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Masterclasses
OGHG regularly invites
speakers to talk to our members on a wide range of global health
topics. These small group masterclasses take the form of a short
talk followed by a lively and informal discussion. Also, look out
for our practical skills masterclasses!
Masterclasses usually
take place on Monday evenings at 7.30pm. Anybody is welcome to come
along, however we would ask that you email us so that we have an
idea of numbers!
Jump to Previous Masterclasses
Last
Event of Trinity 2010
A long flight to the hospital: Trauma Management and First Response Training in Subarctic Canada
by Dr. Aaron Orkin
Barclay Room, Green Templeton College, 8pm Monday 31st May
Aaron is a family doctor from Canada, with experience working in subarctic First Nations communities and with other rural and remote populations. His presentation will discuss logistical and clinical challenges in managing trauma in remote and isolated settings. Aaron will present early findings from a new project designed to develop emergency first response skills in Sachigo Lake, an isolated subarctic community accessible only by air. Participants will address real clinical scenarios and decisions, as well as some of the cultural and anthropological aspects of practising medicine and teaching first aid in these settings. No clinical experience or training is necessary.
All welcome - if you have any questions please email us.
Previous Masterclasses
Click on the masterclass titles to see a summary of the talk and any relevant links. Click again to hide!
Extreme Skin Medicine (Professor Terrence J Ryan)
Summary to follow...
Links to follow...
Belleh Woman, Go de Right Side - maternity care in Sierra Leone (Dr Richard Kerr-Wilson)
Summary to follow...
You can visit the Kambia Appeal's website by clicking here.
Health and Human Rights (Dr Chris van Tulleken)
Summary to follow...
Check out Merlin's website here.
Watch Chris van Tulleken's report on Newsnight here.
You can find more information about Chris and his brother Xand by clicking here.
Hustling for Health: Sex Work in London (Dr Helen Ward)
Summary to follow...
Links to follow...
Experimenting with Humanitarianism in Africa (Harry Verhoeven)
Summary to follow...
Links to follow...
The University of Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine (Professor Nick White)
It was a great privilege to have Prof. White talk to us about the history of the Oxford Centre for
Tropical Medicine. We discussed the role of Oxford in Tropical Medicine research, as well as the evolving face of clinical research both at home
and abroad.
The website of the Oxford
Centre for Tropical Medicine, which carries out research both in Oxford and overseas
Schistosomiasis and the NTDs of Africa (Professor Alan Fenwick)
Another masterclass in the series of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Prof. Fenwick
told us about these chronic, parasitic diseases which affect some 2 billion people worldwide. Rather than killing those
who are infected, they cause for instance chronic pain and anaemia, preventing children from going to school and getting
a job later on. In essence, they are poverty-promoting. And yet we have cheap (free!) and safe drugs available to eradicate
these diseases....
Check out the Schistosomiasis
Control Initiative website to learn more about this remarkable project
Want to make a difference? Go to the
SCI Justgiving website to make a donation - remember, even a couple of pounds will go a long way with NTDs!
This is the Global Network
for Neglected Tropical Diseases website, where you can find lots of information on NTDs
Have a look at Rockhopper.tv,
where there are plenty of short, free videos on all sorts of Global Health Topics, including the NTDs
Fair and Ethical Trade (Mahmood Bhutta)
Summary to follow...
Links on the way!...
Metabolic Diseases in the Developing World (Professor Andrew Neil)
Summary to follow...
Links on the way!...
Tropical First Aid (Andy Haynes and Joe Piper)
This was a practical session run by two Oxford Graduate-Enry Medics. Andy and Joe told us about particular
dangers to be aware of in the Developing World and gave us a structured aproach to first aid in exotic settings.
Download Joe & Andy's guide to Tropical First Aid
Psychiatry in the Former Soviet Union (Professor Robin Jacoby)
Summary to follow.
The Global Initiative in Psychiatry website
Buruli Ulcer (Dr Mark Wansbrough-Jones)
Buruli Ulcer is a skin ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, a bacterium
closely related to M. tuberculosis. It is present in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern and Eastern Asia,
and Latin America. Medical treatment is rarely satisfactory, and surgical intervention is often the only effective
solution. Patients are left with extensive skin and bone lesions, as well as disfiguring and disabling scars.
Dr Wansbrough-Jones' WHO page
More information on Buruli Ulcer from the WHO
Demangel et al. Buruli ulcer: reductive evolution enhances pathogenicity of Mycobacterium ulcerans (2009) Nature Reviews Microbiology 7:50-60
Wansbrough-Jones & Phillips Buruli ulcer: emerging from obscurity (2006) The Lancet 367:1849-58
Trachoma (Professor David Mabey)
Polio (Dr Matthew Harris & Manisha Nair)
In many regards, the story of polio has been one of great success. Since the development
of two effective vaccines in the 20th century, the disease has been eradicated from most of the planet. Yet it is still
endemic in four countries, and sporadic cases are still frequently reported. A WHO-led initiative to eradicate polio by the year 2000
has suffered several setbacks but is now receiving enormous support globally. Despite eradication of the disease being within reach, it
remains logistically very complicated, and indeed some argue that it is not worth the effort.
Matthew Harris'
Said Business School page
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative
The Case for Completing
Polio Eradication, by Dr Margaret Chan (Directory General of the WHO)
Financing & Governing Global Health (Dr Devi Sridhar)
There is more to Global Health than knowing about the exotic diseases which blight so many people's lives!
Dr. Devi Sridhar is a Postdoctoral Fellow at All Souls College and directs the Global Economic Governance Programme's Global Health Project. Her interests
lying in global health assistance and the role of emerging economic powers in global health governance, we discussed what can be done to make sure that
money set aside for Global Health is spent more effectively and to guarantee better healthcare for more people.
Devi Sridhar's page from the Department of Politics and International Relations website
The Global Economic Governance Project
website, which includes dates for Global Health-themed events
Spot Diagnosis in Tropical Medicine (Dr Chris Conlon)
A special treat for all the budding tropical medics out there - all you need to know about tropical diseases,
from Ascariasis to Ziehl-Neelsen staining!
Free lecture notes in Tropical Medicine, courtesy of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium
The website of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene, which publishes a journal on Tropical Medicine and hosts regular talks and conferences
The website of the Oxford
Centre for Tropical Medicine, which does research both in Oxford and overseas
Working in the refugee camps of Sudan (Professor Chris Bulstrode)
A fascinating evening with Prof. Bulstrode, who told us about his experience
working in an Ethiopian refugee camp in the Sudan. A combination of remarkable anecdotes and interesting insights
into what work in the developing world can be like!
Website of the WHO country office in Sudan
A recent
Q&A on the conflict in Sudan from the BBC News website
The Business of AIDS (Dr Elizabeth Pisani)
In a thought-provoking evening, Dr Pisani discussed why the world is failing so badly
in its fight against HIV. She argued that if we spent more time on sex and drugs and less on politics and money, there
would be a lot less HIV in the world. She also challenged AIDS activism, arguing that public health is inherently a
fascist discipline.
Dr Pisani's blog
"about HIV and other sundry things".
The Independent's review
of Dr Pisani's book, The Wisdom of Whores.
Immunisation and Global Health (Dr Vasee Moorthy)
A masterclass about vaccine development and vaccine-preventable deaths in
developing countries. This included disease-specific case studies: Epidemic
Meningitis in Africa, Rotavirus in Africa and Pneumococcal disease in Africa.
Links to follow!
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