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Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU)

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Filmed in April 2013 at the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, and at the Wang Pa Free Clinic and the Mae La refugee camp, this video highlights SMRU's work among Karen and Myanmar refugees, living along the Thailand-Myanmar border.
Dr Francois Nosten, SMRU founder and head, discusses SMRU's work, its objectives and challenges. Dr Nosten warns about the growing public health threat posed by parasite resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT); the cornerstone of malaria treatment in all malaria-endemic countries.

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Francis Nosten
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Medicine
medical sciences
malaria
shoklo malaria research unit
thailand
myanmar
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:02:47

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Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU)

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Featuring interviews with Professor Nick White, Professor Nick Day, Professor Francois Nosten, Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul and Dr Susie Dunachie.
Filmed in spring 2013 at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok, the Shoklo Medical Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, the Mae La Refugee Camp and the Wang Pa Free Clinic, this video includes footage of researchers and key beneficiaries of MORU and SMRU's activities. Featuring interviews with Professor Nick White, Professor Nick Day, Professor Francois Nosten, Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul and Dr Susie Dunachie.Featuring interviews with Professor Nick White, Professor Nick Day, Professor Francois Nosten, Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul and Dr Susie Dunachie.

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Nick White
Nick Day
Francois Nosten
Direk Limmathurotsakul
Susie Dunachie.
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medical science
Medicine
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:04:43

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The Global Health Network

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Dr Trudie Lang tells us how the Global Health Network facilitates collaboration and resource sharing.
Clinical trials establish the evidence base for prevention and treatment of disease and are critically important in the field of Global Health. Dr Trudie Lang leads the Global Health Clinical Trials group, which aims to promote and improve the conduct of non-commercial clinical research across all diseases in resource-poor settings.

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Trudie Lang
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trial design
informed consent
regulation
clinical trials
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:06:26

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Childhood Nutrition and Immunity

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Dr Jay Berkley tells us about his work on childhood nutrition and immunity in East Africa.
Dr Jay Berkley works in the KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya. His research interests include tackling infection and inflammation to prevent mortality in malnourished children. He is also an expert advisor on severe acute malnutrition to the Ministries of Health, and the World Health Organisation.

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Jay Berkley
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clinical trials
perinatal
infection
Epidemiology
inflammation
malnutrition
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:07:16

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The treatment of severe malaria

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Professor Arjen Dondorp tells us about his work on severe malaria and the development of new therapies.
Current malaria therapies using artesunate aim to kill malaria parasites before they mature. Such medications have high success rates but need to be developed further. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, Professor Arjen Dondorp works on the pathophysiology and treatments of severe malaria, antimalarial drug resistance, and improvements in intensive care practice within developing countries.

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Arjen Dondorp
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global health
artemisinin
drug resistance
malaria
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:08:08

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Tropical Medicine in Kenya

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Professor Kevin Marsh tells us about his research on Tropical Medicine in Kenya.
Professor Kevin Marsh has a broad research interest in child health in the tropics, with a particular focus on the immune epidemiology of malaria. Malaria remains a major world health problem, particularly among children in Africa. Based in Kenya, Professor Marsh is working on preventing and curing malaria in Africa. Professor Marsh is director of the KEMRI Wellcome Programme in Kenya; he also coordinates the malaria immunology group within the programme.

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Kevin Marsh
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global health
Africa
immunology
malaria
Epidemiology
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:03:57

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Artemisinin therapy for malaria

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Professor Nick White talks about the future of artemisinin and other drug therapies for malaria.
Malaria kills more than half a million people every year. Following a number of groundbreaking clinical trials, Professor Nick White and his Thailand team successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of artemisinin drug therapy for malaria in adults, children and infants. He also pioneered artemisinin combination therapy, the first-line treatment for malaria worldwide.

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Nick White
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global health
artemisinin
drug discovery
drug resistance
malaria
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:05:32

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Health systems research

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Governance in practice
Dr Sassy Molyneux's main interests reside in Social science and Ethics in Public Health. Over the years, social scientists have developed a programme of empirical work on research ethics. This work is based on an understanding that while the ethics of human subjects research may be universal, there can be big differences across contexts and circumstances in key ethical issues or principles.

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Sassy Molyneux
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sassy molyneux
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Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 07:11:00

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Better hospitals for children

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Oxford Health Systems Research Collaboration (OHSCAR)
Professor Mike English leads the Health Services Unit at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. This unit aims to strengthen equality in access to affordable quality health care in Africa. Studies are based on health systems clustered around five main topics: malaria, service delivery & access, information for decision making, governance and financing.

Professor English leads efforts to develop multidisciplinary links with Oxford through the Oxford Health Systems Research Collaboration (OHSCAR).

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Mike English
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mike english
hospitals
children
health systems research
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 04:23:00

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Between research and humanitarian

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Between research and humanitarian
Professor François Nosten's work concentrates on infectious diseases at the Thai-Burma border. The main focus of his research is on malaria, especially malaria in pregnant women and emerging drug resistance of malaria parasites.

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Francois Nosten
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Francois Nosten
malaria
drug resistance
infectious diseases
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 16/12/2014
Duration: 00:06:24

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