From Despair to Collective Action: Reflections from the Global Health Solidarity Open Forum 2025
22 July 2025
The Global Health Solidarity Open Forum 2025 convened over 150 global participants to explore solidarity in research and practice. Speakers emphasised power redistribution, equitable partnerships, and community-led engagement in global health. Discussions highlighted the importance of shifting from aid to collaboration, ensuring solidarity becomes a driving force in shaping just, resilient health systems.
A unified One Health approach to combat antimicrobial resistance
21 July 2025
On 16 July the Lancet Commission published its report on One Health. Ahead of publication, experts from across the UK, Germany, Norway, and Ghana gathered in Oxford to explore how a One Health approach can be mobilised to tackle global health challenges including antimicrobial resistance.
Why should we be concerned by internalised racism in global health?
21 July 2025
Internalised racism is an overlooked concept that can shape how professionals from historically marginalised backgrounds see themselves within global health. This essay by Bipin Adhikari, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, and colleagues, examines how deep-rooted racial hierarchies may influence identity, behaviour, and institutional culture.
New research finds that ivermectin could help control malaria transmission
21 July 2025
A collaborative new study involving KEMRI-Wellcome Trust researchers has highlighted a new way to control malaria transmission. The study found that ivermectin, a drug normally used for neglected tropical diseases, led to a 26% reduction in new malaria infections among children aged 5-15.
‘Single shot’ malaria vaccine delivery system could transform global immunisation
26 June 2025
Oxford researchers have developed programmable microcapsules to deliver vaccines in stages, potentially eliminating the need for booster shots and increasing immunisation coverage in hard-to-reach communities.
Africa launches landmark consortium to transform health research with longitudinal data
25 June 2025
The African Population Cohorts Consortium (APCC) has formally launched, uniting over 40 population cohorts from 16 countries. With £4 million funding from Wellcome, the initiative aims to harness longitudinal data to advance health equity, shape policy, and strengthen scientific leadership across Africa, focusing on ethics, data and impact.
African Medicines Agency could be solution for epidemic of low-quality medicines
23 June 2025
Poor-quality medications jeopardise the health of millions of people, particularly those in vulnerable populations, and can lead to treatment failures, increased mortality, and the development of drug-resistant pathogens.
Researchers develop AI-assisted tools for dengue care in Vietnam
19 June 2025
A team of researchers at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam are developing AI-based solutions to transform dengue care. These tools include a wearable device and a clinical decision support system.
Interview with Trudie Lang, mpox surging in Sierra Leone
13 June 2025
As mpox cases rise in Sierra Leone, Professor Trudie Lang helps us understand the implications of the continuing spread of the disease, why it matters and how global efforts to tackle the outbreak are progressing.
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.