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Malaria

Oxford University

Malaria is an endemic disease in much of the world, and is a major contributor to child and infant mortality in many countries. Our malaria podcasts describe efforts by NDM clinicians and sc...

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Listen to Malaria, a Science & Medicine podcast by Oxford University. Stream 29 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

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Curing Plasmodium vivax malaria

Professor Ric Price, affiliated with our OUCRU unit, tells us of his research on surveillance, diagnostics and treatments for Plasmodium viv...

4:09Jul 12, 2019

Genomics and global health

Professor Olivo Miotto from our MORU programme in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us how genomics can help us improve global health Genomics is the...

4:47Jul 12, 2019

Blocking malaria transmission

Dr Andrea Ruecker from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, talks about possible interventions to block the transmissio...

3:07Jul 12, 2019

Fighting malaria in Myanmar

Professor Frank Smithuis from our MOCRU unit in Myanmar tells us about his research on malaria Although malaria is decreasing in Myanmar, re...

4:36Jul 12, 2019

Primaquine and vivax malaria

Dr James Watson from MORU in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research in the biology of relapse in vivax malaria, as well as the devel...

3:30Jul 12, 2019

Using big data to eliminate malaria

Dr Xin Hui Chan from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about the use of big data in our efforts to eliminat...

3:57Jul 12, 2019

115 years of malaria in Africa

115 years of malaria data collected in Africa gives the most detailed picture yet of where efforts to control malaria infection are being wo...

17:42Oct 11, 2017

Malaria control in Africa

Professor Bob Snow from our KEMRI-Wellcome programme in Nairobi, Kenya, tells us how his research brings together epidemiological profiles a...

4:47Apr 12, 2017

Optimising malaria treatment

Dr Georgina Humphreys coordinates the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) study groups by encouraging partner engagement and m...

6:13Dec 14, 2016

Finding the best malaria treatments

Dr Mehul Dhorda heads the Asia Regional Centre of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN). Artemisinin resistance is firmly es...

5:50Nov 2, 2016

Malaria in Kenya

There is a great need for better treatments for malaria and for a preventative malaria vaccine. SPACIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY & VACCINES Understandin...

5:55Apr 28, 2016

Malaria in pregnancy

In pregnant women, severe malaria is responsible for high maternal mortality, and uncomplicated malaria results in in high morbidity. Profes...

7:17Feb 4, 2016

Sharing data to fight malaria

Over 250 Institutions participate in the effort of sharing data on the efficacy of antimalarial drugs, which involves standardising and re-a...

6:01Dec 2, 2015

Artemisinin Resistance

Artemisinins are very poweful tools in the treatment of malaria, and the emerging loss of their activity has the potential to create a major...

6:25Oct 5, 2015

Getting the dose right

Too high a dose can result in toxicity and side-effects, too low a dose can cause the illness to come back and at worse develop resistance....

7:00Jul 28, 2015

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