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08 Jul 2020
Online COVID-19 masterclass attracts thousands from around the world
International conferences held entirely online may well be the future, if the just-completed University of Otago Global...
11 Jun 2020
COVID-19 questions to be answered in Otago University masterclass
If you’ve got questions about COVID-19, an upcoming fortnight-long masterclass, running from June 22 until July 3, shoul...
19 Mar 2020
Rapid Case Contact Management – COVID-19’s Achilles heel?
Rapid Case Contact Management – COVID-19’s Achilles heel?
13 Mar 2020
13 March 2020, New Zealand’s COVID-19 public health response must be aggressive
New Zealand’s COVID-19 public health response must be aggressive
27 Feb 2020
27 February 2020, Otago researchers part of world-first trial to prevent tuberculosis in people with diabetes
Otago researchers are playing a leadership role in an Euro €4.8 million international project to conduct the world’s fir...
01 Nov 2019
Otago researchers partner in vaccine project to tackle major killer of African children
Otago researchers partner in vaccine project to tackle major killer of African children
05 Aug 2019
04 August 2019, Calling Home: Dr Kaaren Mathias in Uttarakhand, India
RNZ interview with Dr Kaaren Mathias CIH Adjunct Research Fellow based in India
02 Aug 2018
Otago researcher claims new study a step forward in fight to eliminate tuberculosis
Otago researcher claims new study a step forward in fight to eliminate tuberculosis
11 Jun 2018
Otago researchers help unlock answers about leptospirosis in Africa
Otago researchers help unlock answers about leptospirosis in Africa
21 May 2018
Otago researcher’s dream of eliminating Tuberculosis among Māori gains HRC support
Otago researcher’s dream of eliminating Tuberculosis among Māori gains HRC support
09 Mar 2018
9 March 2018, Otago researchers part of $18M project to reveal causes of fever in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
Otago researchers part of $18M project to reveal causes of fever in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
08 Jun 2017
Pneumonia vaccine found to have major impact
A leading international health researcher at the University of Otago is part of a team that has gained new insights into...
28 Nov 2016
University of Otago receives grant to support severe typhoid research in Tanzania
The University of Otago received a three-year NZD $439,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Professor...
01 Nov 2016
World authority on rabies to deliver public lecture
Professor Sarah Cleaveland, an international expert on rabies, will discuss prospects for the global elimination of the...
28 Oct 2016
28 October 2016, Global health and infectious diseases experts hold back-to-back meetings in Dunedin
The 9th annual conference of the Otago Global Health Institute will take place at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2-3 Nov...
11 Jul 2016
Otago global health researchers to tackle fevers in Asia
A coalition of experts has secured around NZD $450,000 to study causes of fever and how patients with fever are managed...
07 Mar 2016
7 March 2016, Vaccine cuts rate of major disease in African children in half
A vaccine against pneumococcal disease, which is a major killer of children in Africa, has cut the disease rate by more...
08 Oct 2015
8 October 2015, Salmonella unmasked as major killer of young children in Africa
Invasive Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Africa are a major cause of child illness and deaths, a new body of resear...
03 Aug 2015
Otago’s international TB research efforts gain major support
University of Otago researchers have been awarded $450,000 for research into the genetics of drug-resistant tuberculosis...
09 Jul 2015
Major gaps in understanding of causes of fever in low and middle income countries
Research from the Centre of International Health and Department of Pathology, Christchurch, has identified major gaps in...
11 May 2015
Endemic zoonoses in the tropics overlooked
Professor John Crump, from the Centre for International Health, and colleagues from a multidisciplinary team of research...
06 Mar 2015
Otago receives grant to track true toll of neglected deadly disease
The University of Otago announced today that it has received around NZD$320,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
13 Nov 2014
Call for integrated approach to illness
Call for integrated approach to illness Professor Jakob Zinsstag-Klopfenstein
13 Nov 2014
Ebola epidemic creating 'tragedy'
Ebola epidemic creating 'tragedy'
12 Nov 2014
Local school children mingle with international health delegates
Local school children mingle with international health delegates
08 Nov 2014
Natural immunity: solving a Tb mystery
Natural immunity: solving a Tb mystery
12 Aug 2014
Ask an expert about Ebola
Ask an expert about Ebola
12 Aug 2014
NZ airport Ebola checks 'an abundance of caution'
NZ airport Ebola checks 'an abundance of caution' says Professor John Crump, McKinlay Professor of Global Health at the...
11 Aug 2014
Ebola outbreak in NZ unlikely
Ebola outbreak in NZ unlikely
11 Aug 2014
Ebola screening at NZ airports – experts respond
Ebola screening at NZ airports – experts respond
08 Aug 2014
Deadly Ebola virus 'unlikely to infect NZ'
Deadly Ebola virus 'unlikely to infect NZ' according to New Zealand medical experts.
08 Aug 2014
Could Ebola reach New Zealand?
Could Ebola reach New Zealand?
08 Aug 2014
Health services alert for ebola virus
Health services alert for ebola virus
23 May 2014
Burma tuberculosis research has NZ relevance
Burma tuberculosis research has NZ relevance
22 May 2014
22 May 2014 Media Release
A coalition of researchers working in northern Tanzania, including leading University of Otago and Massey University exp...
10 Apr 2014
Postcard from the Gambia
Working with children in the Gambia, Dr Uzochukwu Egere is doing what he loves: caring for children and easing “the into...
25 Mar 2014
Studying drug-resistant Tb
Studying drug-resistant Tb, a collaboration between the University of Otago, New Zealand, and University of Medicine 1,...
21 Mar 2014
21 March 2014 Media Release
An international partnership forged by the University of Otago and University of Medicine (1) in Myanmar (also known as...
31 Oct 2013
Research investigates Tb immunity
Research investigates Tb immunity
24 Oct 2013
Child health specialist to give address
Child health specialist to give address
17 Oct 2013
Detecting parasite eggs
Detecting parasite eggs
19 Jul 2013
Media Release 19 July 2013
People hospitalised with fever in Africa are most likely to be treated for malaria but, in some areas, nearly all of the...
23 May 2013
2013 Health Research Excellence Awards
2013 Health Research Excellence Awards
22 May 2013
22 May 2013 Media Release
The University of Otago announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the B...
31 Jan 2013
31 January 2013 Media Release
The University of Otago has signed an agreement with the University of Medicine (1) in Myanmar (also known as Burma) to...
31 Jan 2013
Professor John Crump Channel 9 news interview
Professor John Crump Channel 9 news interview
03 Dec 2012
3 December 2012 Media Release
University of Otago expertise is set to play a key role in European Commission (EC) funded research into links between i...
28 Nov 2012
Graduate funded for tuberculosis study
Graduate funded for tuberculosis study
19 Nov 2012
19 November 2012 Media Release
A leading University of Otago tropical medicine researcher has received the highest honour of the American Society of Tr...
04 Oct 2012
Dr Uzochukwu Egere, the Centre for International Health's first Master of Public Health graduate
Dr Uzochukwu Egere, the Centre for International Health's first Master of Public Health graduate
22 Oct 2011
Jabs for infants may protect whole communities: study
Jabs for infants may protect whole communities: study
20 Jul 2011
20 July 2011 Media Release
16 Aug 2010
Otago researcher helps identify gene linked to TB susceptibility in Africans
11 Jun 2010
11 June 2010 Media Release
19 Apr 2010
19 April 2010 Media Release
02 Dec 2009
Otago research offers hope of fast TB test
Otago research offers hope of fast TB test
18 Mar 2009
Reunited with mentor
Reunited with mentor
18 Mar 2008
Feature guest: Philip Hill
Feature guest: Philip Hill
20 Feb 2008
Otago appoints international health research head
otago appoints international health research head
Dr Ayesha Verrall Graduation Address University of Otago
August 2018
'Preventive and Social Medicine Seminar | Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia: Response, challenges, and lessons learned'
Presented by Fulton Shannon, Strategic Surveillance Group, Ministry of Health, Liberia
Tuesday 15 August 2017