How to create and interpret epidemic curves

Epidemic curves are an important component of the public health and global health toolbox. Learn more about creating and interpretting them.

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.

Online Course: CDC's Basic Microbiology curriculum

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.

ASLM: Reconstructing Laboratory Systems: How to Rebuild in Ebola-Affected Countries

ASLM: Using a Score Card to Assess Lab Functionality

New articles from the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM).

Costs and effects of strategies to improve malaria diagnosis and treatment in Nigeria

Scientific title: A cost-effectiveness analysis of provider and community interventions to improve the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Nigeria. Private-sector providers are a major source of malaria treatment in Nigeria, and many patients in Enugu state seek treatment at pharmacies and drug stores as well as public health centres.

Training manuals from REACT study in Cameroon

Training manuals from REACT study in Cameroon. REACT Cameroon designed six training modules to support the introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). The manuals were used to train health workers at government and mission hospitals and health centres. The six modules are presented in two manuals

TACT Training Manuals for Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs)

The TACT training manuals and patient leaflet were designed to support the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). Here we provide Trainer/Trainee manuals in English and French, and visual patient information sheets in English, French and Swahili. 

Improving Clinical Research Data: The Understanding and Implementation of Laboratory Quality Management System (LQMS)

Studies Within a Trial or Review

The SWAT and SWAR programme is identifying issues about the methods of trials and systematic reviews about which there is sufficient uncertainty to justify research to support well-informed decision making about future designs and choices.

The challenges facing malaria research

In this video, Professor Theonest Mutabingwa discusses the two key challenges that face developing countries to progress their malaria research.

PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health)

In this seminar from January 2014, Dr Jane Crawley talks about clinical standardisation in PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health), a large case-control study of the causes of and risk factors for severe pneumonia.

Infectious diseases and Microbiology videos

The transformation of the science cohort in South Africa

Professor Bongani M Mayosi from the Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital & University of Cape Town describes the transofmation of the science cohort in South Africa.

Pioneering New Diagnostics: Addressing Challenges and Implications for Point-of-Care Testing in African Settings

UNICEF Cholera Toolkit

Structural Biology videos

WHO Laboratory guidelines

Epidemics and vaccines videos

Manual of Basic Techniques for a Health Laboratory

New PLOS collections on NTDs and Co-infections

Is Your Ethics Committee Efficient? Using “IRB Metrics” as a Self-Assessment Tool for Continuous Improvement at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand

How to Make More Published Research True

Ebola PPE guidelines

Ebola PPE guidelines - urgent need to revise WHO and CDC guidelines. This video shows an excerpt from keynote address 'The fuss about face masks', Professor Raina MacIntyre from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia.

Ten Simple Rules for Approaching a New Job

Understanding the principles of Good Clinical Laboratory Practices (GCLP) - Training presentations

Seven principles for strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries: simple ideas in a complex world

This good practice document of the ESSENCE on Health Research initiative is designed to provide broad guidance on how best to strengthen research capacity with the maximum possible benefit. 

Writing and Publishing in Research: AuthorAid

AuthorAid is a great online tool whose aim is to support developing country researchers in publishing their work.

A Practical Guide to Planning an Academic or Research Career

Helpful, interactive eBook that aids those deciding how to further their career in research, or considernig whether to study as a post graduate.

The basic requirements for new sites wanting to take part in clinical research - What sites need to know!

Document templates

Standard Operating Procedures

Five keys to improving research costing in low- and middle-income countries

ESSENCE on Health Research have created a good practice document on research costing. It includes a review of the funding practices related to the definition and funding of direct and indirect costs. 

Implementation Research in Health: A Practical Guide from the WHO

This guide, developed by the WHO and released in December 2013, aims to facilitate implementation research in LMICs.

Clinical Research Laboratories for Trials in Global Health in Central Africa

The authors present the story of building a succesful research laboratory in Cameroon, including how they managed building up the infrastructure, equipment maintenance, staff training.

Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

Fantastic parasitology blog

Rapid Syphilis Test Toolkit

Dengue: Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Control

Evaluating Diagnostics: The VL Guide

Evaluating Diagnostics: The Malaria Guide

Evaluating Diagnostics: The STI Guide