in Mombasa. The project shared key findings on how health systems can go beyond training and equipment to deliver high-quality newborn care. The meeting provided a platform for reflection on how to enhance the quality of neonatal care in Kenyan hospitals, focusing on the role of Ward Assistants in improving care delivery.
Latin-American genetic data available securely to approved researchers worldwide
2 May 2025
Genetic data from the largest blood-based prospective study of a Latin-American population are now available securely to academic researchers worldwide through the DNAnexus Trusted Research Environment (TRE).
The US attack on universities endangers future scientific progress, American prosperity, health outcomes, and national security
30 April 2025
Over the past 70 years, America built a research ecosystem that became the envy of the world, transforming lives and improving health through science. That legacy is now in jeopardy.
Celebrating 10 years of IHTM
28 April 2025
On the 25th and 26th April the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine, IHTM, celebrated its tenth anniversary as an internationally renowned programme for future global health leaders, with over 100 alumni travelling from around the world to join colleagues, current students and guests in Oxford.
New study confirms malaria drug is safe for children and could reduce disease spread
25 April 2025
A major study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases confirms that single low-dose primaquine is safe and effective in reducing malaria transmission in young children. Analysing data from over 6,000 patients, researchers found it effective even in young children and areas with high malaria burden. The findings support expanding primaquine use to tackle drug-resistant malaria in Africa. A child-friendly formulation is urgently needed to maximise its impact on malaria elimination efforts worldwide.
Climate and the Environment - Impact on Global and Mental Health
23 April 2025
The climate crisis is a health emergency which is threatening the lives and wellbeing of communities around the world in many ways – including through air pollution, rising temperatures, the spread of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
Study shows urgent change needed to reduce deaths from malaria and meningitis in comatose African children
22 April 2025
Results of two parallel studies show that one in four African children hospitalised with malaria and coma have an additional infection, and that giving antibiotics with antimalarials could help reduce death rates of comatose children.
Expert Comment: Is an interdisciplinary research approach key to tackling global challenges?
14 April 2025
Professor Christine Gerrard, Director of The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and Professor of eighteenth-century literature and culture, explores interdisciplinary research as a 'magic bullet' to tackle major global challenges such as the climate crisis, democratic stability and global health inequity.
Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes by 2030 without stable PEPFAR programmes, Oxford experts estimate
14 April 2025
Oxford experts estimate that 1 million additional children could become infected with HIV and nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS by 2030, while as many as 2.8 million children could become orphaned in the next five years if US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programmes are reduced or eliminated.
Addressing healthcare workforce challenges with new research partnership
9 April 2025
Researchers from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences are part of a major new research initiative aimed at tackling critical workforce challenges in healthcare, particularly in underserved communities.
Celebrate World Health Worker Week
7 April 2025
The world is facing a shortage of 11 million health workers by 2030. World Health Worker Week calls for increased investment in all cadres of the health workforce - nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and others vital to resilient health systems. Health workers save lives, support economies, and advance development goals. Collaborative efforts, such as OUCRU’s training programme in Dak Lak, Vietnam, demonstrate the benefits of investment, with increased vaccine uptake. Protecting, valuing, and training health workers strengthens global health.
KEMRI signs landmark partnership with Wellcome and Oxford
3 April 2025
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has officially entered into a seven-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wellcome, a UK-based charitable foundation, and the University of Oxford. The £91 million agreement was signed at the Wellcome headquarters in London, marking a significant boost for medical research and training in Kenya.