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Finally! 4 years after scientific fraud & politicised science derailed it, #COPCOV, the world’s largest COVID-19 chemoprevention study, published results today in PLOS Medicine: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) does have a moderate benefit in preventing #COVID-19 bit.ly/3XGdeGl

GRAM time series shows 1m annual deaths due to AMR since 1990, & sharp rises coming. DRIs to claim 39m lives by 2050 -story: bit.ly/3ZrgaIf -paper: bit.ly/4daffik Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Department of Health and Social Care Wellcome Tropical Medicine Oxford MORU University of Oxford Ben Cooper @bugwonk.bsky.soci Christiane Dolecek

Research Highlight from Bob Taylor MORU Prevalence and associated risk factors of #stunting, #wasting/thinness, and #underweight among primary school children in Kandahar City, #Afghanistan: a cross-sectional analytical study ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

🔴LIVE #MODRA Day 3: Dave Gandy leads a series of sessions on developing research vision & concepts, managing results, planning for impact, and tackling risks & ethics. It's going to be a packed yet exciting day for everyone!

What are the challenges to & opportunities in expanding #malaria post (MP) roles so that MPs can provide community-based health services beyond malaria - maybe for dengue, diabetes, insect bites, diarrhea, mental illness & substance abuse - in the Greater Mekong Subregion #GMS?

It's a wrap! The first #MODRA workshop was a success! 🎉 Can't wait to welcome participants to Vietnam for the 2nd workshop next month. Stay tuned at modracademy.org to see how we support researchers in South and Southeast Asia and drive breakthroughs in health sciences!

Attn World Health Organization (WHO) United Nations C-reactive protein CRP testing in primary care can rule out using antibiotics in respiratory infections TO FIGHT #AMR We can't wait for superior tests. Donors & policymakers: Step up NOW w financing & training for CRP testing in primary care! bit.ly/3XzGT2N

Our Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe is an online tool mapping reports of #SubstandardMedicines and #FalsifiedMedicines from around the world including #COVID19 👉 iddo.org/medicine-quali… Tropical Medicine Oxford MORU

I am leading a new Border Malaria Interest Group for APMEN to document activities, share experience and promote action across the Asia-Pacific. Open to all 22 APMEN member countries and 54 partner organizations. Get in touch. MORU Tropical Medicine Oxford

New insights into #dengue! In-host dengue kinetic model quantitatively predicts dengue fever drug effects, offers valuable insights to inform dengue drug development and shows that #Ivermectin reduces NS1 but not viral load Learn more! bit.ly/407X627 Photo @LukeDuggleby

Congratulations to Joel Tarning, just named Distinguished International Fellow at #astmh2024. Joel was recognized for "his exceptional scholarly accomplishments [&] global leadership antimalarial pharmacology." Well done, Joel! astmh.org/awards-fellows…

Attn #malaria researchers. Register today! ASCPT Journal Family panel 1:30-2:30 ET (USA) Wed 4 Dec

🕊️ 🌍 🌎 🌏 ⚕️🕊️ It's #OxTropMed24 this Friday at Lecture Theatre 2 at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and online via Teams. Come join Paul Turner @lauren_hookham and me for a fun morning of bugs and drugs from around the world! 🧫 🦟 🦠 🪱 💊💉

Rapid spread of artemisinin partial resistance (ART-R) #malaria across east #Africa, Horn of Africa & southern Africa threatens malaria control, puts millions of lives at risk, may reverse decades of progress What can we do NOW to address ART-R in Africa? bit.ly/4gv2AIX

What triggers Plasmodium vivax parasites hypnozoites activation? Our simple within-host mathematical model of P. vivax hypnozoite activation provides evidence that symptomatic falciparum #malaria can trigger hypnozoite activation. bit.ly/3VAGXPt

REGARD-VAP trial Mo Yin: Reducing antibiotic duration key to antimicrobial stewardship. Review of 315 trials found strong evidence for shorter courses in common infections but limited data for severe infections & low-income settings. bit.ly/3XElSV9

How to ensure safer, more effective drug treatments for pregnant or lactating women & children? Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling simulates how drugs behave in the body & adjusts doses based on physiological changes. bit.ly/4iGPucR Radboudumc

Understanding contextual factors is critical to the success of health service planning & implementation. However, few contextual data are available at village level in rural South and SE Asia. What gaps were found in 7 sites in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar & Bangladesh?

P. vivax malaria cases numbers have rebounded in the last 2 yrs, putting at risk malaria control and elimination. Why is evidence for high-dose primaquine for P vivax relapse so clear, especially for regions proceeding towards malaria elimination? bit.ly/4iD9ddo

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) disproportionately harms disadvantaged, marginalized populations, yet #AMR research often excludes their experiences, data & voices in leading to skewed priorities & blind spots in research. What drives this injustice? bit.ly/3H5diJQ