Oxford Cancer, the Oxford Vaccine Group and the Pandemic Sciences Institute have announced a new collaboration with Belgian Biotech Innovator, Univercells.
Vietnam remains a country with a high tuberculosis burden, with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) being particularly challenging to detect early, often leading to severe neurological sequelae in patients.
New analysis by researchers at Oxford Population Health, Imperial College London, and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has found that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections lead to 640,000 antibiotic prescriptions a year. The study highlights that interventions to reduce RSV infections, including the new UK vaccination programme, could help reduce antibiotic prescribing and therefore antibiotic resistance.
1.3 million women recruited over five years. Two decades of follow-up. Hundreds of research findings. It all adds up to the largest study of its kind in the world, and it\u2019s all thanks to the team at the NDPH for making it happen \u2013 as well as all the women who have taken part over the years.
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. Over forty participants from various countries around the world, all based in Europe, including the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and Belgium, joined the in-person informal event at the Richard Doll Building, in Oxford, on the 24th of October.
Dr. Olaitan Olusegun is a lecturer in Medical Law and Human Rights at Obafemi Owololo Univeristy in Nigeria. She was an Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) Law Faculty Visiting Fellow 2023-24 at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford, where she was a member of Somerville College.
In Mexico City, a middle-aged adult who drinks, on average, the equivalent of about 500ml of spirits per week is 43% more likely to die before age 75 than a similar adult who drinks on a less than monthly basis, according to research published today in The Lancet Public Health.
Lifetime cannabis use is associated with several aspects of brain structure and function in later life but cannabis use may not be the cause of these changes, according to a new study by researchers at Oxford Population Health and the Department of Psychiatry.
New findings published in The Lancet Global Health expose substantial global and regional disparities in the cumulative burden of life-threatening maternal morbidity across the female reproductive life span.
This tropical disease continues to be a global health situation. The fight against dengue has become increasingly complicated due to drastic changes in mosquito behavior and geographical distribution.
The Global Health Network, hosted by NDM, proudly announced the official launch of its Middle East North Africa (MENA) Regional Hub, an initiative set to revolutionise health research, education, and practice across the region. The launch event was held at the Canadian University Dubai on the 21st October 2024, and brought together leading experts, policymakers, and academic institutions to chart a path toward a healthier and more resilient future for the MENA region.
On Thursday, Nigeria announced the regulatory approval and launch of the new R21/Matrix-M\u2122 malaria vaccine that will be freely administered to recipients. This marks a significant milestone in the country\u2019s fight against the deadly disease.
The Africa Oxford Initiative is thrilled to welcome its largest-ever cohort of over 70 graduate scholars from countries in Africa to the University of Oxford.
New research from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) has found that poverty rates in conflict-affected nations are almost three times higher than in countries free from conflict.
A single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) offers safe, effective protection against typhoid two years after vaccination in all children, and sustained protection for older children at three to five years post immunisation, according to a report by researchers at the Oxford Vaccine Group and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). But it also shows a decline in protection at the later timepoints among children vaccinated at younger ages.
A new University-wide network on antimicrobial resistance aims to generate novel research and collaborations to tackle one of the most urgent global health threats.
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.
Pandemic Preparedness: Why the Humanities and Social Sciences Matter \r\nA recently published article in Frontiers in Public Health outlines the importance of insights from the humanities and social sciences for developing and maintaining preparedness for future pandemics. Here, Sally Frampton explains how this interdisciplinary and collaborative research publication came about.
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