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Five Minutes with Sally Edgar | Animation for Public Health

What makes a public health animation effective and, as the NHS introduces an online quiz to determine heart age, will such quizzes have a greater role in public health?

By Thomas Locke, 4 years16th September 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Margaret Reilly McDonnell | Nothing But Nets

Margaret Reilly McDonnell, the Executive Director of Nothing But Nets discusses the importance of mosquito nets, the growing issue of insecticide resistance and cuts to foreign aid.

By Thomas Locke, 4 years2nd September 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Dr Mike Coleman & Kirsten Duda | Insecticide Resistance Video Game

Dr Mike Coleman and Kirsten Duda of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine discuss their mobile game, Resistance 101, that aims to make concepts of insecticide resistance more accessible and engaging.

By Thomas Locke, 4 years26th August 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Professor Steve Lindsay | Mosquito Nets

Live from Durham University, I speak with Professor Steve Lindsay. His research in developing a new type of mosquito net has hit the headlines, being described as ‘revolutionary’, with the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives.

By Thomas Locke, 4 years22nd August 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Professor Archie Clements | Curtin University

We’re joined by Professor Archie Clements who is Pro Vice-Chancellor of Health Sciences at Curtin University, Australia. He shares his views on the Malaria World Congress that took place in Melbourne earlier this year, and on the FDA’s approval of Tafenoquine.

By Thomas Locke, 4 years19th August 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Elena & Joanne | Feminism and Malaria

Since the story broke of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, there’s been an increase in feminism, with the MeToo movement demanding equality. Elena and Joanne have created a website called ‘Women in Malaria’, it acts as a platform for women working in malaria research.

By Thomas Locke, 4 years15th August 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Dr Michelle Wykes | The Immune System’s Response to Malaria

Dr Michelle Wykes runs the Molecular Immunology unit at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and has been focusing on trying to improve the immune system’s response to a malaria infection. We discuss her recent work in malaria research which has been hailed as a breakthrough.

By Thomas Locke, 4 years12th August 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Thomas Stewart | The MENTOR Initiative

In this episode of Five Minutes, we speak with Thomas Stewart, a Programme Manager from The Mentor Initiative. He tells us about his work in malaria control and why it’s now more important than ever to eliminate malaria.

By Thomas Locke, 4 years22nd July 2018 ago

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Five Minutes with Professor Jake Baum | Malaria Researcher

We speak with Professor Jake Baum of Imperial College London. He has been thrust in the spotlight for what the ‘Independent’ is calling a ‘major malaria breakthrough’. His team is working on trying to find a set of compounds that stop mosquitoes from contracting malaria when they bite an infected person.

By Thomas Locke, 5 years15th July 2018 ago

Five Minutes with PMI VectorLink Project | Malaria Control

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Five Minutes with PMI Vector Link Project | Malaria Control

The PMI VectorLink Project is equipping countries to plan and implement sustainable Indoor Residual Spraying programs and other life-saving malaria control interventions. I wanted to know what’s changed in the malaria field and what they are currently doing to end malaria.

By Thomas Locke, 5 years8th July 2018 ago