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Congenital anomalies and risk factors in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The art of medicine Artesunate versus quinine: the controlled trials watershed

Identifying Research Priorities in Musculoskeletal Trauma Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

A consensus-based approach to identify research priorities for clinical trials and research in musculoskeletal trauma care across sub-Saharan Africa.

Practical considerations for a TB controlled human infection model; the case for TB-CHIM in Africa, a systematic review of the literature and report of 2 workshop discussions in UK and Malawi

The Harvard Global Orthopaedics Collaborative: Improving Management of Adult Ankle Fractures in Malawi

The V410L knockdown resistance mutation occurs in island and continental populations of Aedes aegypti in West and Central Africa

These results suggest that populations carrying the same kdr mutations may respond differently to the same insecticide, stressing the need for complementary studies when assessing the impact of kdr resistance mechanisms in the outcome of insecticide-based control strategies.

Orthopaedic Research Unit, UCT

An introduction to the Orthopaedic Research Unit at University of Cape Town.

Orthopaedic Research Unit at University of Cape Town

An introduction to the Orthopaedic Research Unit at University of Cape Town.

Recombination of B- and T-cell epitope-rich loci from Aedes- and Culex-borne flaviviruses shapes Zika virus epidemiology

Findings from this article explain why explosive ZIKV epidemics occurred in DENV-endemic regions of Micronesia, Polynesia and the Americas where Culex-borne flavivirus outbreaks are infrequent, and why ZIKV did not cause major epidemics in Asia where Culex-borne flaviviruses are widespread.

Phylogeography and invasion history of Aedes aegypti, the Dengue and Zika mosquito vector in Cape Verde islands (West Africa)

The authors of this study performed a phylogeographic and population genetics study of A. aegypti in Cape Verde in order to infer the geographic origin and evolutionary history of this mosquito.

Vector-borne transmission and evolution of Zika virus

The authors of this study review the mosquito and vertebrate host species potentially involved in ZIKV vector-borne transmission worldwide; provide an evidence-supported analysis regarding the possibility of ZIKV spillback from an urban cycle to a zoonotic cycle outside Africa; and review hypotheses regarding recent emergence and evolution of ZIKV.

Trauma care in Malawi: A call to action

Do trauma courses change practice? A qualitative review of 20 courses in East, Central and Southern Africa

AREF Research Development Fellowships 2017

Project Report: Genome Adventures: where science meets fun

Art is a powerful medium for communication and engagement with science. To create a collaborative project that melds art with research creative practitioners and scientists must be brought together, but these individuals may think differently, have different priorities and work in different ways. This account of Genome Adventures, gives a little insight into the process of bringing different disciplines together and the challanges and benefits that result. 

Project Report: Art in Global Health: Report and Video giving Insights and Considerations for Future Artist Residencies

In 2013, Art in Global Health set up artist residencies in six Wellcome Trust-funded research centres as a way of teasing out some of the more personal, philosophical, cultural and political dimensions of health research. This exciting project was born out of Wellcome Collection's desire to engage the curious public globally with the health research that the Trust funds - in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and the UK. 

Guide: DRUSSA Online Research Communication Guide for African Universities

An online Research Communication Guide produced as part of a series of Development Research Uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa (DRUSSA) learning materials.

Project Report: Tackling the ‘New Beast’: Mental Health for People Living with HIV

A blog post addressing the issue of mental illness amongst people living with HIV and the presentation of the community engagement project Project Khuluma which will be presented at the 21st annual International AIDS conference.

The Specialist Surgeon Workforce in East, Central and Southern Africa: A Situation Analysis

In East, Central and Southern Africa accurate data on the current surgeon workforce have previously been limited. The surgical workforce in each of the ten member countries of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) was determined by gathering and crosschecking data from multiple sources including COSECSA records, medical council registers, local surgical societies records, event attendance lists and interviews of Members and Fellows of COSECSA, and validating this by direct contact with the surgeons identified. 

Evidence-based medicine for all: what we can learn from a programme providing free access to an online clinical resource to health workers in resource-limited settings

In 2009, the Global Health Delivery Project collaborated with UpToDate to provide free subscriptions to qualifying health workers in resource-limited settings. 

Project Report: co-produced exhibition on migration, health and wellbeing in Southern Africa

Migration, health and wellbeing in Southern Africa: Co-produced exhibition captures experiences of LGBTIQ migrants and asylum seekers in Johannesburg and migrant men, women and transgender persons who sell sex in South Africa

"Harnessing the digital sharing revolution to improve research capacity in African laboratories”, Global Health Laboratories panel seminar at the ASLM2014

In this article you can access and download the really interesting and useful Power Point presentations from the Global Health Laboratories panel seminar with regional experts held at the ASLM2014 last November.