Travel Medicine in the era of Chikungunya, Ebola, and Zika virus

Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases have evolved rapidly in recent decades as outbreaks such as SARS, Avian Influenza, Ebola, MERS, Chikungunya, and Zika virus have demonstrated how quickly infections can cross international borders.

From the Wellcome Trust: Zika: Why now and what next?

The Zika virus appears to have emerged from nowhere, causing widespread health concerns throughout the world after decades of relative silence.

This Week In Global Health - Malnutrition and gut microbes, HIV, Zika, Ebola

This Week in Global Health or TWiGH presents Global Health Out Loud with Sulzhan Bali & Jessica Taaffe.

The High Stakes of Fighting Zika: the Virus Challenging Public Health Systems

Great article from our colleagues at the African Society for Laboratory Medicine about Zika virus.

Co-circulation of human monkeypox virus and varicella-zoster virus

Video seminar by Chelsea McMullen, Operational Support Officer, International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC), presented at the University of Oxford, 21st October 2015

This week In Global Health Zika virus video

This Week in Global Health or TWiGH presents Global Health Out Loud with Sulzhan Bali & Jessica Taaffe. This week they discuss Zika virus.

Online Course: CDC's Basic Microbiology curriculum

Special issue on strengthening tuberculosis diagnostic networks in Africa

Call for Papers: Special issue on strengthening tuberculosis diagnostic networks in Africa - African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

The global picture of malaria: optimism or caution?

Malaria remains a major global health threat. In the last fifteen years there has been remarkable progress in reducing cases and deaths due to malaria.

Lab in a suitcase, and other adventures with Nanopore sequencing

Deployed in April 2015, we have established proof-of-principle for real-time genomic surveillance by generating over 40 genome sequences in as little as 48 hours from obtaining a patient sample and feeding the information back to the Ebola central coordination team.

Addressing adolescent women’s vulnerability to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Video of Manson Christmas Lecture 2015 by Professor Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Advisor, DfID and founder of the Gender, Violence and Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.

Ebola: the race to find a cure

Could scientists make history and change the way we deal with outbreaks?

Fostering Quality Laboratory Networks through Accreditation in Togo

From our colleagues at the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) - The Role of Public Health Institutes in Achieving Public Health Goals

Careers in Global Health

Looking for a job in global health? A 4 part series that takes a look at what you need to do to get your career in global health off to a good start.

The quest to optimize HIV treatment outcomes in resource-limited settings

Damalie Nakanjako (MBChB, MMED, PhD) is an internist whose work focuses on optimizing HIV treatment outcomes and reducing HIV-associated morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ebola and Twitter: Lessons Learned

Twitter plays role in information distribution during emergencies, and it is widely used by public health organisations during public health crises.

Malaria – Are males more sensitive than females?

Peter Horby: Science in a crisis, fast-forwarding clinical research for Ebola

Video of Professor Peter Horby, the University of Oxford, on how he and his team set up clinical trials in the heart of the Ebola outbreak.

ASLM: Ensuring High Quality Point-of-Care Testing

East African Leaders Join Together to Develop Country-Specific Plans for Point-of-Care Testing.

ASLM: Antimicrobial resistance, an International Priority

Two great articles from the African Society for Laboratory Medicine looking at the increasing risk posed by antimicrobial resistance.