The WWARN Pharmacology Proficiency Testing (PT) programme has now been granted official Proficiency Testing Provider accreditation according to ISO 17043:2010.

The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory's new film shows the potential impact of data sharing on infectious diseases research.

The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory was officially launched on Wednesday 7 September as part of the Oxford Tropical Network meeting, an opportunity for those working in tropical medicine and global health to learn about each other’s work and forge new collaborations.

An international collaboration led by researchers from the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, and the Institut Pasteur and CNRS in France, has recently identified in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum genetic changes that are found in parasites resistant to artemisinin treatment in Cambodia. Thes...

New genome sequencing technologies provide insight into emerging artemisinin-resistance and a novel way to track this public health threat

Evidence that the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to artemisinin, the recommended front line treatment for malaria in north-western Thailand, adjacent to Myanmar (Burma), is reported in The Lancet today. This increases concern that resistance cou...

An international network of malaria scientists is to be established to map the emergence of resistance to antimalarial drugs and guide global efforts to control and eradicate the disease, thanks to a $20m (£12.5m) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria & NTDs (APPMG) recently released a report entitled ‘Racing Against Time: Protecting the Gains Achieved in Malaria Control Against Drug Resistance’

Draft standards are expected to be ready for release for public review by August 2016.

A database of individual participant-level information could benefit schistosomiasis clinical research and treatment policies, according to a study published today in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Malaria infection during pregnancy can seriously affect the lives of the pregnant mother, foetus and newborn baby.

WWARN’s Regional Centres were established to support researchers and public health practitioners to strengthen their skills and expertise in the field of malaria and more recently in other emerging infections.

Significant progress in malaria control and elimination has been made since 2000 - malaria mortality rates have fallen by 60 percent and over 6.2 million lives have been saved.

The Molecular Surveyor pfmdr1 & pfcrt now includes a further 34 studies, totaling more than 418 published and unpublished studies since 2001, examining data on molecular markers of antimalarial resistance from approximately 374 international locations.

The WWARN Gametocyte Carriage Study Group has published a paper in BMC Medicine confirming that the level of gametocytes in the body post-treatment is influenced by the type of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) used.

Avoiding ‘data dumpsters’ is the key to ensuring that the drive towards open data sharing is truly useful, according to a Perspective article published in the New England Journal of Medicine today.

The latest Ebola clinical trial to be published showed that, at the dose given, the drug did not improve survival rates compared to historic controls.

First interactive online tool that displays the prevalence and degree of chloroquine resistance in P. vivax parasites from many geographic locations and time periods.